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5 Myths About Flexible Seating

Kristen — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000

How many of you are reading this while sitting with perfect posture, hands in your lap, and not distracted at all? I bet if we were to take a snapshot of all the readers right now, we would have a different sitting/standing/reading style for each person. Why do we think kids are any different? If […]

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Flexible Seating Storage

Kristen — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 23:48:00 +0000

When I fully embarked on the flexible seating journey last year, I wasn't sure where my students would store all of their stuff. Where will their books go, notebooks, and supplies? Was I going to do community supplies, individual supplies, or a mix of both? See what worked and didn't in our class as we […]

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Flexible Seating Classroom

Kristen — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:13:52 +0000

I talked about this on my video because I think it's so important. Flexible seating isn't about the “stuff,” it's about student choice. Flexible seating is moving away from traditional seating—where students are assigned a seat, to a seating arrangement where students have choice. It's getting rid of the rigid thought that students must learn […]

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Easy Ikea Bench Tutorial

Kristen — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 21:35:38 +0000

I've had many requests since last summer to do an easy Ikea bench tutorial since I shared about our new benches in our flexible seating classroom. It was fairly simple and a favorite spot in our classroom all year. Oftentimes, I'd even find myself sitting there while my students were giving presentations or during the […]

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