Flexible Seating In Kindergarten Research

Yes you can totally do this in kindergarten and it doesn t matter when you start.

Flexible seating in kindergarten research.

Lets talk about the pros and cons of flexible seating. There are pros and cons of flexible seating for every teacher so you really have to examine your classroom your students and your students needs to decide if flexible seating is the classroom. Flexible seating can look like a fun but the real question should really be is flexible seating the right environment for my classroom. So here is some research about handwriting.

One of the things we get asked about the most is handwriting and flexible seating. Teaching kindergarten i was so intrigued by the notion of replacing the typical tables chairs and rug layout of my classroom into something more developmentally appropriate. I ve wanted flexible seating since it started trending a few years ago. I like the idea of offering choice whenever possible.

In our classroom there are no tables and desks so we lay on our stomach for handwriting. I ve started it on day one and also after the year was already under way. There s so much to be said for offering choice in the classroom. Would work well with young children in kindergarten as expectations are visual and does not require reading 7 posters cards showing the flexible seating equipment and children using subjects.

Oskar cymerman a mn based high school teacher whose adopted flexible seating says i ve come to the conclusion that desks promote compliance while coffee shop style seating encourages.