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Filling in the Sensory and Diversity Gaps

Help me give my students a play refrigerator, sensory lap pads, and bouncy bands to feel regulated and reflected in our classroom!

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My Project

In the three years since the COVID-19 Pandemic, I have seen the behaviors in my kindergarten classes shift and become more challenging. These young children lost out on so much socialization, opportunities for movement, and connection to others during the lock down, and it is very apparent. My goal with the items I have selected is to better meet the increasing sensory needs in the children (weighted lap blanket, wiggle cushions, squeeze ball) so that they can learn to regulate themselves and participate more easily in our days. They also lost out on opportunities to be with other children and families, especially other children and families who don't look like their own. I have chosen many books to help bring more diverse stories and pictures to the children. My classroom has a strong play-based element and we are in need of a play refrigerator for our play kitchen. This is one of the children's favorite places to play and a few more elements would make it easier for more children to play at the same time. We also need a few more STEM items (Blocks & Boards and Makit Woodbuilders).

Ms. Rachel Mountain Sage Community School Grades PreK-2

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Fort Collins, CO View local requests

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

22 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Hardwood Refrigerator • Lakeshore Learning Materials $379.00 1 $379.00
Portable 5lb Weighted Sensory Lap Pad • Kaplan Early Learning Company $44.96 2 $89.92
Bouncyband© Wiggle Seat Little Sensory Cushion • Nasco $18.70 3 $56.10
Calming Cuddle Ball • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Makit Woodbuilders - 70 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.46 1 $31.46
Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards • Blick Art Materials $22.56 1 $22.56
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Festival of Colors Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Dancing Hands How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
All Kinds of Children Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 1 $17.99
Where Are You From? (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Wonder Walkers • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Book of Mistakes • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Watercress • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Berry Song • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Pink Is for Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00

Materials cost

$775.45

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.56

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$837.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.82

Total project goal

$985.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $985.46

1 Donor

-$985.46

Donations toward project cost

-$837.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$147.82

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