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Mrs. Euler from New Berlin IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Goal In Mind: Leveling The Playing Field With Sensory

Help me give my students the sensory tools to help make them successful in school and in life.

  • $903 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

What makes our students different than other students? Well they make up 16% of the student body at our school with their unique learning styles and sensory needs. We are special education teachers who are embracing the learning styles as well as sensory needs of our students in this world of education that is constantly evolving and changing.

Today's students are experiencing sensory overload and need to be re-grounded while utilizing tools to redirect their focus back to academic and life successes.

We embrace how our students are different and help them navigate their emotional and sensory needs but our students also need additional tools to assist them as they struggle with understanding social situations due to their learning styles, sensory and emotional needs.

My Project

Students who struggle with academic achievement might also have emotional and sensory deficits that impacts their success in school as well as social situations. Our students could learn how to manage their behaviors and bounce back quicker utilizing therapy putty and/or manage their outburst, anxiety, or disruptive body movements by using a wobble stools or a therapeutic bounce of a yoga ball.

By utilizing sensory supports it can help to level the playing field.

Every day people are finding comfort in sleeping with a weighted blanket to help promote relaxation and reduce anxiety. Imagine what that type of a tool could do for a students with anxiety or sensory deficits. Students will be able to develop coping skills with teacher supports while using tools such as hand fidgets, therapy putty, weighted blanket, and alternative seating choices. Once they have developed these skills it will allow them to know not just how to recover from an emotional/sensory moment but what tools they need. This will ultimately impact them now and later in life.

Mrs. Euler
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Weighted Lap Pad for Kids | Unique Warming & Cooling Feature | Help with Self-Calm and Relaxation | Multiple Weight & Sizes | • Amazon Business $51.12 5 $255.60
Mini Exercise Trampoline for Adults - Indoor Fitness Rebounder with Adjustable Handle Bar for Kids - Spring Cover and Folding Legs For Small Storage • Amazon Business $159.00 1 $159.00
ECR4Kids ACE Wobble Stool - Active Flexible Seating Chair for Kids - Classrooms and Home, 20" Navy • Amazon Business $49.99 2 $99.98
Trideer Ball Chair – Exercise Stability Yoga Ball with Base for Home and Office Desk, Ball Seat, Flexible Seating with Ring & Pump, Improves Balance, Back Pain, Core Strength & Posture(Ball with Ring • Amazon Business $38.99 2 $77.98
Spiky Sensory Ring/Bracelet Fidget Toy (Pack of 3) - BPA/Phthalate/Latex-Free - Fidgets Toys/Stress Rings for Children and Adults - by Impresa • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
Vive Exercise Putty - Therapeutic, Occupational and Therapy Tool - Thinking and Stress - Finger, Hand Grip Strength Exercises - Extra Soft, Soft, Medium, Firm (6 Pack) • Amazon Business $18.99 2 $37.98
16 Pack Bundle Sensory Toys Set-Bike Chain/Liquid Motion Timer/Rainbow Magic Sensory Ball and Squeeze Toys Value Assortment • Amazon Business $18.99 2 $37.98
Purple Ladybug Novelty Pack of 10 Stretchy String Sensory Toys for Stress Relief - Great as Fidget Toys for Kids & Children, Office & Desk Toys, Figit Toy Gift for Boys, Girls, and Adults! • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98

Materials cost

$726.46

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$767.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$135.42

Total project goal

$902.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$902.78

9 Donors

-$615.68

Donations toward project cost

-$524.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.15

match offer

-$285.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$242.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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