There are pros and cons of flexible seating for every teacher so you really have to examine your classroom your students and your students needs to decide if flexible seating is the classroom.
Flexible seating in kindergarten research.
Teaching kindergarten i was so intrigued by the notion of replacing the typical tables chairs and rug layout of my classroom into something more developmentally appropriate.
So here is some research about handwriting.
This article from science daily highlights the importance of tummy time for achievement.
Here is an additional way to offer choice to students using alternative seating in kindergarten.
There s so much to be said for offering choice in the classroom.
Yes you can totally do this in kindergarten and it doesn t matter when you start.
Special education classroom management classroom community.
I like the idea of offering choice whenever possible.
Lets talk about the pros and cons of flexible seating.
Oskar cymerman a mn based high school teacher whose adopted flexible seating says i ve come to the conclusion that desks promote compliance while coffee shop style seating encourages.
I ve started it on day one and also after the year was already under way.
Flexible seating can look like a fun but the real question should really be is flexible seating the right environment for my classroom.
In our classroom there are no tables and desks so we lay on our stomach for handwriting.