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Ms. Mercado from Newark, NJ is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Gross Motor Time!

Help me give my students a great outdoor experience that helps strengthen there gross motor skills.

  • $704 goal

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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 Project

Gross motor abilities also have an influence on other everyday functions. For example, a child’s ability to maintain appropriate table top posture (upper body support) will affect their ability to participate in fine motor skills (e.g. writing, drawing and cutting) and sitting upright to attend to class instruction, which then impacts on their academic learning. Gross motor skills impact on your endurance to cope with a full day of school (sitting upright at a desk, moving between classrooms, carrying your heavy school bag). They also impacts your ability to navigate your environment (e.g. walking around classroom items such as a desk, up a sloped playground hill or to get on and off a moving escalator). Without fair gross motor skills, a child will struggle with many day to day tasks such as a eating, packing away their toys, and getting onto and off the toilet or potty.

Ms. Mercado Elliott Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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 three‑quarters 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

90 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Angeles 4-Hoop Toddler Basketball Hoops with Storage Bag, Kids Basketball Hoop, Indoor/Outdoor Preschool & Daycare Hoop • Amazon Business $167.06 1 $167.06
Kaplan Early Learning Physical Development Kit for Preschool • Kaplan Early Learning Company $159.95 1 $159.95
FlagHouse Plastic Hoops, 24 Inches, Set of 12 - Durable • School Specialty $48.97 1 $48.97
Champion Sports? High Visibility Fluorescent Plastic Cone Set • Quill.com $20.99 2 $41.98
Sportime Tri-Lingual Sequencing Educational Bean Bags, Assorted Colors, Set of 6 - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler • School Specialty $31.87 1 $31.87
Sportime Hoop Tote-N-Store Bag, Red, 24 Inches - Elementary-Middle School - Kids - Lightweight • School Specialty $29.02 1 $29.02
Covelico Exercise Dice for Kids, Physical Education Equipment Gross Motor Toys, Kids Obstacle Course, Big Dice Kids Exercise Equipment for Indoor Active Play Toddler Obstacle Course, Gymnastics Games • Amazon Business $25.20 1 $25.20
Champion Sports 6' Parachute w/ 8 Handles, Multicolored (NP6) • Quill.com $24.99 1 $24.99
Everrich Sportime Physical Education Fitness Dice Set, 4 x 4 Inches, Vinyl, Orange, Set of 2 - Middle-High School - Adult • School Specialty $17.77 1 $17.77

Materials cost

$546.81

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.76

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$597.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.49

Total project goal

$703.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $703.26

1 Donor

-$703.26

Donations toward project cost

-$597.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$105.49

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