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Ms. Pateman from Stevensville MT is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Bouncing to Success!

Help me give my students the gift of movement while they learn. After transitioning from learning from home back to the classroom more students than ever need to move while learning. These tools will increase my students' focus.

  • $203 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My third graders live in a rural valley surrounded by the beautiful Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. Our town is several miles from surrounding towns, which tends to isolate our neighborhood children.

My third-grade students are kind and curious beings learning how to navigate around numbers, meanings of words, rhythms, and friendships.

Our school is a K-12 campus with multiple schools (buildings) housing several grade levels. I love that my students see the different ages of learners as they attend school each day!

My Project

Students are returning to the classroom with more energy than ever before. Staying at home through last spring allowed the students freedoms that are not the same as in person instruction.

Utilizing wobble chairs and desk bands will help children focus during instruction in the classroom.

I have noticed that when the children are at home, my most energetic students are using alternative seating. I want to be able to help them maintain focus as they learn these most precious skills in person.

Students need to move during instruction. These tools will help my class stay focused and learn new skills!

Ms. Pateman
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bouncy Bands(r) for School Desks - Increase Focus and Decrease Anxiety • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.36 6 $86.16
Wiggle Wobble Chair Feet - Transform School Chairs into Wobble Chairs • Kaplan Early Learning Company $17.99 3 $53.97

Materials cost

$140.13

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$172.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.39

Total project goal

$202.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $202.62

3 Donors

-$202.62

Donations toward project cost

-$172.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.39

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 $0.00

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