Flexible seating means you get to choose where to work! Students can use a clipboard and work on the floor, sit at a table, or work at a standing surface. You might notice our classroom doesn't have many tables; this allows students to spread out and work where they are most comfortable and can do their best learning.
Flexible seating keeps students engaged, develops motor control, cultivates community and collaboration, and so much more. The Edutopia article belows says the 73% of student progress can be traced to flexibility and choice.
For all the research on why you might not see many tables in our classroom, visit these links:
https://thekindergartensmorgasboard.com/2018/09/flexible-seating-research.html
www.edutopia.org/article/flexible-classrooms-research-scarce-promising
https://www.hermanmiller.com/research/categories/white-papers/rethinking-the-classroom/
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/30406/to-foster-productivity-and-creativity-in-class-ditch-the-desks
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/09/it-time-get-rid-desks-classroom
Flexible seating keeps students engaged, develops motor control, cultivates community and collaboration, and so much more. The Edutopia article belows says the 73% of student progress can be traced to flexibility and choice.
For all the research on why you might not see many tables in our classroom, visit these links:
https://thekindergartensmorgasboard.com/2018/09/flexible-seating-research.html
www.edutopia.org/article/flexible-classrooms-research-scarce-promising
https://www.hermanmiller.com/research/categories/white-papers/rethinking-the-classroom/
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/30406/to-foster-productivity-and-creativity-in-class-ditch-the-desks
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/09/it-time-get-rid-desks-classroom