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Ms. Jones from Sacramento CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Cultivating and Creating an Environment for Self-Regulation

My students need are need of tools an to help them maintain focus and continue the work of the mindful student with books and stability cushions to provide more opportunities to maintain focus.

  • $297 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have to say I have an amazing classroom this year. The students are excited for the upcoming school year and very sweet and kind. They have been wonderful in helping each other out.

My students all have an IEP, so they have learning disabilities but that does not discourage them from wanting to learn.

They are eager learners and do not let their disability hold them back from succeeding and growing. They have made tremendous strides from where they started. I teach at Title 1 school in a full Special Day Class for Special Education and these kiddos persevere everyday!

My Project

All these materials will build on the tools and strategies we have started to implement with mindfulness. Now we would like to take it a step further with incorporating self-regulation. In some instances, the students just need a tool to help with their attention/focus while doing independent work or small group work that doesn't disrupt their peers and helps them increase their learning opportunities and to succeed. One simple tool for this could be the stability cushion that can assist the student who is always up out their seat or needs to be constantly moving. The resistance bands provide students who are active to maintain focus but to also help meet their gross motor needs. The different stories and board games help in teaching and incorporating the self-regulation strategies to compliment what they are already doing with yoga and mindfulness. All these tools help provide a calm and welcoming environment to help all the students with different learning modalities to achieve success in their own way.

Ms. Jones
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Feelings Game. Fun educational family game to help kids express their emotions and learn self regulation. Endorsed by Dr Temple Grandin and other world renown clinicians and educators. • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
2 Pack - SueSport Air Inflated Stability Wobble Cushion, Balance Disc, Twist Massage, 14 Inch, Purple • Amazon Business $26.00 1 $26.00
Bouncy Chair Bands (12-Pack)-Fidget Resistance Chair Bands For Kids With Sensory Needs-Kicking Improves Concentration For Students With Autism ADHD SPD, For School Chairs Desk Classroom • Amazon Business $21.87 1 $21.87
The Lemonade Hurricane: A Story of Mindfulness and Meditation • Amazon Business $14.09 1 $14.09
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It • Amazon Business $12.66 1 $12.66
The Grateful Giraffe: A Kids Yoga Feelings Book • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
What Does It Mean to Be Present? • Amazon Business $11.30 1 $11.30
Good Morning Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Wake Up Story • Amazon Business $10.90 1 $10.90
I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Mindful Kids: 50 Activities for Calm, Focus and Peace • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
FREDDY'S FIDGET TOYS for Sensory Kids and Adults (pack of 10) Best Classroom Fidgets for School - Marble Fidget Toy Relieves Stress and Increase Focus - Sensory Toys for Autistic Children OCD ADHD ADD • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $6.32 1 $6.32
Use Your Words • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$200.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$18.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.54

Total project goal

$296.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$296.92

4 Donors

-$148.01

Donations toward project cost

-$126.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.45

match offer

-$148.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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