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Mrs. Allen from Irving, TX is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Chairs For Diverse Learners

Help me give my students 6 Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chairs to promote movement, diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism in our classroom.

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My Students

I am the lucky teacher of 25 second graders from multiple cultural backgrounds. My Learners love to move, learn, create and collaborate. They are eager to be successful, share with others, include others, be engaged, and be happy!

They are a diverse group of second graders that are risk takers and ready to take on any challenge you put in front of them.

They are only 7 and 8 years old and being successful on their everyday tasks can be difficult at times. I want to give my students the tools they need that will allow them to meet their peak potential for success! I will do anything I can for them to reach their goals! They deserve it! They are amazing!

My Project

Six Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chairs! They are the new and exciting flexible furniture that promote movement, diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism in classrooms. We have a classroom down the hall who has a few of these exciting chairs in their classroom and my inquisitive students wanted to know more about them. I borrowed a few and they instantly fell in love with them. Their overall mindset and work ethic changed with the chairs. I saw an increase in concentration, an increase in acceptance for diversity, an increase in inclusion and so much more. Overall, is was a more positive atmosphere. They asked and asked, begged and pleaded. They wanted those balance ball chairs for our room. I could not let them down. After all, their ideas were pretty great! I knew at that point, I needed to get the Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chairs for our classroom!

Flexible seating is a great way to bring healthy lifestyles into our classroom while promoting movement, diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism in the classroom!

Integrating these new flexible seating chairs and changing up our classroom arrangement will help them to stay on task and focused on learning, promote movement, diversity, inclusion and multiculturalism. Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chairs are a no-brainer and the perfect solution! This kid-inspired project proposes comfortable options for seating while promoting healthy lifestyles, focused instruction, and staying on task! We really do LOVE Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chairs, they are perfect for our diverse and multicultural classroom!

Mrs. Allen Richard J Lee Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Irving, TX View local requests 25 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chair • DICK'S Sporting Goods $64.99 2 $129.98
Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chair • DICK'S Sporting Goods $64.99 2 $129.98
Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chair • DICK'S Sporting Goods $64.99 2 $129.98

Materials cost

$389.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$464.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.02

Total project goal

$546.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $546.80

1 Donor

-$247.39

Donations toward project cost

-$247.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$255.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$217.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$43.66

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 $0.00

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