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Ms. Ruiz from Lennox, CA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Perfectly Soothing Calming Corner for Little Minds

Help me give my students items like a kid sofa chair, armchair, and play tent for a calming corner. Coming back from distance learning has been an adjustment, my students would love an extraordinary calming corner .

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

My students have been hard at work learning all about calming their feelings, they have come a long way since coming back from distance learning. They still need to continue to learn about managing their feelings I will use the "Learn ABout Your Feelings" set to help foster new social emotional learning strategies as they grow and experience new emotions.

A calming corner would serve as a social-emotional learning tool to help further their development and create a safe space for little learners to feel secure in a warm environment.

The TeePee will be the perfect safe space along with the arm chair to help create a calming corner to meet the needs of all my students. The sofa chair will be used during whole class lessons on Social Emotional Learning(SEL).

Our calming corner is going to be used as needed. It will serve as a way for students to help regulate their big emotions when they don't find the words to express themselves it will have hour glass timers to help students watch as they calm down. It will have sensory items to help calm little minds such as fidget tubes, a liquid bubble timer, and a breathing exercise poster.

Ms. Ruiz Kenneth L Moffett Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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.

More about Ms. Ruiz

Lennox, CA View local requests

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

19 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Double Seater Kid Sofa Chair, Kid Couch with Solid Wood Arm and Linen Pattern PVC for Kids Rest (Ligth Blue) • Amazon Business $119.99 1 $119.99
BabyLand Children Armchair,Single Kid Sofa Chair with Solid Wood Structure and Linen Fabric for Kid Gift (Light Blue) • Amazon Business $85.99 1 $85.99
Sumerice Teepee Play Tent for Kids with Carry Case, Foldable Girls Playhouse Toy Tent, Gift for Baby Toddler to Play Game Indoor and Outdoor • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
hand2mind Learn About Feelings Set, Social Skills Activities for Kids, 10 Social Emotional Learning Activities, 30 Emotion Cards, 1 Feelings Chart for Kids, Calm Down Corner, ABA Therapy Materials • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
hand2mind Express Your Feelings Rainbow Sensory Fidget Tubes, Calm Down Corner Essentials, Sensory Toys for Sensory Play, Play Therapy Toys, Calming Toys for Kids with Anxiety, Mindfulness Toys • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
XINBAOHONG Liquid Motion Bubbler for Kids and Adults 3-Pack Hourglass Liquid Bubbler Timer for Sensory Play Fidget Toy Stress Management Desk Decor • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Sand Timer 6 Colors Hourglass 1/3/5/10/15/30 Minutes Sandglass Timer Sand Clock for Kids Games Classroom Kitchen Home Office Decoration (Pack of 6) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Everyone is Welcome Calming Corner Bulletin Board • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
9 Pcs Mindfulness Breathing Exercises Poster Finger Tracing Classroom Calming Posters Colorful Calming Corner Supplies Calming Strategies for Kid, 8 x 10 Inches • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$349.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$32.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.62

Total project goal

$490.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$490.80

4 Donors

-$245.40

Donations toward project cost

-$208.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.81

match offer

-$245.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$208.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.81

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$0.00

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