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Ms. Neuman from Wasilla, AK is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tools Not Toys!

Help me give my students floor cushions and fidget stones to use fidgeting as a tool and not a toy or distraction.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Neuman's classroom raised $170

This project is fully funded

My Project

Kids have been unsafe with their bodies and need an outlet where they can fidget and not cause major distractions or hurt other kids. I am a first year teacher in an underfunded school. There is no funding to me as a teacher and I have close to no money to buy things for myself. I am looking to enhance my students learning through teaching them that these fidget stones will be used as tools to help them learn, and not toys that distract them from learning. I am also requesting floor cushions to add flexible seating to our classroom. A lot of kids need it and don't realize it.

Ms. Neuman Meadow Lakes 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.

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More than 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

270 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Timgle 20 Pcs Round Floor Cushion for Kid and Toddler 13" Flexible Floor Seating Portable Circle Chair Pad for Home School Classroom Daycare Kindergarten Story Time Activity, 20 Colors (Bright Color) • Amazon Business $73.99 1 $73.99
Fidget Toys Sensory Stone for Kids: 12 Pack Texture Worry Stone - Soothing Sensory Tools for Autism Children Calming - Quiet Fidgets for Student Classroom Must Have Prizes • Amazon Business $12.30 3 $36.90

Materials cost

$110.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $1.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$144.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.45

Total project goal

$169.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $169.66

1 Donor

-$75.90

Donations toward project cost

-$72.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.80

match offer

-$84.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.92

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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