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Ms. Riley from Baton Rouge LA is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Motions of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Help me give my students the opportunity to participate in mobility activities to strengthen their orientation and mobility skills for travel with the use of curved walking boards, textured balls, and balls with sound.

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My Project

The blind child can participate in physical activities just as their sighted peers with the use of textured and sound balls. When a blind or visually impaired student is learning mobility skills to assist them in orienting themselves in their environment, it requires learning different aspects of the movement of their bodies.

As a student learns about body movement and their body awareness in space, they engage in multiple activities to master these skills.

Students use the skills learned through the use of textured balls and balls with sound to train the brain to interpret received information by other senses in place of the sense if sight. We work on different skills by way of using textured materials and balls with sound so the students can learn to how to detect and identify textures or terrain under their feet when traveling with a mobility cane. A blind traveler depends on sounds and textures in their environment to help orient themselves and become independent safe travelers.

When teaching a totally blind individual how to relate to things in their environment for the purpose of orientation and mobility, they cannot see a smooth rock or a bumpy rock. For this reason, we must use other objects with textures that have the characteristics of a bumpy rock. The materials used to teach these skills are very specific to the skill or relation being taught. For this reason, the funding of this project would be very helpful in teaching my blind students to be independent and safe travelers. 

Ms. Riley
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EID:0001466::FlagHouse Curved Walking Board Set, 10 Pieces • School Specialty $227.32 1 $227.32
EID:0001466::BOOM'R Beeper Ball, Foam, 8-1/4 Inch • School Specialty $83.32 2 $166.64
EID:0001466::FlagHouse Mini Crawl Tunnel Set, Assorted Colors, Set of 4 • School Specialty $100.19 1 $100.19
EID:0001466::FlagHouse Textured Foam Balls, 5 Inch Diameter, Assorted Colors, Set of 4 • School Specialty $59.02 1 $59.02
EID:0001466::Sensory Soccer Ball • School Specialty $54.97 1 $54.97
EID:0001466::Gel Aquarium • School Specialty $44.99 1 $44.99
EID:0001466::FlagHouse Burst-Resistant Therapy Body Ball, 22 Inches, 440 Pound Capacity • School Specialty $21.37 2 $42.74
EID:0001466::FlagHouse Jingle Ball, 12 Ounces, 6-5/16 Inch Diameter • School Specialty $15.97 2 $31.94
EID:0001466::Bumpy Ball, 8 Inches, Each • School Specialty $8.09 2 $16.18
EID:0001466::Jumbo Reaction Ball, 15 Inches, Each • School Specialty $10.49 1 $10.49
EID:0001466::Crystal Squeeze Beadball, 3 Inches • School Specialty $8.39 1 $8.39

Materials cost

$762.87

Vendor shipping charges

 $76.29

Sales tax

 $66.75

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$947.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$167.18

Total project goal

$1,114.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,114.53

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 $1,114.53

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