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Mr. Larkin from Flushing, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Role-Playing for Social Emotional Learning

Help me give my students Dungeons and Dragons miniatures and dry-erase vinyl maps.

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My Students

My school is a Title I, high-poverty, school in NY, with over 1,500 6th-8th grade students. Nearly 1/2 of my students have disabilities, and many are learning English as a second language. Hundreds of students participate in our after school programs.

Studies show that role-playing games foster social emotional learning.

I would like to extend this concept to our after school program, using role playing games to foster interpersonal activity between heterogeneous groups of students. In games like Dungeons and Dragons, students learn to collaborate with peers with different skills and interests to solve problems together. When I student approached me about organizing a club after school, I expected 6-10 students to attend. The 1st day, when it was time to wrap up, students did not want to leave. The next week, we had 30 students! (A week later, my ears are still ringing!)

Our role-playing game sessions are bringing together 6th grade students with disabilities and 8th grade honors students in an activity that promotes collaborative problem-solving, tolerance for differences, and noisy fun- everything education should be!

My Project

The current craze in education is Social Emotional Learning- managing emotions, setting goals, developing empathy for others.

One way to help children with their social emotional learning is through role-playing games, like Dungeons and Dragons.

In our after school program, we have students from every walk of life in our D & D club, having fun while working together on social problem-solving skills. With some miniatures to represent the players and the characters with whom they interact, and with some dry erase vinyl mats for map-drawing, the role-playing experience really comes alive for the children.

When a 7th grade student approached me about running a Dungeons & Dragons club in our school, I expected to see maybe half a dozen students. I brought some of my own personal books and accessories for the students to use. My the 2nd week, we had 30 students. Some came from the English as a second language program. Some are seniors about the graduate and move on to New York’s elite specialized high schools. Others are 6th grade students with learning and emotional disabilities, in our self-contained classrooms. We had 4 heterogeneous groups of students- many of whom would never have come together socially for anything else- role-playing problem-solving situations. (And making a LOT of what we teachers call “good noise”!) I do not have enough material to lend out to 30 students each week, and am requesting your help to flesh out the role-playing experience for my middle-school students.

Your generous donation to our project will make role-playing more visible and tactile for my students, and it will also make the games a lot more fun!

Mr. Larkin Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker Grades 6-8

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Flushing, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
WizKids Dungeons & Dragons Icons of The Realms Starter Set • Amazon Business $16.79 4 $67.16
RPG Battle Game Mat - 2 Pack Dry Erase Double sided 36" x 24" (4 Terrains) + 4 Dry Erase Markers + 1 Eraser + 7pc Polyhedral Dice Set - Large Table Top Role Playing Map for Starters and Masters • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
40 Fantasy Monster Unpainted Miniatures for Tabletop Roleplaying Games Ready to Play • Amazon Business $25.00 1 $25.00

Materials cost

$127.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$159.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.07

Total project goal

$187.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $187.13

3 Donors

-$174.06

Donations toward project cost

-$159.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.07

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