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Mrs. Alving from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensory Items Needed!

Help me give my students, who are diverse learners, sensory items to help them to participate and engage in learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Alving's classroom raised $364

This project is fully funded

My Project

Please help me in creating a warm, welcoming classroom for my primary grade diverse learners. My students use fidgets and other sensory items to help to keep focus in the classroom. Many of these "tools" are also used to help my students to calm down, and to manage stress. different "tools" provide a specific sensory experience and provide benefits that can either calm or activate the brain and body. I am hoping to have a collection of items that will provide my students with the safe, warm environment that a classroom should be!

Mrs. Alving Westcott Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wikki Stix - Big Count Class Kit • Blick Art Materials $32.01 2 $64.02
Pete the Cat Collection - 6 Book Set • AKJ Education $57.51 1 $57.51
Fidget Slug - 3D Rainbow Color Sensory Toy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 2 $36.00
Economical Personal Headphone • Teachers' School Supply $5.80 6 $34.80
Lakeshore Wild Animal Counters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Hoberman Sphere® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 1 $17.99
Lux Blox Fidget Flexers Neon Teal/Neon Green (LXBFFTBNG) • Staples $14.69 1 $14.69
The Pencil Grip The Original Grip - Single • Blick Art Materials $1.90 6 $11.40

Materials cost

$266.40

Vendor shipping charges

$8.83

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$309.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.57

Total project goal

$363.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$363.80

3 Donors

-$229.00

Donations toward project cost

-$204.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.00

match offer

-$123.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.00

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$0.00

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