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Ms. Kayla from Denver CO is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Be Mindful of What We Teach Our Students

My students need opportunities to process strong emotions and learn self-regulation strategies through yoga and mindfulness.

  • $272 goal

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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 Students

My students and their families value education, hard work and respect. They come to school everyday eager to learn, despite what they are going through at home. They are loving, kind and gentle. Our school is a title one school in Montbello, where most of our students have free and reduced lunch. Many of our families face difficult challenges everyday, but fight to bring their children to school.

Stress and anxiety run high in most schools, and ours is not an exception.

Experiencing stress and trauma at a young age can have detrimental effects on children's prefrontal cortex and social-emotional development. While academic standards are pushed even higher, there is a far greater need for support in emotional development. Our school is an early childhood center serving only preschool and kindergarten age children (3 to 6 years). We have the amazing opportunity to make an impact at a young age.

My Project

As an advocate for social-emotional development, a kids yoga teacher, and M.A.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, I believe it is crucial to support young children's social-emotional skills. Young children should be taught problem solving skills, empathy, and calm down strategies. I believe yoga and mindfulness can do that.

Yoga is a great way to relax the body and mind.

Yoga and mindfulness improve attention, focus, and executive function and help students regulate stress, remain calm and have better impulse control. Children who can regulate their emotions will do better in school, so why don't we teach these skills at a young age?

I teach in a low-income, beautifully diverse community, I can see the lack of resources and support for emotional development. I want to give access to all of our students, parents and teachers who need stress-reduction and mindfulness strategies. I will offer yoga classes in and out of school and will support my teachers in implementing yoga and mindfulness in their classrooms.

These yoga mats (and cleaning supplies) will reach not only the students in our school, but the teachers, school staff, and family members in the community. I am very passionate about yoga and mindfulness in the classroom and have already witnessed the incredible effects in my own yoga practice, I can't wait to see what it will do for our students.

Ms. Kayla
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MAT - CANDO PER YOGA MAT - BLUE - 68 IN X 24 IN X 1/6 IN - ECO-FRIENDLY - CASE OF 10 • School Specialty $121.19 1 $121.19
CLEANER MULTIPURPOSE LAVNDR- GJO99666 • School Specialty $7.59 5 $37.95
CLOTH CLEANSING REUSABLE GJO39507 PACK OF 5 • School Specialty $11.35 1 $11.35

Materials cost

$170.49

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.05

Sales tax

 $10.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.77

Total project goal

$271.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $271.78

2 Donors

-$135.89

Donations toward project cost

-$115.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.38

match offer

-$135.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.38

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 $0.00

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