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Ms. Barker from Richmond, VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Storytelling and Problem Solving with LEGO

Help me give my students a hands-on, visible way to solve problems, brainstorm and build solutions, and demonstrate critical thinking with LEGO sets.

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My Students

Every day I see students in kindergarten through 5th grade who love coming to the library. They're excited about learning. They ask big questions and share insightful thoughts about the stories, events, things, and, people we talk and learn about in our library.

The enthusiastic scholars with whom I work are creative thinkers and makers.

In the library, we share what we know through traditional writing and speaking, but we also prototype and build with a variety of materials. My students are always eager to put their imaginations in high gear when it's time to design and build.

My Project

I am requesting LEGO Community Starter Sets and storage cases so that each table of students in the library can use the LEGO sets for a variety of activities. The LEGO community starter sets include almost 2,000 bricks, windows, wheels, and minifigures--everything children need to build their own stories. The LEGO kits will be used to teach concepts like sequencing, parts of a story, point of view, and personal storytelling. Building with the LEGO sets will also help students practice their collaboration and communication skills.

With the LEGO sets, students can model or retell parts of stories that we read in the library, develop and model their own stories, and prototype solutions to problems identified in stories and articles we read.

Storytelling and problem solving with Lego gives students a non-traditional, hands-on way to express and share their ideas and knowledge.

Ms. Barker Westover Hills Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Richmond, VA 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

415 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Community Starter Set • LEGO Education $214.95 3 $644.85
4-Tray Craft Organizer Storage Box by Recollections • Amazon Business $24.99 4 $99.96

Materials cost

$744.81

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$800.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$141.35

Total project goal

$942.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $942.33

13 Donors

-$767.33

Donations toward project cost

-$652.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$115.09

match offer

-$175.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

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 $0.00

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