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Well thought-out and organized circle times allow students to take charge of their learning and make the choices to best attend to the academic lesson at hand. My ideal circle time for my students is for them to choose a location on the educational carpet that works for them. While I sit in a comfortable stool at their eye level with storage, and can easily lean over and turn the page of the book we are reading aloud. Currently my students are sitting on a hard cold tile floor in our classroom. While I sit on the floor holding the book we are reading and stop and set the book down every time we stop to discuss our ideas, and get up and down from the floor every time we remember we need an item on the desk next to our circle time. Making sure students and their teacher are comfortable is an essential component in motivating them. I have noticed amazing differences in my students when they are sitting on a carpet, can continuously see the book, and listen and watch me without interruptions. They almost always make good choices about where they sit, are more engaged, and get more work completed than when they are just sitting on a hard cold tile floor, unable to see the book, and waiting for their teacher to sit back down. My students are noticeably more engaged in their work and less disruptive of their peers when they are given a choice to choose their own place to sit on a carpet, can view the book, and are not waiting for their teacher. The products I have selected will help my students by giving them and myself a more comfortable seating options while attending to their literacy lesson without unnecessary interruption.

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Well thought-out and organized circle times allow students to take charge of their learning and make the choices to best attend to the academic lesson at hand. My ideal circle time for my students is for them to choose a location on the educational carpet that works for them. While I sit in a comfortable stool at their eye level with storage, and can easily lean over and turn the page of the book we are reading aloud. Currently my students are sitting on a hard cold tile floor in our classroom. While I sit on the floor holding the book we are reading and stop and set the book down every time we stop to discuss our ideas, and get up and down from the floor every time we remember we need an item on the desk next to our circle time. Making sure students and their teacher are comfortable is an essential component in motivating them. I have noticed amazing differences in my students when they are sitting on a carpet, can continuously see the book, and listen and watch me without interruptions. They almost always make good choices about where they sit, are more engaged, and get more work completed than when they are just sitting on a hard cold tile floor, unable to see the book, and waiting for their teacher to sit back down. My students are noticeably more engaged in their work and less disruptive of their peers when they are given a choice to choose their own place to sit on a carpet, can view the book, and are not waiting for their teacher. The products I have selected will help my students by giving them and myself a more comfortable seating options while attending to their literacy lesson without unnecessary interruption.

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