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Students need opportunities to both relax and enjoy a sensory celebration from doing all their hard work in classroom learning. We often use the phrase, "I can do hard things," to help students build their confidence that when they work hard, the payoff is very rewarding also. Our students with special needs need ways to feel inspired, and opportunities to not only meet their sensory and tactile needs, but also relax, know they are loved, and that they belong to a classroom where everyone can learn and grow together. Our students enter our class knowing, "You have a friend in our class!" There are opportunities to celebrate hard work and success even for their individual achievements. We can use these lights to have classroom dance parties for individual achievements, and also for classroom achievements to not only recognize individual students but to build a culture that when other people succeed, we all succeed. I want our students to turn the culture of learning, in the direction of being excited to arrive at school ready to learn and grow.

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Students need opportunities to both relax and enjoy a sensory celebration from doing all their hard work in classroom learning. We often use the phrase, "I can do hard things," to help students build their confidence that when they work hard, the payoff is very rewarding also. Our students with special needs need ways to feel inspired, and opportunities to not only meet their sensory and tactile needs, but also relax, know they are loved, and that they belong to a classroom where everyone can learn and grow together. Our students enter our class knowing, "You have a friend in our class!" There are opportunities to celebrate hard work and success even for their individual achievements. We can use these lights to have classroom dance parties for individual achievements, and also for classroom achievements to not only recognize individual students but to build a culture that when other people succeed, we all succeed. I want our students to turn the culture of learning, in the direction of being excited to arrive at school ready to learn and grow.

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