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Ms. Kaufman from Washington DC is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

FOCUSING on Virtual Learning

Help me give my students weighted blankets, balance balls and sensory items to increase their ability to stay focused while learning virtually.

  • $893 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My class for this school year is a kindergarten through fifth grade, self-contained, special education class. My students are energetic, fun, and loving. Each day the students in my class face a multitude of challenges both in school with their learning and outside of school in their home and personal lives.

My students overcome challenges day in and day out.

Coming from high poverty homes, many of my students have experienced significant trauma throughout their lives. By helping my class, you can help my students have the education that they need and deserve.

My Project

My students are struggling with sitting in front of a computer screen and focusing for the majority of the school day. No matter how fun and engaging we make our virtual classroom, we are unable to change the fact that students have to sit and stare at their computer screen for hours on end these days. For students in my class, this itself is daunting and an unfair expectation.

Please help me provide my students with the fidgets they need to make virtual learning more bearable.

These toys, seating accommodations, and hand-held fidgets will help my students move and focus while learning through their virtual platform.

Ms. Kaufman
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Weighted Lap Pad for Kids Blanket – 5 Lbs. Bundled with Fidget Marble Maze – Sensory Tools, Sensory Weighted Lap Blanket, (Blue/Green) • Amazon Business $29.99 5 $149.95
Ingooood Metal Master Fusion Gyro Toys for Kids, 4X High Performance Tops Attack Set with Launcher and Grip Starter Set and Arena • Amazon Business $25.99 5 $129.95
Portzon Wobble Cushion for Exercise Balance Stability Disc with Hand Pump, Black/Blue • Amazon Business $29.83 4 $119.32
Elfnico Battling Tops Metal Fusion Starter Set with 4D Launcher Grip Burst Battle Set Packed in Storage Case • Amazon Business $22.99 5 $114.95
Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Children's Balance Ball - Flexible School Chair Active Classroom Desk Alternative Seating, Blue, Orange Junior, Lime Junior and Grey, 52cm • Amazon Business $79.92 1 $79.92
Fidget Chair Bands for Kids (12-Pack) - Flexible Seating Classroom Furniture for Kids with Fidgety Feet - Kick Bands Rubber Band for Chairs - Students ADHD Sensory Kickbands • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99
hand2mind - 92419 Sensory Fidget Tubes, Stress Relief Toy, Anxiety Relief Fidget Toys for Kids and Adults, for Distance Learning Stress Relief and Sensory Play, Homeschool Supplies (Set of 4) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
S.SUPERLOVE 3 Pack Liquid Motion Bubbler Timer Sensory Calming Fidget Toy Autism Community Toys for Kids Teenager Adults • Amazon Business $14.55 1 $14.55
Purple Ladybug Sensory Toys Set for Kids - 9 Fully Tested Fidget Toys for Stress & Anxiety Relief, BPA & Phthalate Free Fidgets: Putty, Water Beads, Squishy Stress Ball, & More - Fun Gift for Children • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$677.61

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$40.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$758.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.84

Total project goal

$892.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$892.27

2 Donors

-$471.14

Donations toward project cost

-$400.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.67

match offer

-$421.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$357.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.17

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