Teacher looking for spare chess and building materials

New York City NY

Description

Hey there! I'm a 4th-5th grade teacher for a summer program on the Lower East Side. Great students, limited supplies or insight on the budget, but plenty of potential in our city's young people!!! :) They're immensely talented and I ordered some large chess pieces to play on the outside tables and would like to expand their knowledge with some daily chess in the down time. Otherwise, some other students demonstrated immense talent in building and I'd love to acquire more clay, connectable blocks and anything that will assist with stop motion activities that several students indicated that they would be very interested in pursuing (AND! There's a great workshop for young people at the Museum of the Moving Image as an FYI). So far, I've spent about ~$100 on enrichment materials and really want to cap it at $200 personal contribution at summers end. No cash asked; just any materials that will make the summer more fun. Thank you!