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Mrs. Okrasinski from Charlotte NC is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Unlocking Early Math Concepts With Carpet Squares

Help me give my students with disabilities numbered carpet squares for play-based math activities.

  • 4 donors
  • $431 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

It may sound crazy, but there is no versatile and engaging early math tool I love more than numbered carpet squares! Using play-based numeration activities, my young students with developmental delay and autism will be able to access numbers in a fun and hands-on way in the resource setting.

With this set of squares from 1-30, my students will be able to practice number identification, ordering, comparison, and patterns with games like the floor is lava, detective, musical squares, and more!

My favorite part about being a special education teacher is working to find new (and at times, unorthodox) ways to help my students get to that “aha” moment. Any help you can give to get these carpet squares into my classroom could bring any number of students one step closer to their “aha.”

Mrs. Okrasinski
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flagship Carpets Block Seating Carpet Squares 1 to 30, 16 x 16 Inches, Set of 30 - Preschool-Early Childhood - Toddler • School Specialty $241.46 1 $241.46

Materials cost

$241.46

Vendor shipping charges

 $72.44

Sales tax

 $18.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$366.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.65

Total project goal

$431.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $431.00

3 Donors

-$215.49

Donations toward project cost

-$183.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.32

match offer

-$215.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$183.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.33

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 $0.00

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