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

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We Play To Improve Our Language and Social Skills

Help me give my students games to develop their language and social skills.

  • $277 goal

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Ms. McDermott has another project! Donate to Creative Minds, Colorful Hearts: Expressing Ability Through Art to help her classroom.

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My Project

Did you grow up having family game night? We need some fun games to learn new skills.

My students come from a tough neighborhood in NYC and often do not have experiences playing board games at home.

They have various and multiple special needs and have a very difficult time learning basic skills. They struggle every day trying to communicate their wants and needs. I am a Speech-Language Pathologist and from my experience, these kids would benefit from having simple games to learn turn taking skills, and learn to have fun in age appropriate way. Having games available in the classroom will improve my students' abilities to engage with each other in positive and appropriate ways.

I am requesting some basic turn taking games that will help my severely cognitively impaired students partake in activities that are typical for kids their age. I plan to initiate a buddy system to have students from different classes and with different abilities work together to improve their social skills and learn from each other. It is my hope that they can learn compassion and make new friends which is so hard to do in a special-education school with self-contained classes. It is important for my students to learn to interact with different types of people through socially positive experiences.

My students rarely have what you or I would consider "normal" social experiences.

I hope with the availability of these games, my students will learn to engage in socially appropriate activities and be able to transfer these new skills to other environments.

Ms. McDermott PS 36K 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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Brooklyn, 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rubbermaid Cleverstore Clear 6 Qt/1.5 Gal, Pack of 12 Stackable Plastic Storage Containers with Durable Snapping Clear Lids, Visible Organization, Great for Closet, Underbed, and Kitchen Storage • Amazon Business $64.34 1 $64.34
Pop The Pig (Bigger & Better) w/Greedy Granny Old Maid Card Game by Goliath, Multi Color • Amazon Business $29.12 1 $29.12
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 10696 Building Toys for Creative Play; Kids Creative Kit (484 Pieces) • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
ThinkFun Zingo Bingo Award Winning Preschool Game for Pre-Readers and Early Readers Age 4 and Up - One of the Most Popular Board Games for Boys and Girls and their Parents, Amazon Exclusive Version • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Hasbro Crocodile Dentist Kids Game Ages 4 And Up (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Briarpatch I Spy Dig In Game-, Multi (06101) • Amazon Business $16.44 1 $16.44
Don't Break the Ice Game, Multicolor • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
UNO Play with Pride Card Game with 112 Cards and Instructions, Great Gift for Ages 7 Years Old & Up • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$202.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$235.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.52

Total project goal

$276.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $276.80

2 Donors

-$241.80

Donations toward project cost

-$205.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.27

match offer

-$35.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

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 $0.00

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