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Mrs. Moore from North Branch MN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Brain Breaks for Special Education

Help me give my students items to use during daily brain breaks! We need Barbies and Polly Pockets and Unicorn toys for the little girls to play with during brain breaks!

  • $328 goal

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My Students

It has been the best honor of my life to work with the students who have social/emotional needs who qualify for special education. I am a special education teacher for grades 1st-5th. I work specifically with students who have a diagnosis of Emotional Behavior Disorder.

The past few years there has been a trend of more and more little girls needing social and emotional services.

I am now needing toys and items that little gals love to come and play with in my classroom when they need focus breaks throughout the school day.

My Project

Thank you for taking time to read about my classroom needs. This school year I have the highest number of girls needing mental/brain breaks throughout the school day. I am needing to add to my toy collection. I would love to be able to have toys that my little girls would enjoy playing with. Currently, when the gals come down they only have dinosaurs and LEGO to play with. They are losing interest in the Hotwheels. I have put together a project that includes all the interests of many of the students that I teach. I would love to put together bins with items they would thrilled to play with and use such as Barbies and Polly Pockets. These items also support my students in the area of social skills as they interact with other students.

Mrs. Moore
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Barbie Glam Getaway House • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
TOMYOU 200 Pieces Building Blocks Kids STEM Toys Educational Building Toys Discs Sets Interlocking Solid Plastic for Preschool Kids Boys and Girls Aged 3+, Safe Material Creativity Kids Toys • Amazon Business $16.82 2 $33.64
Polly Pocket Squad Style Super Pack • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Disney Frozen Pop Adventures Arendelle Castle Playset with Handle, Including Elsa Doll, Anna Doll, & 7 Accessories - Toy for Kids Ages 3 & Up , Blue • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Barbie Teacher Doll [Amazon Exclusive] • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Barbie Doll with Outfits and Accessories for 3 Fairytale Characters, a Princess, Mermaid and Fairy, Gift for 3 to 7 Year Olds, [Amazon Exclusive] • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Barbie Fantasy Hair Doll, Blonde, with 2 Decorated Crowns, 2 Tops & Accessories for Mermaid and Unicorn Looks, Plus Hairstyling Pieces, for Kids 3 to 7 Years Old • Amazon Business $19.88 1 $19.88
Barbie Leopard Rainbow Hair Doll (Brunette) with Color-Change Hair Feature, 16 Hair & Fashion Play Accessories Including Scrunchies, Brush, Fashion Tops, Cat Ears, Cat Purse & More • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
Polly Pocket Pocket World Donut Pajama Party Compact with Donut Shape, Polly’s Living Room World, Surprise Reveals, Micro Polly and Shani Dolls & Pizza Scooter Accessory [Amazon Exclusive] • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Polly Pocket Pocket World Lil’ Ladybug Garden Compact with Fun Reveals, Micro Polly and Lila Dolls, Wheelbarrow with Flowers and Sticker Sheet for Ages 4 and Up [Amazon Exclusive] • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89

Materials cost

$244.84

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$278.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.15

Total project goal

$327.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$327.66

2 Donors

-$327.66

Donations toward project cost

-$278.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.15

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$0.00

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