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Mrs. Gibson from Glendale AZ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading Rocks!

My students need stability balls to sit on instead of chairs.

  • $824 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Coming from a Title 1 school with over a 60% mobility rate - that does not stop our learning. My students are enthusiastic little learners who are eager to become proficient readers. I am a specialist on campus and my students are the ones who need the most support in the area of reading. I meet in small groups with over 40 students daily to help teach/support them in reading skills.

My students have many challenges in and out of the school setting, I want to support them and have reading as one of their strengths, not a challenge.

My Project

Donations to this project will help increase my students' attention while reading. Being five to seven years old their bodies are in motion or fidgety quite often. Reading on stability balls is a great way to get their mind to focus on what is really important; becoming an avid reader and truly knowing what it means to have a LOVE for reading.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body!

What better way to start building their foundation of skills for reading by sitting comfortably and staying focused! Studies show that as children constantly move their body to maintain their balance on this moving seat, they are able to focus more easily.

Mrs. Gibson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cando Small Ball Chair • Nasco $72.75 6 $436.50
CanDo Large Balance Ball Chair • Nasco $128.50 1 $128.50

Materials cost

$565.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $56.50

Sales tax

 $40.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$700.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$123.60

Total project goal

$823.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $823.98

6 Donors

-$785.74

Donations toward project cost

-$679.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$106.61

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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