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Mr. Das from Bronx, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Play

Help me give my students modeling clay and wacky link sets to enable them to learn through play.

  • $1,045 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are energetic, love to work with their hands and are interested in exploring various materials in art. They use art class to release pent up energy and take a little "me time" to relax and loosen up from strict classroom settings. They like to do activities that stimulate their senses which gets them to focus more on the activity at hand. Students think about their likes, interests and daily routines to showcase bits and pieces of their identities in their artwork.

My students are diverse racially and culturally, which they learn through art.

Whether they were born here, moved or immigrated here, they still come together and learn in the same environment. Even if some students are not confident in visual arts, their peers will help and suggest ideas to help each other to at least start their art projects. Students use the art classroom to freely express themselves because they know it's safe or simply have no better place to do so.

My Project

Leaning through play is the best form of learning compared to regurgitating information all day long. Using multiple senses to experience something leads to better retention, understanding, and application. Making art through clay can assist in that process of learning. After discussing how objects are formed and techniques used in their making, students can literally use their own hands and create something on their own. The sense of accomplishment in that alone is something to relish in.

Learning through play gives students better insight to materials and the application of their own ideas.

Students need time to explore and experiment with ideas that we do not always have time to discuss in class. Using clay and the link sets will allow for more imaginative creations that are usually limited in simply drawing about an idea. Please help my students bring their projects to life.

Mr. Das PS 53 Basheer Quisim Grades PreK-2

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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Bronx, 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

360 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
30538-1042 - Prang Das Modeling Clay - 2.2 lb, White • Blick Art Materials $6.45 100 $645.00
81358-1003 - Wacky Links Set - Ocean Builder • Blick Art Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
81358-1002 - Wacky Links Set - Floral Designer • Blick Art Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
81358-1001 - Wacky Links Set - Dino Builder • Blick Art Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
81358-1004 - Wacky Links Set - Space Crafter • Blick Art Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$844.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$887.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$156.64

Total project goal

$1,044.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,044.27

2 Donors

-$572.14

Donations toward project cost

-$486.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.82

match offer

-$472.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$401.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.82

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 $0.00

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