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Mrs. TURNAGE from Columbia MS is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ants in the Pants, but That's Okay

Help me give my students a better chance of consentrating on reading by having chairs that allow them to move and read at the same time.

  • 1 donor
  • $1,360 still needed

expires Aug 07

  • 1 donor
  • $1,360 still needed
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In our world of go, go, go, it is very hard for our students to sit and read. They unconsiously feel a "wrongness" about sitting still and quit. These chairs would help provide segway to becoming more comfortable in the library where it is good manners to be still and quite. It is not their fault that our world has become a place of chaos filled with overstimulation so much so that they cannot sit still and read a book. However, these chairs are tools that provides a gentle transition to teach them it's okay to be at peace sometimes and just enjoy the quite and stillness of a quiet environment. I have been teaching over twenty years and I have seen the love of reading slowly fading away from our children. They still want to hear stories they just don't seem to have the patience to read the words for themselves. I desire to try all that I can to help them discover the treasures they are missing by not reading more. I believe that if they can have a little more movement in these chairs it will help fill the need to move around and give them more patience to read. This will open immeasureable doors and enrich their lives in every way.

Mrs. TURNAGE
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Flex-Space Ergo Bounce Cantilever Chair - 17 1/2" - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $169.00 6 $1,014.00

Materials cost

$1,014.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $50.70

Sales tax

 $70.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,180.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$208.39

Total project goal

$1,389.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,389.28

1 Donor

-$25.00

Donations toward project cost

-$25.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $1,359.87

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