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Ms. Zepeda from Los Angeles CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Brain Breaks for Our Brain

Help me give my students Calming Down materials like the 30 second dance party button, conversation cards, and A Little Spot of Emotions kit.

  • $172 goal

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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

My amazing students come to school ready to learn. They enjoy learning and making new friends. We need materials that will allow us to take brain breaks throughout the day. The 30 seconds dance button will allow my students to stand up and dance. This tool will definitely allow my students to take brain breaks that will help us relax our brain as well as exercise our body.

Giving students various materials that can be used in the classroom to help with reducing anxiety so they can continue to learn is a great resource to have in the classroom.

The conversation cubes will use during morning meeting to see how students are feeling before getting our day stated. The Little Spot of emotions book and plushes will be in our calming corner so students can take a break and read the book and hold a plushy as they deal with their emotions. The 183 questions will be used through out the day as a check in on how students are doing and it’s a great way to have ready made questions to have conversations with the class.

My students need a variety of brain breaks that will help them get through the day of learning.

Ms. Zepeda
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Little SPOT of Emotion 8 Plush Toys with Feelings Book Box Set • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
30 Second Dance Party - The Button | Dance Party Button with Music | Gag Gifts | Office Toys • Amazon Business $27.48 1 $27.48
Bended Productions 183 Question a Day Cards Elementary School | Teacher Created Morning Meeting Chips for Teachers and Students | Classroom Conversation & Writing Prompt Cards Grades K-2 • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Learning Resources Conversation Cubes - 6 Pieces, Ages 6+ Foam Cubes for Social Emotional Learning, School Counselor Supplies, Speech Therapy Toys, Easter Basket Stuffers • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
Carson Dellosa Be Clever Wherever Calm Down Kit, Kindergarten-Grade 5 Calming Strategies and Relaxation Exercises with Reference Charts, EZ-Spin Wheel, Fidgets, Reference Sticker (10 pc) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00

Materials cost

$104.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$9.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$146.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.78

Total project goal

$171.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$171.86

4 Donors

-$163.91

Donations toward project cost

-$146.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.83

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.95

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$0.00

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