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Dr. Poole from Jamaica, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calm Jars for Little People With Big Feelings

Help me give my students a way to regulate themselves and their emotions by creating calm jars. Calm jars include items such as glitter in them that move slowly through the solution, mesmerizing the user.

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My Students

I am a technology teacher at a NYC public school. Our kindergarteners are located outside of our main building in an annex location. We have four kindergarten classes that I teach once a week at our annex. The unique location provides a strong sense of community where the teachers and administration know all of the children and families well. This allows us to teach the whole child and address their specific needs. Our staff both supports and challenges each other to do this every day.

Curious, enthusiastic, and creative; my students are eager to explore through critical thinking.

In order to support the whole child, we strive to address their individual social and emotional needs as well. I recently introduced our kindergarten students to Mindfulness through guided meditations. They have embraced the meditations and I am eager to give them more autonomy in monitoring their emotions in a way that will not be distracting for other students. Building this type of autonomy as early as kindergarten will support our students in the rest of their school careers and beyond.

My Project

Sensory bottles are often referred to as calm jars. When a sensory bottle has items such as glitter in it that move slowly, children are often mesmerized by watching their slow descent and this calms their breathing and helps them regulate themselves and their emotions.

Although my students are kindergarteners, they often have BIG feelings that they don't know how to handle yet.

Allowing each student to make a calm jar that will be readily available for them to use, as they see the need, will assist students in regulating their own emotions.

My goal for this project is that the social emotional needs of all students are addressed, and a viable way for them to have autonomy over their emotions is in place grade wide.

Dr. Poole PS 131 Abigail Adams Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

100 students impacted 17donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CSBD 16 Oz Clear Plastic Mason Jars With Ribbed Liner Screw On Lids, Wide Mouth, ECO, BPA Free, PET Plastic, Made In USA, Bulk Storage Containers, 12 Pack (16 Ounces) • Amazon Business $29.95 10 $299.50
AmazonBasics All Purpose Washable School Clear Liquid Glue - Great for Making Slime, 1 Gallon Bottle, 2-Pack • Amazon Business $27.49 8 $219.92
Hemway Premium Multi Purpose Glitter Dust Powder 100g / 3.5oz Arts & Crafts Wine Glass Decoration Weddings Cards Flowers Cosmetic Face Eye Body Nails Skin Hair (Silver Holographic Stars & Moons) • Amazon Business $19.95 8 $159.60
Pacon Spectra Glitter Sparkling Crystals, Assorted Colors, 4-Ounce, 6-Pack (91370) • Amazon Business $19.71 4 $78.84

Materials cost

$757.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$799.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$141.04

Total project goal

$940.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $940.27

13 Donors

-$858.80

Donations toward project cost

-$777.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.82

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$56.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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