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Ms. Jenkins from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Soft Blocks for Sensitive Ears!

Help me give my students a soft block set, window blocks, block play people, and trees for choice time.

  • $395 goal

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My Students

I have 12 amazing students! I work at a Title I school. These energetic children are enthusiastic and motivated learners. My pupils have a unique variety of abilities, interests, and learning styles. In preschool, it is developmentally appropriate to have lessons where the preschoolers have opportunities to interact hands-on with materials that are engaging and challenging. In preschool, we focus on the whole child through academics, creativity, and developing motor skills. .

It has been a tough year for my students, but they are champs and the results are evident in the progress they have made.

A new day is coming for us all and I can honestly say that I can't wait to see my students face to face.

My Project

The world is a noisy place and in a preschool classroom the noise can be almost unbearable for my students with noise sensitivity. Over the years, I have noticed that my students with Autism have noise sensitivities and they often avoid the block area. I want every student to love the block center. Block play stimulates learning in many domains including, mathematical, physical, language, and social-emotional.

An intentionally crafted and stocked preschool classroom block center can support planned intentional learning experiences, specifically in the area of engineering (Wynn & Harris 2013).

It is my goal, each year, to make the first experiences at school good ones. I want to create a bright and inviting space for the children to feel safe and excited about learning together as a team. I want to provide my students with a variety of soft colorful blocks to keep them interested and engaged. The block people, animal play set with trees, and the block mirrors can help stimulate their imaginations and give them limitless options for play for our students with noise sensitivities.

Ms. Jenkins Figueroa Street Elementary School 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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Los Angeles, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
F250A Soft Unit Blocks Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
BC407 Soft Safe Mirror Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
AA599 Soft Safe Community Helpers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
LC630 Animal Playset • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$275.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$335.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.18

Total project goal

$394.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $394.54

2 Donors

-$270.77

Donations toward project cost

-$230.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.87

match offer

-$122.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$104.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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