Activities for Outdoor Play in Special Education II
Help me give my students items for outdoor play because our school is an old warehouse located in an urban area with only a small play area that does not meet the needs of my unique students.
I teach at a therapeutic special education school serving approximately 82 students who have been unable to succeed in a general education setting due to intense emotional and behavioral needs. 100% of my students receive free lunch, making our school one of the highest poverty schools in the district. Some of our students are in foster care, experiencing homelessness, and nearly all have faced great struggles in their lives. Our school is located in an old warehouse, but I am determined to help my students reach beyond their current circumstances, with the hope of them eventually returning back to their neighborhood schools and into the general education environment.
It is often very heartbreaking to teach children as young as five who have already been pulled out of their neighborhood schools to attend a school for at-risk children with mental health issues and severe behavioral problems due to trauma.
However, because my students are so young, I am confident that my classroom can steer their behavior and academics in the right direction.
Despite so many hardships, my students are incredible children with boundless potential. Most of them have faced difficult home lives and traumas that greatly affect their behavior.
My Project
Our school is located in an old warehouse in a highly urban area next to an extremely busy road. Four years ago, our school was gifted a small play set to use as a playground, but most of the students do not care for it as it is extremely small and does not have much for them to do. Other than that, there is basically only a gated parking lot for my students to play in.
My students have been removed from their general education schools and into this behavioral school, but it does not have the adequate resources to meet their needs.
All of my students suffer from emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), so many of them have ADHD. They need to burn off excess energy in a healthy way, and we are greatly trying to teach them this. However, we have extremely limited resources. These toys to use for active play would greatly help us teach positive skills while also helping our students be healthy and enjoy school and recess time more.
My students have been given so little in life, and they truly understand what it means for life to be unfair. It is simply not fair that students from more well advantaged general education schools have beautiful lawns to run around on and huge playground sets, while my students basically have a small slide/jungle gym and a parking lot.
The Ezyroller Ride on Scooter is a Flying Turtle-a scooter that students sit on and move through working the handlebars. It is much safer than regular scooters and is a cool twist on a toy all children love.
These activities will enable my students to burn off energy and focus more on other subjects in the classroom such as literacy, math, music, and art.
Ezyroller Classic - Lime Green - Ride On for Children Ages 4+ Years Old Twist on Scooter - Kids Move Using Right-Left Leg Movements to Push Foot Bar - Fun Play and Exercise for Boys and Girls
• Amazon Business
$99.00
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$99.00
EzyRoller Classic Ride On - Red
• Amazon Business
$99.00
1
$99.00
Materials cost
$198.00
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.97
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$230.97
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$40.76
Total project goal
$271.73
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$271.73
4 Donors
-$135.86
Donations toward project cost
-$115.48
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$20.38
match offer
-$135.87
Match offer toward project cost
-$115.49
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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