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Dr. Romero from Miami, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fine Motor Fun With Special Needs Students

Help me give my students games and puzzles to improve their fine motor skills, visual perceptual abilities, and pre-writing skills for continued school success.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

As a school-based occupational therapist working in Miami, FL, I work with many students who require intervention to improve their fine motor, visual motor, and visual perceptual abilities. These students struggle with handwriting abilities, self care skills, and overall lack of coordination when engaging in age-appropriate tasks.

My students continue to require intensive intervention in the areas of fine motor skills, visual perception, and pre-writing abilities to assist them with continued school success.

My children have recently taken up an interest in performing more table top tasks since utilizing flexible seating options. Most of my students have recently expressed interest in playing more games and engaging in puzzles to improve their school success.

My Project

While organizing my intervention room over the last few weeks, I have realized that a lot of my games and puzzles are either missing pieces, broken, or not appropriate for my younger population to use. My younger students have recently requested more fine motor based toys that are not electronic, and can be done either with or alongside their peers. The puzzles that I have requested can fulfill my varying skill range within my younger population. Some students are still sorting shapes, while others are learning to put pictures together via interlocking puzzles. The games requested, such as Gumball Grab and Feed the Animals require the use of tweezers, which will foster a tripod grasp necessary for handwriting development. The Magnetic Mosaic game will improve pinch and coordination abilities within children who have already demonstrated beginning development of this tripod grasp. The dressing boards will improve self care abilities in my students to become more independent in all areas of development throughout the school day.

Pre-writing abilities, overall fine motor skills, and visual perception are vital skills that young children need to become successful in school.

Without proper early intervention of these skills, students will have difficulty in the areas of coloring, writing, copying, and fine motor coordination required to complete school based tasks. Please help my students achieve these successes to be the best students they can be!

Dr. Romero Gloria M Floyd Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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More than half 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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE600X - Feed-The-Animals Fine Motor Games - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
FF315 - Alphabet Mystery Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
TT818 - Getting Ready to Write Gumball Grab • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
HH359 - Following Directions Building Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL108 - Tweezer Tongs Color Sorting Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
VR457 - Magnetic Mosaics® Picture Maker • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
TB125 - Simple Shapes Puzzle Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
TR671 - Poppa’s Pizza Topple Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC742 - Find the Letter Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC933 - Create-A-Burger Sequencing Stacker • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
FK213 - Fairy Tale Castle Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
FK324 - Animals in the Barn Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
FK109 - Bugs Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
FK221 - Alphabet Train Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
FK228 - Four Seasons Floor Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TR798 - Don’t Let the Bugs Fall! Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
LL139 - Fine Motor Tweezer Tongs - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$371.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$407.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.90

Total project goal

$479.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $479.31

2 Donors

-$479.31

Donations toward project cost

-$407.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.90

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