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A new rug in our classroom will help my students with understanding and retaining their colors, ABC's, and numbers. We sit on the floor quite a bit throughout our day to get a closer look at what we are learning. The rug in our classroom now has been of great use and has helped many students with learning their colors. However, it is looking like more of an antique at this point with stains and wear and tear from the many years of Kindergarten friends. Along with a new learning rug, I am also asking for new over-the-ear headphones to increase individual, non-distracted learning. We have iPads in our classroom where students have access to several educational apps. These apps help reinforce and retain the skills that we learn in class. The noise-canceling headphones will help students comprehend/focus better and get more work done versus being distracted with ear buds falling out of their little ears or hearing background noise from the learning going on around the room. These headphones will also be used at our listening center, where students listen and follow along to a story being read to them on the boom box. We have several books on tape and CD, however, we need a way of playing them. Lastly, the iPad charging station and cords will help in many ways other than the obvious reason of charging the iPads. Students will learn responsibility by keep our technology tools organized and charged for the next use, it will offer less clutter, as well as peace of mind when I think about possible fire hazards with the cords we have now. These kids love coming to school to learn and play, and I just want to help provide the best tools and environment for them to succeed.

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A new rug in our classroom will help my students with understanding and retaining their colors, ABC's, and numbers. We sit on the floor quite a bit throughout our day to get a closer look at what we are learning. The rug in our classroom now has been of great use and has helped many students with learning their colors. However, it is looking like more of an antique at this point with stains and wear and tear from the many years of Kindergarten friends. Along with a new learning rug, I am also asking for new over-the-ear headphones to increase individual, non-distracted learning. We have iPads in our classroom where students have access to several educational apps. These apps help reinforce and retain the skills that we learn in class. The noise-canceling headphones will help students comprehend/focus better and get more work done versus being distracted with ear buds falling out of their little ears or hearing background noise from the learning going on around the room. These headphones will also be used at our listening center, where students listen and follow along to a story being read to them on the boom box. We have several books on tape and CD, however, we need a way of playing them. Lastly, the iPad charging station and cords will help in many ways other than the obvious reason of charging the iPads. Students will learn responsibility by keep our technology tools organized and charged for the next use, it will offer less clutter, as well as peace of mind when I think about possible fire hazards with the cords we have now. These kids love coming to school to learn and play, and I just want to help provide the best tools and environment for them to succeed.

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