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Ms. Jenkins from Los Angeles, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calming Area!

Help me give my students calming area for a calming, self regulation and privacy.

  • $633 goal

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My Project

My amazing preschool class is filled with amazing preschoolers with a variety of disabilities, including Autism. My students are learning to talk, play, socialize and develop social emotional skills. This school year I have noticed a huge need for social emotional learning. Currently my students are learning how to self regulate. They really needed extra time, love and support to understand their emotions and feelings when they become overly frustrated, sad, or upset. It is so hard to watch their small bodies tremble with emotions that they don’t understand and can not handle. My students need a safe comfy calming place to just be until they are ready to rejoin the class.

A Quiet Time Privacy Cube and a cushion will provide a safe space to go within the classroom to help them calm, reflect and relax.

For children on the spectrum, having a space available is essential for when they are over stimulated or just simply overwhelmed. Currently, we are using pictures, stories and puzzles to teach social emotional learning. However to have a safe calming space that is always available would be so amazing. In my minds eye, I can picture it filled with calming signs, a few furry friends, pillows and books that promotes engagement with print and symbols. A nice private place free to go to when they just need to get away.

The Quiet Time Privacy Cube is a sturdy wooden cube with an open design that keeps students fully visible so staff can monitor the student and they can see and hear the lessons that are being taught. I love the fact that the cushion is a soft vinyl cushion that adds comfort, yet it can be easily cleaned. Thank you in advance for taking the time read our project Calming Cozy Cube.

Ms. Jenkins Figueroa Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

10 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC805 - Quiet Time Privacy Cube • Lakeshore Learning Materials $399.00 1 $399.00
LC806 - Cushion for Quiet Time Privacy Cube • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost

$458.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $42.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$537.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.92

Total project goal

$632.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $632.79

1 Donor

-$537.87

Donations toward project cost

-$537.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$94.92

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 $0.00

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