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Mrs. Hales from Norfolk, VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensational Sensory Stations for Students With Special Needs

Help me give my students with multiple disabilities sensory and tactile activities to use for enhancing learning, exploring, and for a fun break during the school day.

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My Project

I teach amazing seventh and eighth grade students with multiple disabilities. They come in every day no matter what challenges they may be trying to overcome, with a positive attitude and ready to work. Students with multiple disabilities are extremely varied in the way they learn and communicate. They communicate in a variety of ways; some using spoken words, others using sign language, a communication device, pictures, or even a smile or eye contact. I design learning experiences with a real world component, nonlinguistic representations, music, and the ability for each student to participate in the lesson in their own unique way, technology for each student as appropriate, as well as hands on activities because I have found a combination of all of these components help to establish student success.

My classroom is filled with diversity in learning styles; some of my students are verbal, others nonverbal, some can read easy text, while others cannot read text at all, some students have an attention span of 40 minutes and others 5 or 10 minutes.

No matter what activities my students are working on, they are working hard. I would love to incorporate the light box with sand, slime, or other manipulatives, therapy putty, wood puzzles, and emotional stress balls in sensory stations around the classroom so that when they need to, my students can take a much needed FUN break! I would love to try the recordable voice buttons with several of my nonverbal students. These buttons would allow students who can't easily access typical communication devices to simply press one button and have access to spoken language that is easily changed. I would be able to change the buttons frequently as content and subject matter changed throughout the school day.

Mrs. Hales Crossroads School Grades 6-8

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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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Nearly all 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Odoorgames Sand Painting Light Box, Light Table for Kids - 3 Color Temperature & 10 Levels Adjustable Brightness, 16" (Blue) • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
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
Puzzles for Kids Ages 4-8, 6 Pack Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles 60 Pieces Preschool Educational Learning Toys Set for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Recordable Buttons Set, Leepesx Voice Recording Button Learning Resources for Dog Cat Animal, Talking Recorder Buttons for Kids Interactive Toy Answer Buzzers Set of 4 (Orange+Pink+Blue+Green) • Amazon Business $17.26 1 $17.26
Emotion Stress Balls Octopus Squishy Ball for Adults Kids, 4 Pack Face Squeeze Balls Sensory Fidget Toys, Stress Relief Toys for Party Favors, Birthday Party, Classroom Prizes for Toddlers • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Coogam Wooden Tangram Puzzle, Color Shape Pattern Jigsaw Brain Teasers 3D Logic IQ Game Geometric Blocks Montessori STEM Educational Toys Gift for All Age • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98

Materials cost

$111.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.35

Total project goal

$168.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $168.98

3 Donors

-$161.77

Donations toward project cost

-$143.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.21

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 $0.00

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