My Students

Carl Sagan said, "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." We're heading into a future that will go nowhere if we continue to place adult-like expectations on students. Help our kids lead us into the unknown by allowing them to use their imaginations!

Welcome to Pre-K!

Come on in! We ask that you be respectful to those around you as well as the materials you play with. Language isn't an issue here, we're confident you'll pick it up quickly. We learn through play and exploration so you're required to bring your curiosity and imagination. Have fun! Our kids are young, ambitious, and curious, but there's darkness lurking about that's much too serious. Pre-K is a time to explore and play, to imagine and create until the end of the day. But the trouble that's looming seems to be blooming. Academic rigor! Academic rigor! They're telling us to grow up much, much quicker. They want to prepare us to be college ready. We want to go to college, but at a pace that's steady. Our parents can't help us out of the troubles that are lurking; it's not their fault! They're too busy working! It's up to you to help us keep our childhood we're about to lose, you wonderful people, the people of DonorsChoose!

My Project

Imagination. There's a word children have not heard in a long time. We're hoping to expand our playground to meet the different needs of our students. It will allow them to use their imagination and think creatively. One of the biggest issues our students have is answering the question, "What do you think?" They freeze. Almost too hesitant to think what they actually think. They are afraid to be wrong. Using your imagination and thinking does not present a clear right or wrong answer. It's an unknown and they're afraid of it. The expanded blocks and sensory table will give them a new mode of thinking and building. It adds the different elements of our senses and motion. They will take risks, learn what works and doesn't work. They will learn how to be a kid in an environment that embraces who they are, no matter what an assessment or score says. They will learn to use their imagination and use it to their advantage.

Your donations will not improve a classroom.

It will improve an entire school. It will allow an entire generation of kids to learn to think and imagine. Play matters in a child's life and by supporting this project you'll be helping our kids use their imagination and creativity. Creativity is something kids are praised for showing but not given enough opportunities to explore. They're given adult-like expectations to meet and never allowed to be who they are...kids.