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Within my classroom, the biggest struggle is to keep students actively engaged in learning the material, and the students are generally stuck at their desk during instruction. Studies have shown that students with flexible seating options it will cut down on engagement-based behaviors almost entirely within the classroom. By donating you will be allowing the students to be actively engaged within the material and increase their academic abilities. The seat cushions allow my students who like to sit at their desk but have difficulty staying focused allow them to continue to sit at their desks comfortable by having the sensory aspect that comes with the seat cushions. Wobble stools allow for more mobility for students to take the stools to the tables within the room to work and to be able to move their bodies during the lessons. By having yoga balls as an option for flexible seating, it allows those students who have so much extra energy to bounce and move quietly to get their energy out and still remain focused. As a new teacher I currently do not have any furniture to accommodate to the needs of my students who need to constantly fidget and move without distraction to me and most importantly the other students in the class. This project is all about the students and give them the opportunity for seating options other than just their desks and cut down on distractions from being restless and increase instructional time. I have students who are in my room for multiple periods at a time, so being in their seat for so long quietly is extremely difficult for struggling learners.

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Within my classroom, the biggest struggle is to keep students actively engaged in learning the material, and the students are generally stuck at their desk during instruction. Studies have shown that students with flexible seating options it will cut down on engagement-based behaviors almost entirely within the classroom. By donating you will be allowing the students to be actively engaged within the material and increase their academic abilities. The seat cushions allow my students who like to sit at their desk but have difficulty staying focused allow them to continue to sit at their desks comfortable by having the sensory aspect that comes with the seat cushions. Wobble stools allow for more mobility for students to take the stools to the tables within the room to work and to be able to move their bodies during the lessons. By having yoga balls as an option for flexible seating, it allows those students who have so much extra energy to bounce and move quietly to get their energy out and still remain focused. As a new teacher I currently do not have any furniture to accommodate to the needs of my students who need to constantly fidget and move without distraction to me and most importantly the other students in the class. This project is all about the students and give them the opportunity for seating options other than just their desks and cut down on distractions from being restless and increase instructional time. I have students who are in my room for multiple periods at a time, so being in their seat for so long quietly is extremely difficult for struggling learners.

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