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Your donation provided hands-on materials that allow students to strengthen the small muscles in their hands and fingers—an essential foundation for writing, self-care, and overall academic success.\r\n\r\n\r\nWe are using these new resources daily during learning centers, small-group instruction, and structured play. Students engage with activities such as grasping, pinching, rolling, stacking, lacing, and manipulating tools that promote hand strength, coordination, and precision. 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I am able to provide my students with special needs with a calming learning environment. \r\n\r\nOur light covers will provide my students a calm classroom, and the sensory toys will allow my students to use different tools to learn to self regulate. By providing my students with a variety of sensory tools, my students can learn important skills that will allow them to thrive and learn. Thank you for making our project possible.","fullyFundedDate":1759658269004,"projectUrl":"project/calming-lights-and-sensory-delights-for/9585996/","projectTitle":"Calming Lights and Sensory Delights for Our Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Flores","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1730016_orig.jpg?crop=1001,1001,x60,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627520289953","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1730016"},{"teacherId":1730016,"projectId":8619657,"letterContent":"Thank your for your generosity to our classroom project. 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My students were ecstatic to see and use an art easel for the first time in our classroom. \r\nWe are incredibly grateful for your generous donation that helped us receive a brand new art easel for our classroom! This easel has already become a creative place where students gather to express themselves through drawing, painting, and exploring their imaginations. It's more than just a piece of equipment—it's a tool that's inspiring confidence, collaboration, and joy in our young artists every day.\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, our classroom feels even more like a space where creativity can thrive. 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