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Ms. Hill from Citrus Spgs FL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Bouncing to Help Our Brains

Help me give my students balance balls in the classroom so they can move and bounce while they learn.

  • $483 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I co-teach an ESE inclusion classroom. We are in a Title I School and serve many low-income students. Our students are the sweetest bunch of kids but like all kids, they have a lot of energy and love to move. The students are a helpful group and love to learn and ask questions.

Since we are an inclusion classroom, we serve students who have many different needs.

We are always looking for ways to better meet the needs of our kids.

My Project

I co-teach an ESE inclusion classroom. We serve students with many different needs but really all children need to move during the day and using stability balls as their chairs can help them move while also learning at the same time.

Research has shown that using flexible seating, like the stability balls, has many positive effects on students.

They especially help those with sensory processing disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or just a strong need to fidget.

In 2003, a study was published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy that discovered that students with ADHD, sitting on therapy balls improved behavior and legible word productivity. They concluded that students using ball chairs were able to sit still, focus, and write more words clearly.

Ms. Hill
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gaiam Kids Balance Ball - Exercise Stability Yoga Ball, Kids Alternative Flexible Seating for Active Children in Home or Classroom (Satisfaction Guarantee), Blue, 45cm • Amazon Business $14.98 25 $374.50

Materials cost

$374.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$410.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.37

Total project goal

$482.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $482.49

1 Donor

-$482.49

Donations toward project cost

-$410.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.37

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 $0.00

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