Past projects 5
Rugs= Hugs
Funded Dec 13, 2024I hope this message finds you well! I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for your generous support on DonorsChoose. Your contribution is making a significant impact in our classroom, and I cannot thank you enough for your kindness.
Thanks to your support, we are able to provide our students with the resources they need to thrive and succeed. Your investment in their education not only enhances their learning experience but also inspires them to dream bigger and reach for their goals.We will keep you updated on our progress and the positive changes your donation has helped bring about.
Thank you once again for believing in our students and for making a difference in their lives.
With heartfelt appreciation,”
With gratitude,
Ms. Puccio
Flexibility Is the Key to Success
Funded Feb 28, 2023Thank you so much for your generous donation for our lap desks and holder. This has created a great experience for our class to be able to work comfortable or closer to the board. It also has allowed us to work in small groups in the hall or in other parts of the room. Having this storage has also allowed us to have a tidy and neat area to store our lap desks and the children are able to take them when they need them. Flexibility and allowing my students to learn in many ways has been very successful so far. My students love having this option and a place to store them for more room in the classroom. My students know when they need to use the lap desks and what is the proper way to store them when they are done. They are becoming very independent and are benefiting from working other places besides their school desks. Thank you again!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Puccio
Alternate Classroom Seating for Sensory Awareness and a Mindful Classroom
Funded Dec 3, 2019The flexible seating in our classroom is used daily by the students. They love feeling comfortable and having the ability to choose how they are comfortable learning allows for a successful learning environment. Our lap desks and stadium seats allow students to be closer to the SmartBoard or move around the room freely to a quiet area to work comfortably. Our reading tent provides a quiet area for students to concentrate on a book of their choice during reading time, and our sensory toys have really helped with social emotional learning in the classroom. We have created a calm down corner and we use fidget toys often to help impulses.
When the materials arrived at the class, my students were overjoyed. They were so excited that our project was finally funded and they could not wait to get their hands on some new lap desks and seats. Any chance they get, they love to use flexible seating. Not every student learns the same, and not every student is comfortable sitting in a school chair all day long. Having this flexible seating allows students to learn comfortably throughout the day.
With this flexible seating the students are learning the proper way to use it, and they are learning what each seat or flexible seating item is for. They learned that every child learns differently and they know that some students need other things differently than them. Creating an environment of sensory awareness has helped my students grow every day. I have seen such growth in their academics, as well as their social emotional awareness. We cannot thank you enough for donating to our project to help us each and every day in the classroom learn to our best ability.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Puccio
This classroom project was brought to life by An anonymous classroom supporter and 12 other donors.Flexible Seating = Successful Learning!
Funded Oct 22, 2018thank you so much for your donations. Having flexible seating in our class has allowed the students to learn in a way that was comfortable and best for their individual needs. Giving them the option ans teaching them responsibility to use the flexible seating appropriately was a huge success. The students really felt special and I was able to assess their needs based on how they were successfully working in the classroom environment. Thank you again so much for your support this year and for this fantastic project.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Puccio
Getting Creative in the Classroom with CRICUT
Funded Sep 2, 2018Having the Cricut in our classroom has helped us create so many fun projects. Some students are not able to use their motor skills to cut as well as others and it allows me to do it before for them. This machine also helped me have a very print enriched room. With the cricut, I was also able to make my students special trip tags to wear when we go on trips. This is going to help my students have great visuals for years to come all over the room. We can't wait to continue to use this machine more and more.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Puccio