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Ms. Graves from Bloomdale, OH is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensory Play in a Tray

Help me give my students materials a sensory tray and tools for sensory play in our begindergarten classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Graves's classroom raised $165

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our Title I school is in a rural district that includes several small towns and communities. There is only one public library in the district. My classroom has up to 15, young, five-year-old children. The students in the "Begindergarten" program are chronologically ready to enter the school setting but may not be developmentally ready for the kindergarten curriculum.

Begindergarten allows our students a year to develop the foundational skills to enter kindergarten the following school year.

We focus on foundational reading, math, fine motor, and social-emotional skills. My students are all so unique and learn in such different ways. They love to learn through inquiry, love to play and love to be creative.

My Project

This project will provide a space saving sensory tray and wooden tools for the sensory tray. The tray has a lid and removable storage inserts which will make it easy to move to different areas of the classroom as required to meet students' needs.

The use of sensory oriented, open-ended materials in a child’s environment is strongly linked to creativity and critical thinking later in life.

Sensory and open-ended materials benefit children by helping them engage with their senses, provide feedback to their sensory systems, and regulate their sensory needs. They also help children learn to regulate their emotions, calm any anxiety, and to be ready to focus on their learning. With a new sensory tray in the classroom, our students will have daily opportunities to engage in fun and varying sensory play!

Ms. Graves Elmwood Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Bloomdale, OH View local requests 15 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Inspire My Play Sensory Bin with Lid and Removable Storage Inserts - Sensory Bins for Toddler Crafts - Kids Sensory Toys for Autistic Children - Creativity for Kids - Sensory Activities for Toddlers • Amazon Business $74.99 1 $74.99
Naturskool Sensory Bin Tools, FREE eBOOK | Montessori Toys+Waldorf Toys | Set of 8 wooden toys + tools | Includes wooden scoops, tongs for transfer work+fine motor skills development for kids+toddlers • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95

Materials cost

$107.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$139.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.63

Total project goal

$164.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $164.19

5 Donors

-$70.61

Donations toward project cost

-$70.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.30

match offer

-$81.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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