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

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Fidget Breaks

Help me give my students to receive these items, especially the Power Clix Solids. My students love to build with them.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mela's classroom raised $373

This project is fully funded

My Project

Teaching high functioning 4th grade students with autism requires a lot of inspirational and soothing breaks in between the instruction time. I am fairly new to this and my classroom does not have enough play/skill building material that could help my fantastic students to relax and ease their minds and self regulate during these important "Calm me down moments". I have learned in the past two years that giving my students breaks not only provide them with opportunities to choose their items of preference but it also teaches them to be accountable for the items while playing with them and placing them back into the spaces where they belong.

By donating to our break projects you will help my students to regain their peace and increase their ability to focus and pay attention to the ongoing academic requirements throughout the day.

I can say with a certainty that it will make a difference in my students' daily routine to go to a happy place even if it is for short daily fidget breaks.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PowerClix Solids Education Set - 94 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $152.96 1 $152.96
Resources: Earth's Elements at Play - 144 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $64.76 1 $64.76
Connecting Balls Building Set - 140 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $32.36 2 $64.72

Materials cost

$282.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$316.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.88

Total project goal

$372.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$372.56

1 Donor

-$372.56

Donations toward project cost

-$316.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.88

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$0.00

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