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Mr. Merrill from Fresno, CA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Balance Bikes Build Confidence

Help me give my students the confidence that comes from riding a bike without training wheels.

  • $180 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Few things can boost the confidence of a child like learning how to ride a bike on their own. Unfortunately, Kindergarten playgrounds are full of tricycles that do not help students learn how to balance or ride a bike. They are slow, hard to pedal and not very fun.

Enter the balance bike!

If you have ever seen a confident three-year-old riding a pedal bike and wondered how they learned so fast it is because of balance bikes. Learning to ride a bike can be hard, but it also teaches children to persevere and helps them to develop healthy habits that can last a lifetime. A few weeks ago we got two balance bikes donated to our class and 3 students have already learned how to ride a balance bike without training wheels. With this extra bike, even more students will be having fun and gain the confidence and growth mindset that comes from learning to ride a bike.

Mr. Merrill
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bixe 16" Pro Balance Bike for Big Kids 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Year Old - No Pedal Sport Training Bicycle • Amazon Business $110.99 1 $110.99

Materials cost

$110.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$152.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.97

Total project goal

$179.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $179.78

3 Donors

-$87.68

Donations toward project cost

-$78.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.40

match offer

-$87.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$74.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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