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Mrs. Manseau from Chicago IL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Stay Calm and Focused With Sensory Supports!

Help me give my students the support for their sensory needs with a bean bag chair, weighted lap pad and case, and two weighted animals (lizard and snake)

  • 3 donors
  • $561 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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

How do you learn best? Sitting in a desk? Laying with your laptop on the couch? Having your weighed blanket over your legs? We all have ways that we learn best, and for many of us we need different options the typical hard chairs and hard tables that schools typically have.

Sensory supports such as a bean bag chair, weighted lap pads and weighted animals provide students with opportunities to get the sensory input they need to help stay calm and focused in the classroom.

I work in an all special education high school for students with significant disabilities teaching 9th grade and transition aged (18 - 22) students. My students work on life skills and job skills along with functional academics that will support them in their lives after graduation. A lot of this work is hands on and they get the chance to move around. However when they have to sit down in their seats and focus on work such as filling out job applications or practicing filling out preschool incident forms, it can be very difficult for for students who need movement. I can see major differences in their knowledge and skills in activities where they get to move vs. those where they have to sit - but there are times in adult life where you do have to sit down and complete a task on the computer or fill out a form with pen or pencil. They have to be ready for these situations too. These sensory supports, such as a bean bag chair and weighted lap pads, will help them get the sensory supports they need to focus on these crucial life skill activities.

Mrs. Manseau
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Flex-Space Jumbo Beanbag Seat - Blue (36"w x 34"h) • Lakeshore Learning Materials $229.00 1 $229.00
Abilitations Vinyl Weighted Lap Pad, Medium, Blue - Preschool-Early Childhood - Toddler • School Specialty $62.02 1 $62.02
Manimo Weighted Lizard Plush - 4.5 pounds • Kaplan Early Learning Company $56.66 1 $56.66
Manimo Weighted Blue Snake - 2.2 pounds • Kaplan Early Learning Company $43.16 1 $43.16
Abilitations Medium Lap Pad Cover, Snake Vinyl, 14 x 14 Inches, Orange • School Specialty $28.49 1 $28.49

Materials cost

$419.33

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$476.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.02

Total project goal

$560.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $560.14

2 Donors

-$290.90

Donations toward project cost

-$259.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.59

match offer

-$255.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$216.81

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.17

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 $0.00

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