Calming Carpet Space for Curious Learners

Funded Aug 14, 2019

This calming carpet has made such a difference for the 27 students in our classroom. It has improved the classroom climate, given students more choice about places to work, and given us a place to meet as a class for lessons and class meetings.

Serene blue and with an ocean themed pattern, this carpet helps create a climate of calm in our classroom. It is large, fitting the entire size of the reading area in our classroom. It can fit all the students when we have a class meeting, and students often use the beanbag chairs in that same area too. This calming color and pattern creates a lovely atmosphere for my fifth grade students to work and read.

Amazing opportunities exist for different types of activities and lessons in our classroom because of this carpet. Students can read alone, with a partner, or in small groups. There is space for a group to meet and work on tasks and projects on this carpet. Students can spread out to have more room to work. Our entire class can even meet and sit together for a lesson, or sit on the edges facing in to create a cozy, class meeting type space.

My students and I are so grateful for the donors who chose to fund our project. We have a concrete floor, and without this carpet, we would be spending much more time working at our desks than we do now. It's amazing to see how one carpet can make such a difference.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. LeBlanc