Help me give my students flexible seating options such as portable laptop desks and foam seat cushions to help us enhance comfort and student choice in our classroom.
My class is a class of 32 enthusiastic learners who come from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. The majority of my students receive free or reduced-price lunch and many of them have already experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. Our classroom is our home away from home. We all come together as a community for lessons and fun activities. However, our resources are limited. We are in need of tools to help meet the needs of each individual learner in our classroom.
In our classroom, we are one big family and we are part of a larger school community.
Some students struggle with daily academic skills, especially those students who find traditional learning activities difficult or who are learning English as their second language. This year, our school is starting a STEM initiative through the use of project-based learning opportunities. This will help the students to grow their problem-solving skills in a hands-on way with real-world experiences. It will help them to build their cooperative learning skills and become outside the box thinkers. My students need the option of fun, alternative activities and lessons to support their learning styles.
My Project
Providing an environment where students are comfortable and feel safe makes learning easier for all students alike. This project will allow my students to have a variety of seating options that allows them to be successful. Flexible seating options allow students to move while they learn, which aids in keeping students on task. Being able to choose from where they sit and what they sit on allows all students to have access to flexible seating and to determine what works best for them! Giving students the ability to make a choice is so incredibly important.
Imagine a classroom full of comfortable foam seat cushions and portable laptop desks in soothing, calm colors.
Imagine being able to rotate around the classroom during small group rotations and letting your body and mind be comfortable and relaxed. Students learn best in a safe and comfortable learning environment. Please consider helping us to bring a little piece of comfort into our classroom!
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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