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Students feel empowered by having some degree of choice and control over their environment. Flexible seating allows students to choose where they work and with whom. It also allows them to change their location and positions as needed. The seating that I am requesting such as the Flex-Space Floor seating are easy assessible to the students as well as comfortable while they attend to their reading and/or writing. The Reading pillows that I am requesting can provide a relaxing comfort as students sit up or lay down to read and/write. I chose these to types of flexible seating for students to have choices of what their perfect fit seating can be. I also chose these types of seating because they are not too bulky and will not be a safety hazard for the students usage. These items can be easily moved throughout the room for student's convience. Kayla Delzer, is the author of the popular 2015 EdSurge story, “Why the 21st-Century Classroom May Remind You of Starbucks.” In a 2016 follow-up story on Edutopia, she says giving students choices about their physical classroom space teaches them higher-order thinking skills. Children need to move. Flexible seating allows them to wobble, rock, bounce, lean or stand, which increases oxygen flow to the brain, blood flow and core strength. In turn, this burns more calories and increases metabolism. It also helps keep young minds more alert and focused. It’s no surprise that physical activity is linked to higher academic performance, better health, and improved behavior. An academic paper by Matthew T. Mahar, et al, found that simple in-class activities can boost performance. Studies suggest that children who participate in short bouts of physical activity within the classroom have more on-task behavior, too.

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Students feel empowered by having some degree of choice and control over their environment. Flexible seating allows students to choose where they work and with whom. It also allows them to change their location and positions as needed. The seating that I am requesting such as the Flex-Space Floor seating are easy assessible to the students as well as comfortable while they attend to their reading and/or writing. The Reading pillows that I am requesting can provide a relaxing comfort as students sit up or lay down to read and/write. I chose these to types of flexible seating for students to have choices of what their perfect fit seating can be. I also chose these types of seating because they are not too bulky and will not be a safety hazard for the students usage. These items can be easily moved throughout the room for student's convience. Kayla Delzer, is the author of the popular 2015 EdSurge story, “Why the 21st-Century Classroom May Remind You of Starbucks.” In a 2016 follow-up story on Edutopia, she says giving students choices about their physical classroom space teaches them higher-order thinking skills. Children need to move. Flexible seating allows them to wobble, rock, bounce, lean or stand, which increases oxygen flow to the brain, blood flow and core strength. In turn, this burns more calories and increases metabolism. It also helps keep young minds more alert and focused. It’s no surprise that physical activity is linked to higher academic performance, better health, and improved behavior. An academic paper by Matthew T. Mahar, et al, found that simple in-class activities can boost performance. Studies suggest that children who participate in short bouts of physical activity within the classroom have more on-task behavior, too.

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