Help me give my students the materials needed to improve their hand strength and coordination to increase independence with daily school tasks.
$769 goal
This project expired on August 31, 2025.
This project expired on August 31, 2025.
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
Working with students that have special needs often requires adapted materials to increase hand strength, coordination, and independence with school materials. Slant boards provide an inclined writing surface that improves posture as well as visual tracking, making writing an easier task. Raised lined paper provides tactile and visual cues that guide letter formation and improve spatial awareness. Fine motor tasks help kids develop the small muscles in their hands, fingers and wrists. Improving hand strength and coordination helps with school tasks such as cutting (positioning scissors and maintaining and open and shut grasp pattern) and writing (gripping a pencil, forming letters, and maintaining writing endurance). Hand skills also help with independence in clothing management (zippers/buttons) and eating (opening/closing food containers and grasping an eating utensil).
More than half of 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
75 students impacted
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IRIS USA 5.4 Qt. Plastic Storage Bins with Lids, 6 Pack, Small Deep Containers with Latch Buckles and Portable Handle, Craft and Art Supply Storage Organizer, Stackable Storage Container, Clear/Violet
• Amazon Business
$24.99
2
$49.98
Lakeshore My First Pegboard Set
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$39.99
1
$39.99
Nuanchu 4 Pcs Folding Slant Board for Writing 14 x 12 Inch Large Slanted Clipboard Adjustable Tilted Writing Board Sloped Surface to Improve Handwriting Legibility Endurance for Office Reading
• Amazon Business
$36.99
1
$36.99
Lakeshore Nuts About Sorting!
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$29.99
1
$29.99
Abilitations - 31473 4-Color Raised ColorCue Paper, Pack of 50
• Amazon Business
$29.15
1
$29.15
Special Supplies Suction Construction Bath Toys for Children, 50-Pcs Motor Skills, Hand-Eye Coordination, Bath Toy, Sensory, Creativity Imagination Educational Toys, Vibrant Colors, for Kids
• Amazon Business
$25.64
1
$25.64
Dazzle Putty Toy Goody Putty Mini Tins 8 Pack of Sensory Glitter Putty Fidget Toy for Boys and Girls
• Amazon Business
$12.75
2
$25.50
Pajean 20 Pieces Adjustable Pencil Weights Kit Handwriting Aid Metal Pencil Weights,Tool for Handwriting Autism Learning Materials(Red, Orange, Teal, Blue)
• Amazon Business
Epakh 12 Pieces Color Changing Markers 12 Color Highlighter Pens Assorted Colors Changing Highlighter Makers Highlighters Pens for Diary Cartoon DIY Note Taking Painting(12 Pieces)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
2
$19.98
Barker Creek Raised Rule Handwriting Practice Paper, 8.5" x 11", 60 lbs., Multicolored, 100 Sheets/Pack (5503-02)
• Quill.com
$19.25
1
$19.25
The Pencil Grip Inc Five Finger Pencil Grips, Assorted Colors, Pack of 6 - Comfortable
• School Specialty
$18.07
1
$18.07
Yopay 24 Pack Wooden Puzzles for Kids,Mini Jigsaw Animal Puzzles Set for Kids Boys Girls, Early Preschool Educational Toys, 20 Animal Patterns + 4 Transportations
• Amazon Business
$17.09
1
$17.09
Paper Mate InkJoy Retractable Gel Pens Medium Point 0.7mm Assorted Ink 14/Pack (1951636)
• Staples
$16.99
1
$16.99
Chinco 6 Pieces Pencil Weights Kit Handwriting Aid Metal Pencil Weights Weighted Holder for Handwriting Autism Learning Materials(Fresh Color)
• Amazon Business
$16.59
1
$16.59
Juvale Colored Sentence Strips for Teacher Supplies, Classroom, Lined Paper Borders for Writing Words (5 Colors, 3 x 24 Inch) - 100 Pack
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
NiToy 3-Pack Wooden Magnetic Maze Toys for Kids 3+, Dinosaur Interactive Puzzle Game Boards Montessori Labyrinth STEM Activity Child Fine Motor Skill Development Preschool Birthday Gifts (3 Dinosaurs)
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
INNER-ACTIVE Play Putty Therapy Putty for Kids with Charms in The Barn Theraputty Soft Resistance, Increase fine Motor Skills and Finger Strength, Occupational and Physical Therapist Recommended
• Amazon Business
$14.95
1
$14.95
INNER-ACTIVE Play Putty Therapy Putty for Kids with Charms Deep Blue Sea Theraputty Soft Resistance, Increase Fine Motor Skills and Finger Strength, Physical and Occupational Therapy Toy
• Amazon Business
$14.95
1
$14.95
Play Putty Therapy Putty for Kids with Charms Rainbows and Unicorns Theraputty Medium Resistance, Fine Motor Skills and Hand Strength, Occupational Therapy Sensory Fidget Toy and Tool
• Amazon Business
$14.95
1
$14.95
KUTOI Toddler Toys - Big Lacing Beads Set for Fine Motor Skills & Hand-Eye Coordination Baby Toys - 36 Beads & 6 Strings - Color Sorting & Counting Educational Learning Toy Montessori Toys
• Amazon Business
Ooly Yummy Yummy Scented Glitter Gel Pens, Set of 12
• Blick Art Materials
$12.50
1
$12.50
Mead See & Feel Learn To Write Tablet with Raised Ruling, Grades 2-3 Workbooks with Lined Paper, Workbook Writing Tablet for Home School Supplies to Practice Writing & Handwriting, 8" x 10" (48556)
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Dysgraphia Writing Paper | Adaptive Highlighted Handwriting Practice Paper: Visual Cues with Colored Lines and Left Margins for Kids
• Amazon Business
$10.77
1
$10.77
TEXIJUSO 4pcs Hole Punch, Mini Single Puncher, 6mm 1/4inch Holes with 10 Sheet Capacity for Paper, Chipboard, Index Cards, Card Stock and Art Project Thin Plastic(Blue, White)
• Amazon Business
$9.59
1
$9.59
Barker Creek E-Z Edit Writing Paper, 8-1/2 x 11 Inches, 50 Sheets/100 Pages
• Amazon Business
$8.60
1
$8.60
EBOOT Clothes Pins Mini Natural Colorful Clothespins Wooden Multi-Purpose Clothespins for Crafts, Hanging Clothes, Laundry Photo Paper Peg Colored Clips with Natural Twine, 100 Pieces
• Amazon Business
$7.79
1
$7.79
NX Garden Multi-Color Pompoms 200PCS 1/2 Inch Multi-Color Pompoms Arts and Crafts Fuzzy Pom Poms Balls Creative Decorations
• Amazon Business
$6.54
1
$6.54
Small Plastic Bags, 300 PCS Mini Baggies 3 Assorted Sizes 2x2 2x3 3x4 Inch. Mini Jewelry Baggies Reclosable, Clear Zip Bags (Small)
• Amazon Business
$5.73
1
$5.73
Materials cost
$564.09
Vendor shipping charges
$16.26
Sales tax
$34.13
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.46
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$652.94
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$115.22
Total project goal
$768.16
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