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Ms. Owens and Ms. Banks from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Importance of Play!

Help me give my students letter and number recognition building tiles, puzzles and patterning tools to use throughout the school year in preparation for Kindergarten!

  • $690 goal

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My Project

In Pre-K, learning through play is important as it helps my students get ready for Kindergarten, encourage their imagination and help them with literacy and numeracy skills. Materials such as Double-Sided Magnetic Letter Tiles and Double-Sided Magnetic Number Tiles will help my students strengthen letter and number recognition all through play! At this young age, it is also important for students to improve their fine motor skills, which entails holding pencils correctly in order to improve their penmanship. Materials listed such as play dough and snap patterning boards will help strengthen their fine motor skills. I love to see my students engage in purposeful play and have access to different materials. With these new materials I will be able to alternate materials based on students needs/interest throughout the school year!

Ms. Owens and Ms. Banks PS 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabaz 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.

More about Ms. Owens and Ms. Banks

Brooklyn, 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC856 - Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
TT811 - Double-Sided Magnetic Letter Tiles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
CS439 - Crazy Shapes Magnetic Building Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
DD152 - Double-Sided Magnetic Number Tiles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
RA181 - Best-Buy Jumbo Building Bricks - Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
TT295 - Its a Snap Patterning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA591 - Toddler Bristle Builders<sup>&reg;</sup> • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TY217 - Unifix<sup>&reg;</sup> 1-10 Stair • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 2 $17.98
LA299 - Learn the Alphabet Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
PP1102 - Number Train Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
PP1101 - Alphabet Train Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$547.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$586.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.43

Total project goal

$689.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $689.53

7 Donors

-$514.53

Donations toward project cost

-$437.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.16

Matching donations from our partners

-$175.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

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 $0.00

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