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Ms. Volini from Staten Island, NY is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Ms. Volini and Ms. Hansen Build Their Sensory Suite!

Help me give my students a beanbag seat and liquid floor tiles for the Sensory Suite they need to thrive and succeed!

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My Students

When teaching students with autism, it is necessary to create a learning environment that is interactive and engaging. Many of my students struggle with attending to tasks and many people believe they are not capable of learning, however they can -- just in a different way. These students require very tactile and visual learning strategies typically involving sensory play to keep their attention.

Although my students have diverse learning needs, I make sure to provide multiple opportunities for them to learn using a multi-sensory approach.

My students are unique, eager to learn, and rise above their disabilities. I learn from my students every day and want to provide the best possible education for them. They strive every day to be their best selves and continuously inspire me to be a better teacher.

My Project

Most children with Autism Spectrum Disorders demonstrate some degree of sensory processing dysfunction. Sensory play is any activity that stimulates a child’s senses such as touch, sound, taste, sight, and smell. Allowing children the opportunity to freely explore with sensory activities helps to facilitate understanding and creativity.

Engaging children with autism in sensory activities is beneficial in several ways, as it can help with stimulating the brain, improving sensory processing systems, improving social skills such as communication and cooperation and calming children down when they are agitated.

Also, it helps improve coordination, as well as fine and gross motor skills.

We are requesting a beanbag seat and liquid floor tiles for the Sensory Suite they need to thrive and succeed! Sensory play can be helpful in regulating and even preventing meltdowns for children with autism or sensory processing disorder. Allowing children to independently explore sensory activities can teach them how to calm themselves and self-regulate their emotions. This helps them get their much needed sensory-input, which leads to reducing meltdowns from over stimulation and teaches them how to prevent future emotional meltdowns. Sensory play will always have a place and be an important part of child development.

Ms. Volini PS R373 Grades 3-5

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Staten Island, NY View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC574GR - Flex-Space Jumbo Beanbag Seat - Green (41") • Lakeshore Learning Materials $179.00 1 $179.00
SE401 - Liquid Floor Tiles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00

Materials cost

$328.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$362.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.04

Total project goal

$426.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $426.96

1 Donor

-$426.96

Donations toward project cost

-$362.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.04

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