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Ms. Sweet from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Improving Social Skills in Children with Autism!

My students need a new gathering rug, a puppet theater and puppets to increase socialization skills

  • $512 goal

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My Students

Can you imagine what life would be like without the ability and knowledge to interact with fellow peers and express your feelings? This is the challenge facing my students everyday.

My students are a group of 5 and 6 years old children with autism.

They attend a special education school, in which each child receives related services (speech, OT, PT) multiple times per week. There are 6-children in each classroom with each child requiring individual attention.

My Project

Play is extremely important to children with autism, even though they typically have a difficult time understanding the concept of play. The reason is because play is an abstract concept and children with autism are generally more concrete thinkers. In addition, play involves an intense level of communication and eye contact, something children on the spectrum typically have a hard time maintaining. I am requesting an area rug, a puppetry theater, and actual puppets to develop dramatic play and language skills in my students.

This world of play offers children vast opportunities to learn about themselves, others, and the environment in which they live.

Benefits of play in the classroom include: Cognitive: increase in skills such as problem solving, creative thinking, planning, organizing, language, and overall academic success; Social and Emotional: enhanced development of cooperation, sharing and turn taking.

Ms. Sweet PS 77K @ PS 164 Cesar Rodney Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

6 students impacted 13donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF484 - Learning Letters Activity Carpet - 6' x 9' • Lakeshore Learning $279.00 1 $279.00
RR580X - Big Mouth Animals Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning $49.99 1 $49.99
HH365 - Lakeshore Puppet Theater • Lakeshore Learning $69.99 1 $69.99

Materials cost

$398.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$434.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.76

Total project goal

$511.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $511.72

12 Donors

-$511.72

Donations toward project cost

-$434.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.76

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 $0.00

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