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Mrs. Harmsen from Hudsonville MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Flexible Seating: Letting Kids Choose Where They Learn Best

My students need alternative seating to provide them with the environment they need to be their best.

  • $602 goal

This project expired on December 12, 2016.

This project expired on December 12, 2016.

My Students

I live and work in a community that values education. I attended the elementary school that I now teach in. It is a privilege to continue the legacy of providing a top notch education to kids and families in the community I grew up in.

My students are creative thinkers, dreamers, scientists, authors, and lovers of learning.

I love enabling them to become independent thinkers and do'ers. My students are the future and my job is to help them be successful in all they do.

My Project

Flexible seating is a choice provided to students that allows them to work around the room comfortably and focused. It provides students the environment they need to be their best.

Flexible seating give students a choice in what kind of learning space works best for them.

The Stay-In-Play Balance Ball chairs and the Wobble chairs will be used at a table for those students who have a hard time sitting still and just need to move. The students will use the comfy pillows to sit on near low tables or to lay on the floor.

Flexible seating has been show to increase productivity and focus. If kids are comfortable and relaxed, learning will increase.

Mrs. Harmsen
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CF189 - Comfy Pillows - Set of 5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 2 $258.00
Kore Patented WOBBLE Chair, Made in the USA, Active Sitting for Toddler, Pre-School, Kids, and Teens; Kids don't have to sit still anymore - "The BEST seat in any Classroom"! - Black - Kids (14in) • Amazon Business $69.95 2 $139.90
Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Balance Ball, Grey • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98
Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Balance Ball, Blue • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98
Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Balance Ball, Lime • Amazon Business $18.67 1 $18.67
Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Balance Ball, Pink • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99

Materials cost

$474.52

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$511.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.29

Total project goal

$601.93

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