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Mrs. Penn from Philadelphia PA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need A Sensory Room

Help me give my students the fantastic new sensory room of their dreams!

  • $4,798 goal

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My Project

At our school, we have 30 outstanding students with autism within five classrooms. Each autistic support teacher here tries to set up their classroom as both a sensory room and an academic learning room, which is pretty challenging. We were given an empty classroom this year to make into the sensory space of our dreams, but it is desperately lacking. We are a public city school with minimal resources, and my students deserve better than that.

A person with autism may experience difficulties interpreting and organizing input from what they see, taste, touch, hear and smell.

Sensory perceptions can become frightening or even painful and can lead to high anxiety and meltdowns. The two ride and rollers, rocking chair and tunnel will help with sensory calming as well as motor planning. The privacy cubes will allow students to calm down on their own while remaining in a safe environment shutting out all outside stimulation. The lights and liquid steps will become objects they use to stim which can be very calming.

Mrs. Penn
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Abilitations Roll N Ride One Roller Section, Blue and Purple • School Specialty $674.09 2 $1,348.18
LC805 - Quiet Time Privacy Cube • Lakeshore Learning Materials $379.00 2 $758.00
LE284 - Tap Play Color-Changing Light Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 3 $447.00
SE401 - Liquid Floor Tiles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $179.00 2 $358.00
Abilitations Inflatable PeaPod Medium, 60 Inches, Vinyl, Green • School Specialty $155.09 2 $310.18
Califone Deluxe Soft Rocker, 28 x 17-1/2 x 33-7/8 Inches, Black • School Specialty $109.46 2 $218.92
Abilitations Caterpillar Tunnel, 119 x 30 Inches • School Specialty $157.57 1 $157.57
LC806 - Cushion for Quiet Time Privacy Cube • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 2 $119.98
SE416 - Step Balance Sensory Stones • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99

Materials cost

$3,787.82

Vendor shipping charges

 $203.48

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$56.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,078.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$719.67

Total project goal

$4,797.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $4,797.79

8 Donors

-$4,787.79

Donations toward project cost

-$4,069.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$718.17

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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 $0.00

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