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Ms. Mueller from Charlotte, NC is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Busy Hands = Strong Minds

Help me give my students kinesthetic ways to occupy their hands as they learn.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mueller's classroom raised $635

This project is fully funded

My Project

Do you think better when you're moving? Do you fidget and wiggle when your hands have nothing to do? I know I do, and my students do too. Our Title I school is full of students eager to learn and full of energy.

Providing fidgets and kinesthetic activities while learning helps students perform better.

With fidgets, students can keep their hands occupied with fidgets while their minds work out new ideas.

Because each student learns differently, I want to give them options in how they relate to their classroom space and their work. Thanks for "sensing" our students' needs.

Ms. Mueller Whitewater Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Charlotte, NC View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

130 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Calm Strips - School Pack 120 • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $100.00 1 $100.00
Wiggle Feet Sensory Cushion • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 3 $89.97
Musgrave Pencil Company Finger Fidget Assorted Colors Tub of 36 (MUSFIDGETS) • Staples $59.87 1 $59.87
Wonder Wands • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Hand2Mind Sensory Fidget Tubes • Blick Art Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Rainbow Liquid Sensory Viewers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
Fidget Fun Kit - 7 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.66 1 $29.66
Rainbow Pom Ball • Nasco $5.10 5 $25.50
Wee Critter Puff • Nasco $4.10 6 $24.60
Lakeshore Gel-Bead Emotion Friends • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$447.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.96

Sales tax

 $34.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$539.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.14

Total project goal

$634.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $634.28

2 Donors

-$317.14

Donations toward project cost

-$269.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.57

Matching donations from our partners

-$317.14

Match offers toward project cost

-$269.57

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.57

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 $0.00

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