Imagine being six years old and all the adults in your life constantly telling you to calm down and sit still. These "fidgets" help children who are in constant need of stimulation to be able to focus and "sit still" in a classroom setting.
I have a very unique group of twenty-one students this year.
The eleven who have already been identified as "Gifted & Talented" bring with them a "hum" of constant energy and need to learn. The seven ESOL students are a mixture of brilliant, baby, and BUSY. The remaining three are bar none the most entertaining, talkative, inquisitive children I've had the privilege to meet.
I teach in a Primary School in a very rural farming community, where students like mine are not the norm. They are all very intelligent with a hypersensitive almost primal desire to learn. They don't learn quietly,and they shouldn't have to.
"Fidgets" can provide my students' brains with the constant stimulation they crave, thus enabling them to acquire the skills needed in their future classroom settings.
My Project
What do adults do to stay focused during meetings? Doodle on paper, tap their pens, check their phones...What can children do to keep focused at school? "FIDGET"! A Tangle Fidget is a circular device made by a series of curved pieces. When twisted it curls in on itself and creates a "ball", when untangled it can be placed on a child's wrist like a bracelet. Each curved piece is colorful, some have various textures, and each Fidget is made of durable, industrial plastic that can be sanitized on a daily basis if needed.
Not all children learn in the same manner.
What if you weren't allowed opportunities to move and wiggle throughout your day? Help me help my students by providing them with a tool that won't keep their bodies from interfering with their learning.
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