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Mrs. M. from CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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LightAide for Students With Visual Impairments

My students need a LightAide kit to learn color identification, improve visual tracking skills, and understand cause and effect.

  • $1,975 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students are inspiring. They are all blind or visually impaired. Many of my students are from low-income homes, and over 80% of the students in our district receive free or reduced-price lunch. We are constantly challenging our students to step out of their comfort zones. This can be challenging for a student with a visual impairment.

My goal is to provide my students with the tools they need to be successful and confident in their classrooms and around their peers.

My Project

My preschool students have a wide array of needs. All of them are blind or visually impaired and many have additional disabilities.It is difficult to find equipment that is meaningful and engaging for them.

The LightAide is a large light box that provides an enlarged, tactile learning experience for children with low vision.

The children can use this device to develop their cognitive skills. Students can use the LightAide to improve their understanding of cause and effect, alphabet and numbers, tracking for pre-reading, sequencing and organizational skills, and turn taking for social situations. The product website describes the LightAide as "bright and engaging," the LightAide creates a variety of interactive displays of color that support core learning goals and help instill the building blocks of literacy and mathematical concepts in learners with low vision, cognitive disabilities and other special needs. The LightAide is very versatile and would be a valued tool for our students.

Mrs. M.
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LightAide Kit - LightAide Deluxe • Light Aide $1,449.00 1 $1,449.00

Materials cost

$1,449.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.00

Sales tax

 $132.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,678.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$296.17

Total project goal

$1,974.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,974.49

52 Donors

-$983.98

Donations toward project cost

-$841.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$142.05

Matching donations from our partners

-$983.99

Match offers toward project cost

-$836.39

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$147.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.53

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