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Mrs. Burris from Bowling Green OH is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Learning Center's Cozy Reading Space and Choose a Chair Project

My students need alternate seating options and an inviting reading area with a large book selection to encourage literacy.

  • $630 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are each unique and special. Each student in my classroom has a disability but they are much more than their labels. These students love learning and come in each morning excited to enter the classroom and see what's in store for the day. Not a day goes by without several smiles and giggles!

My class motto is "If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."My students learn best when all of their sensory needs are being met.

They benefit from non-traditional seating, work spaces and an individualized curriculum. When given the tools they need to learn, they are very successful.

My Project

My students learn best when their sensory needs are being met. Sometimes this means sitting in a comfortable chair, lying on the floor, or rocking in a rocking chair. My students will use the variety of seating options to learn in a comfortable way.

Most of my students are just beginning to learn to read and love being read to; I want to continue to encourage them and increase their love for books by increasing their selection as well as providing a cozy area they are drawn to!

Many of the books I currently have are too difficult for my students to read independently so I am asking for Easy Readers to encourage literacy in the classroom.

Mrs. Burris
Grades PreK-2
  • Crim Elementary School
  • Bowling Green, OH
  • More than half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 8 students.

    11 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gift Mark Child’s Colonial Rocking Chair, White • Amazon Business $56.99 2 $113.98
SUPERJARE Outdoor Swing Glider Chair, Patio Bench for 2 Person, Garden Rocking Seating - Light Grey • Amazon Business $99.99 1 $99.99
ECR4Kids Natural Bentwood Children's Table and Chair, Birch Finish with Red Cushions (3-Piece Set) • Amazon Business $76.99 1 $76.99
Kids Folding 17" x 11" Lap Desk with Storage - Black - Durable Lightweight Portable Laptop Computer Children's Desks for Homework or Reading. Breakfast Tray Food Table • Amazon Business $17.97 4 $71.88
Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Children's Balance Ball - Flexible School Chair, Active Classroom Desk Seating with Stay-Put Stability Legs, Includes Air Pump, Grey, 45cm • Amazon Business $15.98 2 $31.96
Oh, the Places You'll Go! • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
CD-Biscuit Goes to School Book and CD Biscuit Goes to School Book and CD • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Baby Animals • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Goodnight Moon: 60th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Do You Want to Be My Friend? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Look What I Can Do • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Gingerbread Boy • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Chrysanthemum • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Giraffes Can't Dance • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
The Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Big Cats • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Pete the Cat: Play Ball! • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
A Trip to the Zoo • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Garden Friends • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
How Many Fish? • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Why the Frog Has Big Eyes • AKJ Education $2.88 1 $2.88
Big Pig and Little Pig • AKJ Education $2.88 1 $2.88
Danny and the Dinosaur: 50th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $2.88 1 $2.88

Materials cost

$497.25

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$534.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.36

Total project goal

$629.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$629.07

8 Donors

-$520.00

Donations toward project cost

-$442.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.00

match offer

-$109.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.71

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.36

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$0.00

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