A Little Wiggle Room: Flexible Seating for Expanding Minds

Funded Nov 22, 2018

I wanted to thank you all for helping my classroom achieve our goal! Your support has helped us to buy new flexible seating options that we use daily. My students ask me every day to sit on our "green chairs" or on the bench for EVERY activity (silent reading, whole class lessons, choice time)!

I have seen such a change in their attention and behaviors since incorporating flexible seating in our classroom. Since the kids are more comfortable, they are able to focus on the lesson instead of fidgeting in their seat or on the hard ground. They are more likely to participate since they have been paying closer attention! Nothing makes a teacher happier than seeing most hands in the air to ask/answer a question instead of seeing a sea of blank stares!

My students were ecstatic to see all our new seating options in our classroom. Whereas I was worried that they would fight over the seats, I am happy to share that they are excellent turn-takers and are more than willing to share the materials with their classmates. I truly think they notice how different their behavior is when they get to use the new seats and want their classmates to experience the same thing!

Class 103A greatly thanks you for your support!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Schlesinger