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Ms. King from Chicago, IL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Understanding My Feelings

Help me give my students the funding and mental health supplies that helps students thrive.

  • $605 goal

This project expired on October 15, 2025.

This project expired on October 15, 2025.

My Project

I love my students' energy and diverse learning needs. They thrive when given choices and movement opportunities that honor how they learn best.

Every child deserves a learning environment that celebrates their unique needs.

My students are curious, creative individuals who learn through movement and exploration.

Flexible seating options—wobble chairs and floor cushions—will transform our classroom into an inclusive space where every learner can thrive. These tools support focus for students with ADHD, comfort for those with sensory needs, and choice for all learners. Combined with mental health and social-emotional learning books, students will have both physical comfort and emotional support resources. When students feel physically comfortable and emotionally secure, academic achievement naturally follows.

Ms. King Owen Scholastic Academy 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 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

60 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fumete 16 Inch Round Floor Cushions for Kids and Toddlers, Flexible Seating Classroom Furniture Floor Pillow for Home, Daycare, Preschool, Yoga and Meditation(Cute,16 Pcs) • Amazon Business $66.99 2 $133.98
Flex-Space Premium Wobble Chair - 16" - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.99 1 $99.99
Flex-Space Premium Wobble Chair - 16" - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.99 1 $99.99
Good Things - social emotional learning, grief, love & loss (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
A Kids Book About Belonging - social emotional learning collection (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Trauma - social emotional learning collection (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Gentle Hands and Other Sing-Along Songs for Social-Emotional Learning • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
It's Okay To Not Be Okay: A Rhyming Read Aloud Story for Children About Feelings of Sadness and Loneliness (Social Emotional Learning Toolbox - Therapists, Educators, and Parents) • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
I Feel... Something: Listening to Your Body for Kids (Social Skills for Kids, Interoception for Kids, Social Emotional Learning) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Ninja Life Hacks: Calm Ninja Activity Book: (Mindful Activity Books for Kids, Emotions and Feelings Activity Books, Social Skills Activities for Kids, Social Emotional Learning) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
My Respectful Robot: A Children's Social Emotional Learning Book About Manners and Respect (Thoughtful Bots) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Just Now I Feel Angry: A Kids Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Book about Anger and Frustration Feelings Awareness, Self-Management, Mindfulness and ... (Feeling Big Emotions Picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39

Materials cost

$466.53

Vendor shipping charges

$10.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$513.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.62

Total project goal

$604.15

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