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Ms. Paulson from Reno, NV is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Recovery Area Manipulatives

Help me give my students tactile manipulatives so they can use them in our Recovery Area when they are feeling upset or overwhelmed.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Paulson's classroom raised $567

This project is fully funded

My Students

The students in my self-contained classroom are amazing! Although they need support with academics, self-help skills, life skills, and social/emotional skills, they make progress every day. The students in my classroom try their best to succeed in both my self-contained classroom and in their general education classrooms.

My Project

The materials I am requesting will help me create a sensory-based Recovery Area for my students to ask to go into when they are feeling upset or overwhelmed. My students are working on identifying their feelings and communicating when they are angry, sad, frustrated, and are unable to continue to participate with the class.

The addition of a Recovery Area with sensory items will give the students a place to go to take a break.

They can use these sensory items to calm down and rejoin their peers when they are feeling better.

Ms. Paulson Desert Heights 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.

Reno, NV 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

10 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA480 - Washable Tactile Pillows • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
SE741 - Tactile Liquid Letters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
DD384 - Soft Washable Sensory Balls • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
BE331 - Best-Buy Bins - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 2 $33.98
PP504 - Gel-Bead Sensory Shapes - Set of 8 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
SE581 - Rainbow Liquid Sensory Viewers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
CA312 - Calming Cuddle Ball • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DS296 - Mix Match Sensory Spheres • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
EE289 - Tactile Numbers 1-30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC511GR - Flex-Space Wobble Cushion - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
PP508 - Sensory Star Beanbags - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
EE259 - Tactile Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
SE731 - Sensory Rings • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
DS122 - Pop Play Sensory Dimpl™ • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$412.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$32.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$481.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.96

Total project goal

$566.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$566.41

1 Donor

-$283.20

Donations toward project cost

-$240.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.48

match offer

-$283.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$240.73

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.48

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$0.00

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