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Mr. Capote from Cooper City FL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Mastering Tempo, Multicultural Music, & Perfect Posture!

My students need a larger set of these stools so they can improve their posture while productively channeling their movement by rocking back and forth on the stools to the beat of any song we play!

  • $549 goal

This project expired on December 24, 2017.

This project expired on December 24, 2017.

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 Students

There is a diverse multicultural population at our school full of energetic and curious students from a variety of social and economic backgrounds.

Our students are eager to expand their musical knowledge and explore new approaches to playing music.

They enter music class with an excitement to learn and enthusiasm to participate. This excitement and zealous energy tends to lead to excessive movement that often results in distractions so we are always searching for innovative ways to creatively channel that movement.

My Project

Students in our music classes are often divided into sections whereby a certain number of students play recorder flutes and ocarinas while others play glockenspiels, drums, and percussion. The incorporation of the K'Motion stools would begin with the students playing drums or percussion since they establish the rhythmic foundation of our music. These stools will allow them the freedom in mobility to reinforce the tempo in a given song by using their hips and/or feet to sway or tap along with the beat while sitting and playing their instrument.

These K'Motion stools will allow the movement needed to rock back and forth as a means of reinforcing tempo while reading and playing rhythm notation.

Not only do these stools allow students to channel their excess energy by swaying back and forth in the productive act of strengthening their rhythm while they play but the stools also help to encourage proper posture while playing music.

This project will also help us learn about multicultural music with the addition of a gong in our classroom which will most frequently be used for moments of celebration, the completion of a song, and to call attention to the class as well as learning about music instruments in Eastern culture.

Google Image link of K'Motion Stools: https://www.google.com/search?q=k%27motion+stool&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiftOfwsv_VAhVi3IMKHag7Cq4Q_AUICygC&biw=1163&bih=537#imgrc=Np8Z44btAKKoMM:

Mr. Capote
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
20" K'Motion Stool - Natural • Kaplan Early Learning Company $99.95 1 $99.95
20" K'Motion Stool - Black • Kaplan Early Learning Company $99.95 1 $99.95
20" K'Motion Stool - Green • Kaplan Early Learning Company $99.95 1 $99.95
20" K'Motion Stool - Primary Blue • Kaplan Early Learning Company $99.95 1 $99.95
RE103 - Chinese Gong • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$429.79

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$466.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.28

Total project goal

$548.52

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