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Ms. Kender from Brooklyn, NY is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sound Meditation and Mindfulness

Help me give my students sound instruments that I can play to elevate mindfulness in my students and bring them back to their bodies, to enhance learning during instructional time.

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My Students

We are a gifted and talented classroom in Brooklyn, New York. My classroom is filled with intellectually stimulated students, however, they are all diverse and learn in their own unique way.

My gifted students take such pride in their learning environment and we spend a great deal of time in our classroom together.

Social-emotionally, gifted students enjoy their time with self-exploration and independent projects that gear to their interests. I love allowing my students to use our classroom as a second home. My students enjoy using the classroom resources and centers that enrich their learning. Each year, adding a new component to my classroom brings such joy to the children and a refreshing excitement for me. I am so happy that Donors Choose makes that possible!

I feel my new project, creating sensory awareness and mindfulness will aid to an enhanced awareness that will make learning more accessible to my students. Sensory awareness with allow for an enhanced focus and decrease adverse feelings that our littles encounter daily. Thanks for checking in!

My Project

My students have been thoroughly enjoying sound meditation in my classroom. Feedback that I've heard after playing the sounds is that they feel, "calm, at ease, less stress, love, and feelings." I feel with more instruments, we can really drop into the sounds and calm our bodies in times of stress.

There are many social emotional activities that are conducted in my classroom, but the sound mediation aspect seems to be most possible with the current class of littles.

I feel the sound helps them remove the worries in their minds and puts their anxieties at ease. Our littles can come to school stressed and overwhelmed, as our school resides in NYC. Having this gift of sound would benefit my classroom greatly.

Ms. Kender PS 132 Conselyea Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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
Zildjian 12" Table-top Gong and Stand Set • Amazon Business $124.95 1 $124.95
Rainbow 10 Inch Red Frosted Crystal Singing Bowl Note C Root Chakra Best Quality Sound & Material (O Ring & Transparent Rubber Mallet Included) • Amazon Business $109.00 1 $109.00
Other Percussion Bar (ET-0212-00) • Amazon Business $45.97 1 $45.97

Materials cost

$279.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.43

Total project goal

$369.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $369.55

3 Donors

-$326.49

Donations toward project cost

-$314.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$43.06

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 $0.00

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