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Sensing a Need: A Sensory Experience for Special Needs

My students need sensory equipment such as pencil toppers, ball chairs, and vibrotactile balls to increased focus, behavior regulation, and ultimately - learning

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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 Students

"Why fit IN, when you were born to stand OUT?"-Dr. Seuss. That's just what my students do! My classroom is a setting where students with special needs can grow and learn in their own unique style and at their own pace.

My students are special - in every sense of the word.

While my students have a wide range of varying needs and exceptionalities, they all share one common thread: a need for sensory integration. From a need to release energy, anxiety, or stress - to a need for sensory input to develop motor, cognitive, or language skills and increase concentration and focus, my students have a wide range of diverse sensory needs. My students struggle with day-to-day life activities which impede their access to learning in a general classroom setting. While a typical child may process sensory information even without thinking, such as walking into a noisy school cafeteria, my students require additional support and training to perform basic life activities.

My Project

By providing my students with materials that will meet their sensory needs, they will be able to do what every child goes to school for: to learn! My students need a variety of sensory materials to meet a wide range of sensory needs. Squeeze balls look like a lot of fun to kids, but in the resource classroom, they become an invaluable tool for learning. These can be used to release tension or anxiety, promote positive behavior, or as a pre-writing activity to help develop hand muscles in order to grip a pencil for writing. Ball chairs improve focus and concentration in students with attention deficits while helping to improve posture for students with abnormal gait development. Students with auditory processing difficulties can improve reading fluency and comprehension with auditory feedback. A sensory center will help my students grow and develop in more than just the academic arena - it will support healthy development across domains.

"Sensing a Need: A Sensory Experience for Special Needs" will create a positive impact in the everyday lives of my students with disabilities.

A sensory center in my classroom where there is currently a bare wall will send the message to my students that "this is your space - safe and secure - where you can be YOU!" All while LEARNING!

Mrs. Diaz Key Biscayne K-8 Center Grades PreK-2

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Key Biscayne, FL View local requests 15 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Safco Products 4750GS Zenergy Ball Chair, Grass • Amazon Business $134.88 2 $269.76
Safco Products 4755GS Runtz(TM) Ball Chair, Sour Apple • Amazon Business $127.79 2 $255.58
SHOULDER SNAKE, LARGE • School Specialty $37.84 3 $113.52
Abilitations Yuck-E-Balls - 3 1/2 inches - Set of 6 - Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $34.04 1 $34.04
BODY SOX MEDIUM AGES 6-8 YRS • School Specialty $33.58 1 $33.58
LapGear MyDesk Green (45346) • Amazon Business $13.99 2 $27.98
Abilitations Soft Gel Grab-N-Balls - 4 inch - Set of 3 - Primary Colors • Amazon Business $26.31 1 $26.31
BODY SOX EXTRA SMALL • School Specialty $25.48 1 $25.48
Melissa & Doug Giant Plush Stuffed Sea Turtle • Amazon Business $22.88 1 $22.88
Original Bouncy Bands for Chairs • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90
SENSORY BAR DESK BUDDY • School Specialty $9.51 2 $19.02
Toobaloo Auditory Feedback Phone - Accelerate reading fluency, comprehension and pronunciation with a reading phone - Help children learn to read and enhance speech by hearing themselves speak with crystal clear auditory feedback - Also a great learning aid for speech therapy - Limited Lifetime Warranty • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Sensory Fun Zone Chewies Pencil Topper 4-pack (Green) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
ORAL PRODUCT CHEW STIXX JUNIOR PURPLE GRAPE • School Specialty $7.59 2 $15.18
NEON - Large Pin Image Captor - Colors May Vary • Amazon Business $14.48 1 $14.48
Set of 3! Tangle Jr. Original Fidget Toy • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Therapy Putty - Resistive Hand Exercise Theraputty Kit, set of four strengths, 2 ounces of each putty. • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
BALL GEL CRYSTAL BEAD • School Specialty $5.67 2 $11.34
Poppin Peepers Shark • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Toysmith Bug Out Bob Toy • Amazon Business $8.44 1 $8.44
Liquid Motion Bubbler for Sensory Play, Fidget Toy, Children Activity, Desk Top. Assorted Colors by Super Z Outlet® • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
ORAL PRODUCT CHEW STIXX TOUGH BAR • School Specialty $7.59 1 $7.59
FIDGET GLITTER BEAD BALL • School Specialty $6.67 1 $6.67
Rhode Island Novelty Puffer Balls (Set of 6) • Amazon Business $6.32 1 $6.32
BALL SPLATZ BALL • School Specialty $4.68 1 $4.68

Materials cost

$999.41

Vendor shipping charges

 $23.71

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,068.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$188.49

Total project goal

$1,256.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,256.60

2 Donors

-$1,256.60

Donations toward project cost

-$1,068.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$188.49

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