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  • Medulla Elementary School
  • Lakeland, FL
  • 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

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The main goal for flexible seating in my classroom is to accommodate my students' learning styles and give them the freedom to choose how and where they sit while being engaged in learning. I have already seen the benefits and advantages of providing the students with seating choices using other types of alternative seating. I watched as several of my students who typically tapped their pencils, hummed, looked around the room, and disturbed others during assignments and assessments transform into focused, engaged, and eager learners. My students will be able to choose from a plethora of flexible seating, allowing them to choose what fits their learning style best. The wobble stools will mostly be used at my small group table for the students to work out their wiggles while I remediate or challenge their phonics, fluency, comprehension, and writing in skill based groups. If they choose, they may also replace their chair with a wobble stool during whole group lessons. Whether students read books independently or with a partner, practice their fluency skills, or work on an assignment or group project, they may decide to have fun sitting and even rocking on a colorful surf writing lap desk. Finally, the wobble cushions (stability discs) will be available for the students to use around the room to complete assignments, read books, play learning based games on a tablet, or to sit and wiggle out their energy at low tables with laptops and tablets. They will be trained how to safely use the flexible seating and have visual reminders of the procedures for using them. I am confident that when the students pick where they want to work they will become more focused and independent.

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The main goal for flexible seating in my classroom is to accommodate my students' learning styles and give them the freedom to choose how and where they sit while being engaged in learning. I have already seen the benefits and advantages of providing the students with seating choices using other types of alternative seating. I watched as several of my students who typically tapped their pencils, hummed, looked around the room, and disturbed others during assignments and assessments transform into focused, engaged, and eager learners. My students will be able to choose from a plethora of flexible seating, allowing them to choose what fits their learning style best. The wobble stools will mostly be used at my small group table for the students to work out their wiggles while I remediate or challenge their phonics, fluency, comprehension, and writing in skill based groups. If they choose, they may also replace their chair with a wobble stool during whole group lessons. Whether students read books independently or with a partner, practice their fluency skills, or work on an assignment or group project, they may decide to have fun sitting and even rocking on a colorful surf writing lap desk. Finally, the wobble cushions (stability discs) will be available for the students to use around the room to complete assignments, read books, play learning based games on a tablet, or to sit and wiggle out their energy at low tables with laptops and tablets. They will be trained how to safely use the flexible seating and have visual reminders of the procedures for using them. I am confident that when the students pick where they want to work they will become more focused and independent.

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