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Feeling Safe, Comfortable, and Creative at School
Funded Aug 10, 2022Our students were so excited to have special seating in our classroom and a place to put their art work to dry! We have used this special seating in the safe place, library, and on the carpet during whole group activities. The use of these seats in all areas has helped to provide comfort and a feeling of safety, especially in the safe space.
Students that need time to calm or time alone actively and regularly use the safe space, and sit on the comfy big pillow. The students especially love sitting on the couch and special floor seats in the library to look at books, and the use of the library increased once we added these. Also, the foam seats, green movement disk, and wobble seat have helped those that have a difficult time attending on the carpet to stay with us longer and focus. The use of all of these special seats has become part of our daily routine. Certain students that need movement or have a difficult time sitting for whole group activities rotate through using the wobble seat, especially. The foam floor seats make sitting on the carpet more comfortable for those that use them.
Since using our drying rack, we are able to do more art projects at a time. The students absolutely love to paint and have been so happy to be able to paint more and do other art projects that require drying. Recently as we have been getting ready for the holidays, we have been using this a lot. Before, we were laying projects out to try across a table and ones would get put on top of others and ruin them.
Thank you so much for contributing to our class and making it possible for us to provide such a comfortable environment for our students, as well as providing a space to dry our artwork so their creativity is not limited!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Theobold
This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 5 other donors.