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Ms. Lu from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calming Area

Help me give my students a calming area complete with a light table with soft lighting, comfortable seating, and tactile letters filled with water beads.

  • $918 goal

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My Project

The overall goal of the calming area is to provide my students with a space in which they’ll feel safe recognizing and regulating their emotions in a healthy way. I work with students from kindergarten through 6th grade that struggle with reading foundational skills. They come to my class to get the support they need not only in academics but also in social-emotional learning. Many of my students who struggle with reading also struggle with managing their big emotions. Too often they are labeled or have the stigma of not being a "good student". They often feel angry, unheard, anxious, or have other negative feelings.

When my students learn to regulate their big emotions is when we can focus on learning.

I remind my students that when they enter my room it's a safe place to learn and be themselves and when they leave my room I want them to feel proud and confident.

One way to help my students learn how to self-regulate is by providing them with calm-down areas. My students will use this light table and the comfortable seating to build and draw to help them learn self-awareness and self-management in the calming area. Thank you for your support.

Ms. Lu Delevan Drive Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL526 - Space-Saver Color-Changing Light Table • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00
DD370X - Soft Seats - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
SE741 - Tactile Liquid Letters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$677.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $62.04

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$780.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$137.68

Total project goal

$917.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $917.88

1 Donor

-$780.20

Donations toward project cost

-$780.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$137.68

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 $0.00

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