I work in a Title One School in a rural community. The resources in our town are very limited and many of our students do not have access to the tools they need to improve their quality of life or to increase awareness of how to change their lives.
Many of my first grade students have already faced many challenges in their lives.
Despite the difficulties they have faced they are filled with compassion and kindness towards others. Often they lack this same loving kindness towards themselves.
My Project
We are using mindfulness in our class to enhance our students' ability to not only increase self-control but to enhance their understanding of how to deal with the stresses of life and their difficult emotions.
Providing many examples of mindfulness for our students will not only enhance their emotional learning, it will also enhance their academic learning.
Read aloud and independent reading will be supported with this library.
This project is designed to create a mindfulness library for students. In first grade we read aloud. The library would provide more resources and examples of ways that mindfulness can positively impact their lives.
Cultivating Mindfulness in the Classroom -effective, low-cost way for educators to help students manage stress (The Classroom Strategies)
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$19.79
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$19.79
The Lemonade Hurricane: A Story of Mindfulness and Meditation
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$13.95
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$13.95
I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness
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$13.46
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$13.46
Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree
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$13.00
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$13.00
The Mindful Dragon: A Dragon Book about Mindfulness. Teach Your Dragon To Be Mindful. A Cute Children Story to Teach Kids about Mindfulness, Focus and Peace. (My Dragon Books)
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$12.95
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$12.95
What Does It Mean to Be Present?
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$12.56
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$12.56
A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles
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$12.54
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$12.54
Master of Mindfulness: How to Be Your Own Superhero in Times of Stress
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$12.51
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$12.51
Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems
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$12.20
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$12.20
Puppy Mind
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$11.86
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$11.86
My Strong Mind: A Story About Developing Mental Strength (Positive Mindset series)
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$11.69
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$11.69
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion
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$11.66
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$11.66
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids
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$11.66
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$11.66
I Believe in Myself (Mindful Mantras)
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$11.14
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$11.14
Kindness Starts With You
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$10.79
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$10.79
Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings so that they can get better at figuring out what they need.
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$10.78
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$10.78
ABC for Me: ABC Mindful Me: ABCs for a happy, healthy mind & body
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$10.64
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$10.64
My Magic Breath: Finding Calm Through Mindful Breathing
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$10.48
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$10.48
I Am Human: A Book of Empathy
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$10.23
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$10.23
Mind Bubbles: Exploring mindfulness with kids
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$10.20
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$10.20
Marvin's Monster Diary: ADHD Attacks! (But I Rock It, Big Time): An ST4 Mindfulness Book for Kids
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$10.13
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$10.13
Crab and Whale: a new way to experience mindfulness for kids. Vol 1: Kindness (Mindful Storytime) (Volume 1)
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$9.99
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$9.99
Find Your Happy!: A Kid's Self Love Book
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$9.95
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$9.95
Kindness Snippet Jar
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$9.51
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$9.51
A Little SPOT of Kindness!
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$9.40
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$9.40
Good Vibes Coloring Book (Coloring is Fun) (Design Originals): 30 Beginner-Friendly Relaxing & Creative Art Activities on High-Quality Extra-Thick Perforated Paper that Resists Bleed Through
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$7.79
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$7.79
Dr. Seuss's You Are Kind: Featuring Horton the Elephant
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$5.01
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$5.01
Materials cost
$305.87
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$24.01
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.59
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$364.47
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$64.32
Total project goal
$428.79
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$428.79
1 Donor
-$215.00
Donations toward project cost
-$182.75
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$32.25
match offer
-$213.79
Match offer toward project cost
-$181.72
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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