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Ms. Zelman from Miami, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Playtime is Learning Time

Help me give my students activities to learn social leisure skills to learn to play especially a Chef's Play Kitchen & Bonus Accessory Set and a Kiddie Rockerstm Set !

  • $476 goal

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Ms. Zelman has another project! Donate to Communicating with Senses to help her classroom.

$268 - complete this project and be a hero

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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 all children with Autism. This year I have all kindergartners. All of my students were in a pre-kindergarten setting last year and there they began to learn to play. They still need to learn better play skills.

Children with Autism have difficulty learning how to play with their friends.

Social leisure is an important part of our school day. It gives our students a time to learn how to socialize and understand the appropriate way to initiate, socialize, and play.

Learning with limited appropriate furniture for play is hard! Help us learn to play!!

My Project

My students are all Kindergartners with Autism. All of my students were in a pre-kindergarten setting last year and there they began to learn to play. They still need to learn better play skills. Children with Autism have difficulty learning how to play with their friends.

Social leisure is an important part of our school day.

It gives our students a time to learn how to socialize in a structured setting. They are taught how to socialize with their peers. They need to understand the appropriate way to initiate, socialize, and play.

The biggest problem we have is that we do not have a proper social leisure area. We need a dramatic play area with a kitchen and kitchen toys including food. We need toys that my students can learn to play with as a group like the fold and go mini bard. We need building toys that promote fine motor skills like the magic connectors, basic skills board, and the stacking pegs and peg board.

Ms. Zelman Joe Hall Elementary School 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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Miami, FL 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chef's Play Kitchen & Bonus Accessory Set - Charcoal • Kaplan Early Learning Company $128.69 1 $128.69
Kiddie Rockerstm Set (2 Rockers & Table) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $112.46 1 $112.46
Fold and Go Mini Barn • Kaplan Early Learning Company $46.76 1 $46.76
Magic Connectors - 90 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.66 1 $29.66
Basic Skills Board • Kaplan Early Learning Company $18.86 1 $18.86
Food Groups • Kaplan Early Learning Company $18.86 1 $18.86
Tall-Stackertm Pegs & Pegboard Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $13.46 1 $13.46

Materials cost

$368.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$404.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.34

Total project goal

$475.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $475.62

6 Donors

-$389.00

Donations toward project cost

-$333.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.35

match offer

-$83.09

Match offer toward project cost

-$70.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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