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Ms. Kate from Tucson, AZ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Play-Based Environment for Sensory Seekers

Help me give my students a play-based learning environment that is friendly to sensory seekers. Items such as the Knock Down Number Challenge and Trace Write Letter activity allow my students to learn while playing.

  • $593 goal

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My Students

My students are some of the best kids you'll ever meet. They are kind, considerate, and caring. My class and I operate in a life skills setting, so they are mixed grades. In our class, we have one-second grader, one-fifth grader, one-sixth grader, and one-seventh grader. My kids are all profoundly deaf and have additional disabilities. These disabilities include but are not limited to hearing impairment, cortical visual impairment, mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy, and other developmental delays. With such a broad set of students, who are functioning with different disabilities at various levels, we can make a really fun group.

My Project

The items from this project will help support my students learn in a play-based environment. All of my students are deaf or hard of hearing and have multiple disabilities. As such their academic, social, and adaptive skill needs vary immensely. Items off this list, such as the puzzles and sensory toys, will contribute to a deaf-blind student who is working toward color matching and task completion puzzles. Items relating the alphabetic knowledge and writing will support two other students, who are emergent in their reading and writing skills. Items such as the ten frames, timers, and counting trays will contribute to early math skills. One of my students recently began working on their addition skills and will certainly benefit from the use of ten frames. Finally, there are many items that focus on sensory needs. Due to the fact that my students are deaf, they often need extra sensory input. Drawing with chalk, playing with sensory beads, and using activity bean bags for compression not only helps my students regulate but also helps them learn appropriate regulation skills.

Ms. Kate Arizona State Schools for Deaf/Blind Grades PreK-2

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Tucson, AZ View local requests 4 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA563 - Knock Down Number Challenge • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
RJ27 - The Mystery Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
GG727 - Activity Beanbags • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
AA758X - Connect Store Book Bins - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
LL681 - Trace Write Alphabet Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
FD534 - Light-Up Musical Shape Sorter • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
GG843 - Ten-Frames Hands-On Student Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 3 $20.97
VR154 - Squish Squeeze Sensory Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
TB218 - I Can Count Puzzle Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
TB125 - Simple Shapes Puzzle Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
EV212 - Regular Dot Art Painters - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
KW5851 - Art Tissue Paper - 20 x 30 Pack of 100 Sheets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
DF541 - Classroom Sand Timer Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 2 $13.98
DD747 - Hands-On Counting Tray • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
DD365 - Dot Learn Alphabet Journal • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 2 $11.98
FA116 - Book Rings - Set of 50 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
VR109 - Swing and Catch Cup • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 2 $7.98
DB159 - Jumbo Chalk Bucket • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
GG183 - Sight-Word Daily Activity Journal • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$436.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.19

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$503.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.94

Total project goal

$592.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $592.92

5 Donors

-$592.92

Donations toward project cost

-$503.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.94

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