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Mrs. Codella from Bronx, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Pretend!

Help me give my students play dough and multi ethnic dolls for pretend play.

  • $572 goal

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Help Mrs. Codella

Mrs. Codella has another project! Donate to Every-Day Essentials! to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $459.
2X

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 beautiful and unique. They come from a variety of social emotional, speech and language and educational backgrounds. The families I work with require support and guidance in preparing their children for the world.

Kindergarten lays down the foundation for future citizens of our society.

I feel it is my duty to prepare and inspire the children to be lifelong learners regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds.

Be it social, financial, or emotional struggles, all these young minds deserve to be educated equally with the tools essential to their growth.

Some of my students may have wonderful positive learning experiences in the world while others need to be exposed to language and learning for the first time. Parents and caregivers may not have the financial means to expose their child to the educational skills necessary for learning. It is my passion to be able to make a difference in the life of a child and make it a positive learning environment so they will be confident capable citizens in the world we live in.

My Project

Many of the children in our school have little or no experience playing with toys. Some of our students come from lower income families that may find it difficult to afford extras like toys and play materials.

I would like to facilitate pretend play with play dough and dolls to encourage dramatic play experiences to help with language expression, sharing, turn taking, social emotional skills as well as conflict resolution, and self-regulation skills.

When children interact with each other it allows them to act out scenarios and real life experiences.

Children need to feel comfortable in a safe and fun atmosphere for learning. When I promote play it helps to develop social emotional and cognitive skills.

Mrs. Codella PS 8 Issac Varian 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

25 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ907 - Classic Dollhouse Furniture • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
DD965X - Lakeshore Pose Play Families - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $95.00 1 $95.00
DD470X - Lakeshore Washable Baby Dolls - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $74.99 1 $74.99
AX30 - Lakeshore Dough - Set 2 - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
LA371 - Classroom Clay Dough Designer Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LA532 - Lowercase Alphabet Dough Stampers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$448.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$485.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.71

Total project goal

$571.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $571.40

13 Donors

-$571.40

Donations toward project cost

-$485.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.71

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 $0.00

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