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Ms. Paige from Detroit, MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Play-Doh Creation Corner

My students need Play-Doh, Play-Doh tools, kinetic sand, and construction blocks to improve their critical thinking skills through creativity and exploration.

  • $279 goal

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My Students

My first grade classroom is filled with the college graduates of 2030. We embrace grit, integrity, curiosity, and zest. We work hard so that we can graduate high school, enroll in competitive colleges and universities, graduate college, and positively impact change in our community, Detroit.

My classroom is currently home to 27 tenacious first graders.

They call Detroit home and many of them have seen little outside of their own neighborhoods. Around 86 percent qualify for free and reduced price lunch and 100 percent are black. Only 15 percent of my class came in on grade level in reading, and 19 percent in math. My school, a college preparatory school, is working diligently to provide its scholars with the quality education they deserve, one that will prepare them for college. All of my scholars are eager to tackle the rigors of first grade and they crave to know more about the world around them. Their parents are some of the hardest workers I know. Many work two jobs and/or the night shift and are still able to find time to volunteer in the classroom. We are a community dedicated to learning.

My Project

The Play-Doh Creation Corner will create a space for my scholars to explore and investigate creativity and critical thinking through construction and collaboration. Through self-guided exploration, these materials will support the development of my scholars, and will create joy for problem solving in the classroom. While using these materials before and after school, and during recess, my scholars will develop their social skills as they practice sharing, taking turns, and working together. In science, they will develop their critical thinking skills as they discover how to construct the tallest tower in the class, how to create an effective water dam using kinesthetic sand, and how represent the world through Play-Doh models. These materials will foster creativity by providing my scholars with different mediums to communicate and express themselves.

By supporting this project you will not only be providing my scholars with the tools to experience hands-on learning, but the opportunity to strengthen their investment, joy, and curiosity for learning.

These materials serve as the starting point for critical thinking and creativity in my classroom, and will assist in developing my scholars to be future problem solvers in their own community, Detroit.

Ms. Paige University Yes Academy Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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
Melissa & Doug 60-Piece Standard Unit Blocks • Amazon $49.99 1 $49.99
Play-Doh Numbers Letters N Fun Art Toy • Amazon $7.65 6 $45.90
Waba Fun Kinetic Sand - 11 Lbs • Amazon $44.94 1 $44.94
Play Doh Mega Pack (36 Cans) • Amazon $17.07 2 $34.14
Play-Doh Super Molding Mania • Amazon $14.29 2 $28.58

Materials cost

$203.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$236.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.75

Total project goal

$278.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $278.35

1 Donor

-$118.30

Donations toward project cost

-$118.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$139.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$118.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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