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Mrs. Trembley from Bridgeport, CT is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Movement for the Mind

Help me give my students materials that will help with attention, motor skills, and communication. The Sit and Spin Wobble Chair will help give my most challenged students sensory input and increase balance and brain development.

  • $363 goal

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My Project

My classroom consists of special needs and typically learning students. Students range in age from 2.6 to 5 years old with a range of challenging developmental delays, including autism, severe communication, motor and social emotional delays. They are from the inner-city and many do not have the attention, communication and motor skills to become active in their learning.

My students are very special and I want to provide them with materials that will help them become actively engaged in their learning and enhance their developmental growth.

My special needs students need adult support to stay seated during whole and small group lessons. They lose attention easily and can not stay focused on a given task. Having fidget and fine motor materials, proper seating and movement accommodations provides opportunities to get sensory input as they work towards their pre-academic goals. The selected materials will allow me to offer developmentally appropriate materials that will benefit the needs of my special needs and typical learners.

My students face a number of cognitive, social, emotional and motor challenges. The materials requested focus on a multi-sensory approach to learning. My students love to touch, squeeze and manipulate materials. The fidget toys and therapy putty will allow them to build on their fine motor skills while helping them focus on a large or small group lesson. The cube seat, fidget foot bands and sit and spin seat will give my challenged students sensory input to help them focus and improve attention. The emotions manipulatives will help them identify and express themselves. These requested materials will help me create a developmentally appropriate classroom environment focusing on the whole child with a whole body approach to learning. The funds for this project will not only benefit me, but will benefit my students growth towards reaching their goals.

Mrs. Trembley
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HAPPYMATY Sit and Spin Spinning Activity Toy for Toddlers with Arm Rest and Swivel, Wobble Chair - Sensory Spinning Seat for Kids, Training Body Coordination, Green • Amazon Business $89.99 1 $89.99
Children's Factory 3-in-1 Cube Chair for Kids, Flexible Seating Classroom Furniture, 1-Pack, Blue • Amazon Business $58.46 1 $58.46
Bubble Machine Durable Automatic Bubble Blower, 18000+ Big Bubbles Per Minute Bubbles for Kids Toddlers Bubble Maker Operated by Plugin or Batteries Bubble Toys for Indoor Outdoor Birthday Party（Blue） • Amazon Business $26.95 1 $26.95
Special Supplies Therapy Putty for Kids and Adults - Resistive Hand Exercise Stress Relief Therapy Putty Kit, Set of 6 Strengths, 3 Ounces of Each Putty • Amazon Business $22.78 1 $22.78
62 Pack Fidget Toys Set, Sensory Party Favors Gifts for Kids Adults Stress Relief Stocking Stuffers Pop It Autism Autistic Bulk Boys Girls Goodie Bags Treasure Box Classroom Prizes • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
32 Pcs Chair Bands for Kids with Fidgety Feet Stretch Fidget Bands for Classroom Chairs Foot Calming Strip Thick Latex Fidget Chair Bands Flexible Band for Christmas Classroom Elementary Middle School • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
Lakeshore Gel-Bead Emotion Friends • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
DAMEING Fidget Slug, 2 Pack Sensory Slug Fidget Toys for Kids, Toddlers, Adults, Autism Sensory Toys for Autistic Children, Stress Relief Asmr Toys • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Lakeshore Find Your Feelings Emotion Slider • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$272.93

Vendor shipping charges

 $1.25

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$308.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.40

Total project goal

$362.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $362.67

2 Donors

-$241.78

Donations toward project cost

-$205.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.26

match offer

-$120.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$102.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.13

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