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Mrs. Mann from Decatur, IL is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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On Sensory Overload

Help me give my students sensory comforting tools to help with self regulation.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Mann's classroom raised $371

This project is fully funded

My Project

An increasing number of students come to school unprepared for meeting social, academic, and physical expectations. All students need to learn to self-regulate. These items will help students to manage stress, anxiety, fears, and frustrations.

Students will learn how to manage stress, anxiety, fears, and frustrations with these items readily available for use in the classroom.

Research shows that students with ADHD, Autism, Mood disorders (and many other challenges) benefit from big movement breaks multiple times per day. The tunnel items will allow the students to move around and gain big movement with resistance.

All of these items will be utilized to give students independence to work through their emotions in a safe sensory comforting way. The students benefitting from this project do have a hard time controlling or reacting to situations. Releasing some of their energy climbing through this tunnel can help relieve some of the stress or anxiety they are dealing with. They can do this activity independently without having to wait for an adult to intervene.

Mrs. Mann South Shores Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Decatur, IL View local requests

Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Abilitations Resistance Toddler Tunnel, 9 Feet, Blue and Green • School Specialty $110.02 2 $220.04
Time Timer MOD, Charcoal - Silicone - Teacher-Parent Resources - Adult • School Specialty $35.24 1 $35.24

Materials cost

$255.28

Vendor shipping charges

$25.53

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.52

Total project goal

$370.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$370.16

1 Donor

-$326.05

Donations toward project cost

-$314.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$44.11

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$0.00

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