Help me give my students tennis balls to stick to the bottom of chairs. Chairs get very loud when they move, and tennis balls help reduce noise. I have students with autism who are sensitive to loud noises.
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My Project
All of my classes have over 30 students. When they pull out chairs to get seated, it gets loud. When they have to rearrange desks for a particular activity, it gets loud. When they push in their chairs at the end of class and rearrange the desks back to normal, it gets loud.
There's too much noise being made from moving desks and chairs, and tennis balls are the solution to eliminating that noise and increasing student focus.
These tennis balls will be stuck to the legs of each desk and chair, and they help make desks and chairs slide more easily and quietly. By reducing distracting noises that desks and chairs make from being moved around, students will get less stressed from hearing those loud sounds. The tennis balls will keep students better focused. And lastly, the tennis balls will increase productivity by providing a stable environment for learning and independent work.
The small things make a big difference. The amount of increased focus every day builds up over the years, and I can do more fun and engaging projects and activities as a result because of all the instructional time I recovered from eliminating external distractions.
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