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Mrs. Maier from Wallingford, CT is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pediatric Occupational Therapy- Helping Small Hands Do Big Things!

Help me give my students the proper tools to support their fine motor skills, visual motor skills and sensory needs!

  • $886 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

The items that I chose for this project will help the students I see for Occupational Therapy in the public school setting. These children range from grades Pre-K through the fifth grade. The two schools that I work at both house our districts Autism Program. I service children in the Autism program as well as children in the regular education classrooms that receive special education support. My students are working on building their fine motor and visual motor skills, self-help skills and self regulation as well as appropriately getting the sensory input that they seek throughout their day. The items I chose like the weighted lap pads, vibrating pillow, sensory bin and sequenced sensory mat will help them with their sensory needs and regulation. Flexible seating options like a wobble stool or office chair allow students the opportunity to move while seated at the table to get input they are seeking and still be able to attend to table top tasks. Items like the highlighted paper, the line stamp, pencil grips adapted pencils and smaller markers are going to help my students who have difficulty with writing skills and need adaptations in order to be successful. I work with many kids with handwriting difficulties so in addition to the adapted tools, the handwriting without tears books are great practice books to teach proper letter formations. A slant board help children with fine motor and visual motor difficulties. I requested different games and tools like the hedgehog game and emotions coins to help build fine motor strength, pincer grasp and manipulation skills. My goal is to build up the resources I have in my OT room to help these students build their skills, become more independent and build their confidence. Thank you for your consideration.

Mrs. Maier
Grades 3-5
  • Pond Hill Elementary School
  • Wallingford, CT
  • 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 65 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pearington SitFree Height Adjustable Wobble Stool, Active Flexible Seating Chair for Kids and Adults - School and Office, Black • Amazon Business $80.99 1 $80.99
Armless Office Chair Cute Desk Chair, Modern Fabric Home Office Desk Chairs with Wheels Adjustable Swivel Task Computer Vanity Chair for Small Spaces • Amazon Business $58.49 1 $58.49
FRIENDLY CUDDLE Weighted Lap Pad for Kids 5 lbs. - Sensory Weighted Stuffed Animals - Lap Blanket for Toddlers Kids Adults with Sensory Processing Disorder - Perfect for Classroom Travel Home Office. • Amazon Business $47.99 1 $47.99
Bouncy Bands Portable 5lb Weighted Sensory Lap Pad • Kaplan Early Learning Company $44.96 1 $44.96
Special Supplies Vibrating Pillow Sensory Pressure Activated Calm for Kids and Adults, 12” x 12” Plush Minky Soft Cover with Textured Therapy Stimulation Bumps (Blue) • Amazon Business $35.14 1 $35.14
Solobo: Emotions Coin Drop - social emotional learning toy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $35.00 1 $35.00
Meavia Reversible Sequins Wall Sensory Fun Toy Learning Discovery Version, Jumbo Size 40 x 27 Inches • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
INNER-ACTIVE Slant Board for Writing Sloped Surface to Improve Handwriting Legibility, Posture, Positioning, Grasp, and Endurance – Great as Classroom Tool for Writing Reading, Art, and laptops • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
Handwriting Without Tears My Printing Book, Grade 1 - Kids • School Specialty $27.59 1 $27.59
Handwriting Without Tears Printing Power Book, Grade 2 - Kids • School Specialty $27.59 1 $27.59
Handwriting Without Tears Letters and Numbers for Me, Kindergarten - Grade K - Toddler • School Specialty $27.59 1 $27.59
Color Noise Sound Machines with 10 Colors Night Light 25 Soothing Sounds and Sleep White Noise Machine 32 Volume Levels 5 Timers Adjustable Brightness Memory Function for Adults Kids Baby • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Bouncyband Wiggle Seat Sensory Chair Cushion, Small, 10-3/4 Inches, Blue • School Specialty $20.02 1 $20.02
bopoobo Wooden Peg Board Beads Game Rainbow Clip Bead Puzzle Montessori Sorting Toys Counting Matching Game Beads Early Education Board Game Fine Motor Skill Montessori Toys for Toddlers • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin - Ocean and Sand • Blick Art Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
The Pencil Grip Inc Five Finger Pencil Grips, Assorted Colors, Pack of 6 - Comfortable • School Specialty $18.07 1 $18.07
Abilitations Hi-Write Intermediate Paper, Level 2, Pack of 100 Sheets - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler • School Specialty $17.77 1 $17.77
Sherr 2 Dashed Handwriting Lines Practice Roller Stamp Self Inking Line Rolling Stamps Teacher Stamps Sentence Strips Handwriting Practice for Kids Teachers (Black,2.72 x 2.44 x 1.54 Inch) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Mattel Games KerPlunk Kids Game, Easy-to-Learn Family Game for 2 - 4 Players, Don't Let The Marbles Fall • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
Learning Resources Spike The Fine Motor Hedgehog Pink - 14 Pieces, Ages 18+ months Fine Motor and Sensory Toy, Educational Toys for Toddlers, Montessori Toys • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
Crayola Pip-Squeaks Skinnies Washable Marker Set - Assorted Colors, Set of 64 • Blick Art Materials $13.84 1 $13.84
hand2mind Grab That Monster Fine Motor Activity Set, Fine Motor Skills Games for Toddlers, Occupational Therapy Toys, Preschool Learning Activities, Prewriting Toys, Color Sorting, Pincer Grasp Toys • Amazon Business $13.73 1 $13.73
4 Twist N Write Mechanical Pencils with 5 Refills, 2mm Lead • Amazon Business $12.94 1 $12.94
CZZXI Rocking Foot Rest for Under Desk at Work, Comfortable Foot Stool Ergonomic Footrest with Foot Massage Feet Stand for Office & Home - Black • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Dysgraphia Writing Paper | Adaptive Highlighted Handwriting Practice Paper: Visual Cues with Colored Lines and Left Margins for Kids • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Quill Brand? White Out Sidewinder Correction Tape, 2/Pk (52039-QCC) • Quill.com $6.74 1 $6.74

Materials cost

$683.21

Vendor shipping charges

$28.81

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$752.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.75

Total project goal

$885.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$885.02

1 Donor

-$885.02

Donations toward project cost

-$752.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$132.75

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$0.00

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