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Mrs. Vigil from Wilmington, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calming Area

Help me give my students the tools to identify their emotions and learn coping strategies to increase their emotional intelligence and academic success.

  • $813 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

Our students are SMALL, but their emotions are BIG. As a counselor of a Span School (TK-8), I work with kids, from little to big. Most of our students struggle with emotions and coping strategies. This, unfortunately, affects academics, which then becomes a cycle for students. They have big emotions which then causes them to have big feelings in class, which then causes them to miss out on important instruction.

My goal is to help students be successful, both emotionally and academically, by learning not only to identify their feelings but also strategies to regulate them and tools to cope with the struggles that they may face in their lives.

Having the tools to help students self-regulate will allow them to learn techniques to break that cycle and improve their coping and academics.

There are a lot of resources on Teachers Pay Teachers to allow me to learn additional strategies to meet with students and help them regulate their emotions. The gift cards will allow me to build upon my library of counseling resources. The emotional resources and sensory tools I chose will also help me form a "calm corner" so students can work on their feelings in a safe space. All these tools will allow me to meet and help them regulate their emotions while in a safe and welcoming space.

Thank you so much for your consideration of my project. My hope is to build a set of resources for students and this is the beginning of this step. Your donations are greatly appreciated by me and my students.

Mrs. Vigil George De La Torre Junior Elementary School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Wilmington, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

200 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 2 $200.00
RE437 - Feelings Emotions Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $96.50 1 $96.50
PP716 - Tilt Turn Liquid Sensory Windows • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
EG189 - Squigz™ Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
DS393 - Mindfulness Me Book Series • Lakeshore Learning Materials $41.50 1 $41.50
EE100X - Social-Emotional Match-Ups - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
TS108 - Rainbow Scratch Paper • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 5 $34.95
VR154 - Squish Squeeze Sensory Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
TT232 - Mold Play Sensory Sand Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LA499 - Feelings Emotions Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
EE951 - Gel-Bead Emotion Friends • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
EE952 - Mindful Breathing Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TR798 - Dont Let the Bugs Fall Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$613.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$690.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.93

Total project goal

$812.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $812.87

1 Donor

-$690.94

Donations toward project cost

-$690.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$121.93

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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