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Ms. DiMichele from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Social Emotional Books and Excercises

My students need a speaker to play mindful exercises and songs, puppets to use to express their emotions and books that cover a variety of topics to help them and the teacher communicate about emotions.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. DiMichele's classroom raised $294

This project is fully funded

My Students

My children start their day jumping in excitement and anticipation- they love school because their classroom is filled with learning that interests them. My preschoolers are beginning their educational journey focusing on play, arts and social emotional learning. They grow and change so quickly in such short periods of time. The students are mixed age 3-5 and mixed abilities, with special education students and typical developing children.

We really focus on social emotional learning and creating a classroom community where the children lead their learning.

The children's interests determine the curriculum and our students are engaged and involved in their learning. The children prove every day that the job of children is to play, and through that play they learn and grow to unimaginable lengths.

My Project

Children with more opportunities to regulate their emotions in positive ways become more productive students. The children will be able to use these materials to greater explore their emotions and their actions in a mindful way. The children in my class vary in age (3-4) and abilities (typical and special needs), and they have had so much success from the social emotional materials we've used so far, including Yoga, mindfulness exercises and our Peace Corner (or calming area).

The donations to this project will help children practice mindful techniques as well as regulate themselves, creating competent social students who create their own mindful classroom community.

Children will use the puppets to act out scenarios to better explore and explain how they feel and how to solve social problems, which will give them playful practice to use in their own social interactions. The speaker will give us the opportunity to play yoga songs at a reasonable volume, to use guided meditation and social stories in large group settings. These practices will help children explore their emotions in a safe way that gives them confidence and ownership over their learning.

The books donated in this project will be anchors for discussions about our variety of emotional states, giving children a literacy component to their social emotional work. I will also use the book "Listen Parents!" to educate myself on the language I use when I teach children about emotions, since I am learning alongside the children. With the children and I focusing on social emotional learning in the early days of school I hope to lay the foundation for emotionally competent learners who have the skills to succeed in all areas of classroom life.

Ms. DiMichele Barbara Vick Early Child Center Grades PreK-2

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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

Half 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
JBL Flip 4 Waterproof Portable Bluetooth Speaker (Black) • Amazon Business $88.95 1 $88.95
Fun Express Plush Happy Kids Hand Puppets Multi-Ethnic Collection Novelty (Set of 8) • Amazon Business $37.28 1 $37.28
Voice Lessons for Parents: What to Say, How to Say it, and When to Listen • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) • Amazon Business $14.36 1 $14.36
The Secret to Clara's Calm • Amazon Business $14.15 1 $14.15
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda • Amazon Business $13.56 1 $13.56
Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur • Amazon Business $12.58 1 $12.58
Petra • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $6.83 1 $6.83

Materials cost

$215.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$249.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.95

Total project goal

$293.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $293.01

5 Donors

-$196.49

Donations toward project cost

-$167.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.47

match offer

-$96.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$82.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.48

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 $0.00

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