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Ms. Scheele from Ogden, UT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Don't Stress, Learn Instead!

Help me give my students sensory items to focus on learning and calm themselves when feeling anxious.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Scheele's classroom raised $325

This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students are amazing! I have to admit that even after 25 years of teaching, I’m still learning from them every day. I am a special education teacher in a class of 12 3rd-5th grade students. I teach in a trauma-informed classroom where we not only teach, but also support self-regulation and building relationships.

A trauma-sensitive classroom is where the teacher understands trauma’s impact on brain development and how that manifests itself in the child’s behavior.

A trauma-sensitive approach means you recognize where the children are at emotionally through how they behave and then you meet their social and emotional needs. It is important that all students feel safe, welcomed, and supported. We provide an environment where children from “hard places” can be successful, involved learners. I want them to know I care and that I will always find a safe space where they can retreat and calm down.

My students are inquisitive, thoughtful, and attentive and they need adults in their lives that help them heal and grow. After all, if a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.

My Project

Sensory items will allow my students to focus on learning throughout the day or to take calming breaks to ease anxiety when needed. Some students need visual stimuli to create a mesmerizing effect so I have chosen liquid motion bubblers which have slow-moving bubbles that help a student to refocus. Other students enjoy a pleasant sound to reduce stress and this will be accomplished with the rainmaker toy. Of course, tactile sensory tools are abundant in this DonorsChoose project. Using hands-on manipulation is therapeutic for children to create a peaceful attitude which in turn creates a person who is ready to learn.

The sensory items I am requesting are essential in the lives of my students with special needs.

These students have a constant need for sensory stimulation to deal with anxiety which can have a negative effect on their learning and functioning as young learners. Please help me give my students these incredible toys to aid in their educational development.

Ms. Scheele Heritage Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Ogden, UT 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

12 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE322 - Lakeshore Sensory Ball Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
AA570 - Fidget Monster • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 4 $39.96
CA312 - Calming Cuddle Ball • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
WD311 - Wonder Wands • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DS296 - Mix Match Sensory Spheres • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
ES130 - Hoberman Sphere<sup>&reg;</sup> • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
SE731 - Sensory Rings • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
PP508 - Sensory Star Beanbags - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
GS452 - Jumbo Rhythm Rainstick • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
DS122 - Pop Play Sensory Dimpl&trade; • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$241.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$275.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.62

Total project goal

$324.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $324.12

2 Donors

-$321.18

Donations toward project cost

-$275.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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