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Learning With Legos!

My students need Legos to help enrich their center time when they get to create, explore, inquire and let their imaginations grow!

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My Students

Kindergarten is a place to grow both academically and socially. With all of the new emphasis on the common core, all of the materials that are purchased for the classroom are books, workbooks and math manipulatives. Each day we have a period for centers to foster imagination and creativity.

My students are from a mix of low and middle income households, some on public assistance from a major city.

They do not all attend preschool, so this is often their first experience in school. Outside of their family members, for some, there is not often much socialization, such as play dates and after school activities, so the socialization they do in school is sometimes the only contact they have with peers their own age.

My Project

Each day, we end with a period called centers. Students can choose which area they would like to work in such as art, blocks, dramatic play, science, computers or Legos. It is important that they have materials that are age appropriate for them to use, that can promote language, creativity, sharing and collaboration. My students need Legos! Over the years, the amount of Legos available have greatly diminished, and all of the "good pieces" that are not just rectangle shaped, have strangely disappeared. All of the emphasis in purchasing materials recently has been on common core related items, but in the world of a 5-year-old, these items that help socialization and creativity are equally as important.

This project will improve my classroom by creating a time for students that is not only educational but also FUN!

In the push to make our 5-year-olds "college ready", we often lose sight of the fact that students learn best when they are relaxed and enjoying themselves. And when you are 5, and your foundation for learning is being molded, would having fun be such a bad thing?

Ms. Winderman PS 84 Lillian Weber Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Education Community Minifigures Set 4598355 (256 Pieces) • Amazon $49.90 1 $49.90
LEGO Education DUPLO Community People Set 4591516 (20 Pieces) • Amazon $44.95 1 $44.95
LEGO Education Doors, Windows & Roof Tiles Set 4587438 (278 Pieces) • Amazon $40.95 1 $40.95
LEGO Duplo Ville Baby Zoo V70 (4962) • Amazon $18.47 1 $18.47
LEGO DUPLO Town 4962 Baby Zoo Building Set • Amazon $11.99 1 $11.99
LEGO Blue Building Plate (10" x 10") • Amazon $5.99 2 $11.98
LEGO Green Building Plate (10" x 10") • Amazon $5.99 2 $11.98
DUPLO LEGO Ville 10522 Farm Animals • Amazon $9.49 1 $9.49

Materials cost

$199.71

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$237.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.95

Total project goal

$279.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $279.66

4 Donors

-$249.71

Donations toward project cost

-$237.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.95

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 $0.00

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