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Mrs. Nadeau from Hampton NH is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Moving Bodies = Moving Brains

Help me give my students the means to focus on essential learning skills while providing a healthy avenue for them to express their energy. These tools will offer focused physical outlets for brain and body development.

  • $1,191 goal

This project expired on February 12, 2021.

This project expired on February 12, 2021.

My Students

Whenever I tell people I teach 7th grade, I typically get the dropped jaw and "Bless you!" but that's because more people can't see this age group for more than the awkward class pictures we all took in middle school. At 12 and 13 years old, these adolescent learners are quickly figuring out their space in our world and it is a teacher's job to provide them with the opportunity to make good decisions and to learn from mistakes.

The true spirit of a 7th grader can certainly get lost behind their well-practiced eye roll, but I assure you, their desire to make real connections is as determined as their acne can be.

In making secure relationships with adults and peers, these students grow to be contributors and motivators for their younger siblings and neighbors. The cycle of positive energy continues into the community in the form of community service and the spirit of gratitude.

I have loved teaching these fragile learners for over 20 years. Anyone who doesn't love an early adolescent learner hasn't learned to live peacefully in a state of awkward humor and appreciate the outcome of life's finest embarrassing moments!

My Project

I always knew that students needed movement in order to learn. Pre-COVID, I had them moving around the room on scavenger hunts, dance parties, doing the hokey-pokey! Whatever I could to give them a brain and body break. However, it wasn't until this fall that I saw what the lack of movement can really do; robbing some of my students of motivation, or curiosity, or inspiration.

As we make every effort to keep students safely in school during this pandemic, we have tragically limited them from the real physical need to jump and touch a door jam or play tag with a friend at recess.

These minutes in the day have become the lost treasures that I need to regain for my students if I want them to continue to feel comfortable and grown in the learning environment.

To that end, I've purchase skip sticks, hula hoops, batons, and every other game that I can think of to keep them moving in their 6-foot bubble. Now I'm out of money, and out of ideas to help keep their bodies moving so their brains can keep moving too.

Mrs. Nadeau
Never Before Funded Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PEDAL EXERCISER - CANDO HEAVY DUTY - FOLDING WITH DIGITAL DISPLAY • School Specialty $48.74 8 $389.92
BALL CHAIR - SITNGYM PERLA 65 CM (25.5 IN) - PEARL WHITE • School Specialty $29.99 8 $239.92
BOUNCYBANDS FOR CHAIRS - BLK - MS/HS • School Specialty $18.52 12 $222.24
TAPE - 3M VINYL FLOOR MARKING - 2 INCH X 36 YARD- GREEN- ROLL • School Specialty $7.19 1 $7.19
TAPE - 3M VINYL FLOOR MARKING - 2 INCH X 36 YARD- YELLOW- ROLL • School Specialty $7.19 1 $7.19
TAPE - 3M VINYL FLOOR MARKING - 2 INCH X 36 YARD- RED- ROLL • School Specialty $7.19 1 $7.19
TAPE - 3M VINYL FLOOR MARKING - 2 INCH X 36 YARD- BLUE- ROLL • School Specialty $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$880.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $88.08

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,012.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$178.61

Total project goal

$1,190.74

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