Help me give my students the flexibility to learn and collaborate in their own unique way with stools, padded chairs, clipboards, and headphones.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gregory's classroom raised $722
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
I teach Second grade scholars from diverse backgrounds at an urban Charlotte, North Carolina Elementary school. All of my students come with their own big bright personalities, creative ideas, and the need of support from a nurturing and inviting classroom environment to thrive.
My second grade scholars work hard daily to reach literacy and math goals.
Scholars here work collaboratively in order to help build our classroom of 21st century learners. I strive to build a classroom of scholars that work together in an environment where they feel comfortable and mistakes are celebrated as learning experiences.
My Project
Developing a positive learning environment is essential to student success. The environment of a classroom should encompass the needs of all students. Flexible seating is a way to meet the needs of those students who learn in different ways. Flexible seating builds independent learning. Rather than being told where to sit, children have the opportunity to choose the best learning space that meets their needs to help them be successful. Choice in seating as well as clipboards for this seating in order to complete their work allow students to solve problems and become more proactive learners as they age. When students choose their best space to learn it also will build skills such as collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking skills.
The purpose of having alternative seating work space for my students is to be able to allow them to become proactive learners.
Within my last few years teaching I have noticed students have more buy-in into a classroom and their learning when given the opportunity to choose. Alternative flexible seating would provide another opportunity for them. Research and studies show that when students are moving on a regular basis, more oxygen is flowing to their brain. When more oxygen flows to the brain, they are more engaged, and motivated to learn. With flexible seating padded chairs and stack stools, students will do just that. Flexible seating would allow for students to choose between sitting at a table, on the rug, in a padded chair, on a stool, and standing.
More than three‑quarters of 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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