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Mrs. Macsata from Salem, MA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Light It Up Sensory Style!

Help me give my students a sensory experience! This light table and its sensory components will help my students grow and learn!

  • $702 goal

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My Students

Our school of eight classrooms is small but we service over 100 children in our diverse city. We have occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physical therapists, a board-certified behavioral consultant, a school psychologist, and a school adjustment counselor to help our students grow and learn. We all come from different backgrounds and cultures!

Each child here is an individual and is learning at their individual developmental level.

My classroom includes students with and without disabilities and are part of a multi-age classroom of 3-5 year olds. In our classroom, everyone is different and that's okay! Each one of us learns at our own pace!

My Project

The materials in this project will help my students learn through play! Sensory play with this light table will help my children increase their skills! This table can also be used for math and literacy times too!

Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction.

Sensory play also builds nerve connections in the brain, which increases a child's ability to complete more complex learning tasks. My students will use the light box to explore the sensory beads, sensory rings, and sensory balls. Each of these sensory materials feel different! The students will use the light table sensory tray to light up the materials and keep them contained. These materials will give my students more options to grow and learn in the classroom! The light table can also be used with magnet blocks and other materials we have in our school.

Mrs. Macsata Salem Early Childhood Center Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Salem, MA View local requests

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

13 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL526 - Space-Saver Color-Changing Light Table • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
LL509X - Light Table Sensory Play Materials - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $139.00 1 $139.00
LL581 - Light Table Sensory Tray • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99

Materials cost

$557.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$596.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.24

Total project goal

$701.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $701.60

15 Donors

-$684.69

Donations toward project cost

-$585.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$98.95

match offer

-$12.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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 $0.00

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