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Ms. Kessler from New York, NY is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Want To Play Pretend With Me?

Help me give my students dramatic play costumes and classroom Puppet Pals so that they can learn through pretending!

  • $434 goal

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My Students

My Pre-K students live in a diverse neighborhood consisting of hard-working people and unfortunately, at times bad influences. Their parents often work more than one job to make ends meet. Many parents are English language learners themselves and cannot always help the students with their homework. They are lucky to attend a school that has an administration with bold ambitions for them.

This year, we are going to use play-acting to learn about other people and also to practice working together.

My Project

Little Pre-K students come to school with little experience of the people around them other than their immediate family and neighbors. Through Dramatic Play, my students will expand their understanding of the people who help their communities and the awesome jobs that these people can have. I will read them stories about people with different occupations and then introduce the costume that they can put on and pretend to be that person. In addition to costumes, this project includes hand puppets that the children can use to act out the stories we have heard. This is a magical time in their lives and I want to supply them with all the magic I can.

Ms. Kessler PS 133 Fred R Moore 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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New York, NY 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
Dramatic Play Costumes (Set of 5) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $161.96 1 $161.96
Classroom Puppet Pals Set - Set of 16 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $71.96 1 $71.96
Pretend Play Adventure Capes (Set of 4 Polyester Children's Capes) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $60.26 1 $60.26
Firefighter Dress Up - Tan • Kaplan Early Learning Company $39.56 1 $39.56

Materials cost

$333.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$368.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.07

Total project goal

$433.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $433.82

3 Donors

-$230.00

Donations toward project cost

-$195.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$203.82

Match offers toward project cost

-$173.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.57

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 $0.00

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