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Ms. Ciminelli from Ridgewood, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Living Through Imagination

Help me give my students the opportunity to use their imagination for pretend play with rocket sets.

  • $179 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 Project

Our wonderful 3K classroom is in need of a dollhouse! Dollhouses help promote empathy, communication, and problem-solving through mimicking real-life scenarios and experiences. Children tend to be more comfortable and outgoing when speaking through a doll, it supports their social emotional well-being by giving them an opportunity to speak their minds without the risk of being too emotionally vulnerable.

Pretend play encourages organizational, classification, and fine motor skills.

It also naturally teaches the child how to use their own creativity and intelligence. The play explore rocket is an ideal toy that encourages the children to explore outer space and build curiosity about things beyond their environment.

Ms. Ciminelli PS 88 Seneca 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.

More about Ms. Ciminelli

Ridgewood, 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

15 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP779 - Play Explore Rocket • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 2 $119.98

Materials cost

$119.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.78

Total project goal

$178.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $178.56

2 Donors

-$178.56

Donations toward project cost

-$151.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.78

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 $0.00

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