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Learning Through Play- It's time for Recess!

My students need games and toys for recess, such as Uno, Chutes and Ladders, Race to the Treasure, Legos, Play-Doh, and coloring pads that will help them have fun while learning and improve their social interaction skills.

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My Students

Kindergarten is where students' love of learning truly begins. It is in our classroom that we set the academic, social, and emotional building blocks for the rest of a child's learning career. We set high expectations for our kindergartners, and challenge them every day to do their best and succeed.

My scholars, as we call our students, are a high energy group of 4, 5, and 6-year-old kindergartners.

Most of my students are classified as Special Education students and almost all live in poverty. They have hard home lives and school is really a refuge for them; a place they can feel safe and loved. A place that is consistent and meaningful and where they will be pushed to do their best, no matter their circumstances. We truly believe that ALL of our scholars have the capabilities to not only attend but also to graduate from college. While we do set high academic expectations for our scholars we also know that they are still young and need time to play and interact with their peers. This is where recess plays such a key part in helping our scholars to have fun while learning to interact with others.

My Project

Recess is so important to young scholars but yet they are not given enough time or space to truly play and cultivate valuable social skills. My scholars will use games such as Uno, Chutes and Ladders, and Race to the Treasure to build cooperation, sharing, and peer-to-peer interaction skills. They will use things like Lego's, Play-Doh, and coloring pads as an outlet for their creativity.

These scholars come from a place where they work and live hard but are not always given the opportunity to "play hard".

This project will help these scholars learn through play and build many of the basic skills need to be successful with others. "Recess should no longer be treated as an afterthought but as a core part of any strategy for promoting learning and improving health."- Jane Lowe (Team Director for the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Mrs. Smith Brownsville Ascend Lower Charter School Grades PreK-2

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Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Bricks & More 10662 Creative Bucket • Amazon $39.99 1 $39.99
Peaceable Kingdom / Race to the Treasure! Award Winning Cooperative Board Game • Amazon $15.99 2 $31.98
Play-Doh Mega Pack - 36 Cans • Amazon $24.99 1 $24.99
Melissa & Doug Shape, Model and Mold • Amazon $15.99 1 $15.99
Peaceable Kingdom / Race to the Treasure! Award Winning Cooperative Board Game • Amazon $15.99 1 $15.99
Peaceable Kingdom / Count Your Chickens Award Winning Cooperative Board Game • Amazon $15.99 1 $15.99
Super Why ABC Letter Game • Amazon $14.20 1 $14.20
Melissa & Doug Children of the World Floor 48-Piece Floor Puzzle • Amazon $12.99 1 $12.99
Candy Land - The Kingdom of Sweets Board Game • Amazon $10.99 1 $10.99
Chutes and Ladders Board Game • Amazon $7.77 1 $7.77
Peaceable Kingdom / Go Fish! Card Game • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Melissa & Doug Jumbo Coloring Pad - Vehicles • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Melissa & Doug Jumbo Coloring Pad - Animals • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Uno Card Game • Amazon $5.24 1 $5.24
Melissa & Doug Jumbo Coloring Pad - Blue • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$222.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$255.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.07

Total project goal

$300.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $300.48

4 Donors

-$280.56

Donations toward project cost

-$255.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.92

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 $0.00

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