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Mrs. Karshner from Broomfield, CO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mindfulness in the Classroom

Help me give my students amazing mindfulness and stress reducing materials to help enhance their learning! These materials will help my students build a stronger community, manage stress, and learn strategies to help them maximize their potential!

  • $408 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are creative, clever and eager to learn. They come to class every day excited to actively engage in 4th grade content. From math to science to language arts, they are always putting in their best effort.

From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me.

By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hoping​ to inspire each and every one of our learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

I have a classroom full of wonderfully creative and incredibly enthusiastic learners this (and every) year. These materials are needed to ensure students are equipped with skills needed to lower stress and anxiety and to increase focus and a love of learning.

Mindfullness practices have been proven to increase a student's ability to thrive.

With these materials, I hope to strengthen each of my student's ability to focus and thrive in the classroom and beyond.

Many of these materials are gamed based activities to foster mindfulness, social skills, social-emotional development and community. I hope to introduce these activities to strengthen our classroom community and foster student confidence and independence while also helping them build empathy and the ability to work together as a team.

Furthermore, I hope to create a peace corner in my room where students can go when they need a quiet place to destress and calm down. Many of the sensory items included in this project will give students the tools and the space to take short breaks when needed to refocus their attention and energy.

Mrs. Karshner
Grades 3-5
  • Birch Elementary School
  • Broomfield, CO
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

    This project will reach 30 students.

    11 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Open Spaces Totika Self Esteem Game With 48 Question Card Deck - A Game of Fun, Skill and Communication • Amazon Business $29.95 2 $59.90
Emojinks Emoji Card Games For Families - Fun Card Game For kids Emoji Party Toys Gifts For Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $12.49 4 $49.96
YOGA 4 KIDS Games • Amazon Business $39.97 1 $39.97
Totem the feel good game, Self-Esteem Game for Counseling, Team Building, Family • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
The One and Only Kinetic Sand, Folding Sand Box with 2lbs of Kinetic Sand • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
Set of 3 Expandable Sphere Balls Toy~Neon Colored Blue, Pink & Green~Hand Catch Flower Balls~Great Gift for Kids! • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Fidget Toys Set, 22 Pcs. Sensory Tools Bundle for Stress Relief and Anti-Anxiety for Kids and Adults, Marble and Mesh, Pack of Squeeze Balls, Soybean Squeeze, Flippy Chain, Liquid Motion Timer & More • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Mindfulness Matters: The game that uses mindfulness skills to improve coping in everyday life • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Mindfulness Therapy Games: Social Skills Game That Teaches Mindfulness for Kids, Teens and Adults | Effective for Self Care, Communication Skills | 40 Cards for Play Therapy • Amazon Business $16.94 1 $16.94
Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities for Kindness , Focus and Calm • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59

Materials cost

$293.14

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$18.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$346.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.11

Total project goal

$407.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$407.41

8 Donors

-$342.27

Donations toward project cost

-$293.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.09

match offer

-$62.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$53.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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