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Learning Can Happen Anywhere

Learning Can Happen Anywhere

I live in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes and 4-6 months of winter. But in the last couple of weeks, spring has been sneaking around. Our cars are warmer, the sun is brighter, and the days are longer. We sprung forward too. In Minnesota, people are running outside in shorts again. To me, it [...]

By Matt Levine|2022-08-04T20:37:02+00:00April 8th, 2020|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Teaching|0 Comments

How to Measure Results and Show the Impact of a Kinesthetic Classroom

How to Measure Results and Show the Impact of a Kinesthetic Classroom

Today, I am a brand manager. But, not so long ago, I worked in an education space. I think I still speak the language. I understand what drives change. Not surprisingly, the non-education world works about the same. Impact has to be measured and communicated so that people feel confident about the work we are [...]

By Matt Levine|2022-08-03T21:55:11+00:00February 26th, 2020|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Teaching|0 Comments

SaddlED – An Active Desk Chair Students Love!

SaddlED – An Active Desk Chair Students Love!

I have wanted to create an active classroom for my health students for YEARS! Finally, I can make this dream a reality and included a SaddlED Active Desk Chair. My students loved using this chair, and at times they battle over who got to use it. Of course, I had to come up with a [...]

By Angela Stark|2022-08-04T20:36:48+00:00February 12th, 2020|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating|0 Comments

The Importance of Student Posture in Health and Learning

The Importance of Student Posture in Health and Learning

Look around your classroom at the types of desks your students sit in. Are they too big or too small? Are they confining? Do they clutter the space? Are they one size fits all? While you probably just take what you’ve been given when it comes to your classroom furniture, perhaps thinking outside the box [...]

By Heather Erwin|2023-06-21T18:28:37+00:00February 5th, 2020|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating|0 Comments

Is Student Health a Teacher’s Responsibility?

Is Student Health a Teacher’s Responsibility?

Recent reports show that 1 out of 5 adolescents are now prediabetic, meaning they have high blood sugar levels, but not quite high enough to be diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes (Andes et al., 2019). Unfortunately, there aren’t consistent outward signs or symptoms for prediabetes, so until someone has moved to type 2 diabetes, [...]

By Heather Erwin|2020-01-23T19:09:50+00:00January 8th, 2020|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Teaching|Tags: active classroom, active seating, flexible seating, kinesthetic classroom, student health|0 Comments

Seasonal Changes and Children’s Physical Activity: How to Create Active Indoor Recess

Seasonal Changes and Children’s Physical Activity: How to Create Active Indoor Recess

As colder weather approaches for most of us, it is wise to think about ways we can still provide the activity and movement breaks that children inherently need and want, even if time outdoors is not an option during school time. Research supports the notion that children are more active during spring than winter, and [...]

By Heather Erwin|2023-06-21T18:24:58+00:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, At-Home Activities & Resources, Classroom Activities|0 Comments

RunningBrooke: Making a Positive Community Impact

RunningBrooke: Making a Positive Community Impact

Whether in the classroom or in the community, it’s very important to keep children physically active. An easy way to both get our kids active, and get involved in your community, is to become a champion for change. In the third blog of our interview series with Brooke Sydnor Curran, she explains the importance of [...]

By Moving Minds|2019-10-21T16:33:00+00:00October 22nd, 2019|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Teaching|0 Comments

Anxiety and Movement: Overcoming the Fidgets

Anxiety and Movement: Overcoming the Fidgets

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (2018) reports that 12 to 25% of children have anxiety disorders. That is one or more out of every eight children. This equates to potentially three or four students in your class who are carrying the weight of anxiety on their shoulders. Children with this disorder are considered [...]

By Heather Erwin|2022-08-04T20:36:16+00:00October 15th, 2019|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Teaching|Tags: active classroom, active classroom strategies, active seating, adhd, anxiety, flexible seating, students with anxiety|0 Comments

Giving Students Flexible Seating Options

Giving Students Flexible Seating Options

Children need to move! Students cannot be expected to sit still in a normal chair for 4-5 hours a day. How can anyone expect a student to not fidget or move and learn? As a special needs teacher of students with Emotional Disabilities, I have chosen to provide my students with several seating options. Most [...]

By Nicole Hagerty|2022-08-04T20:32:16+00:00October 9th, 2019|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Active Classroom Management|0 Comments

Physical Activity in Secondary Classrooms

Physical Activity in Secondary Classrooms

The brain/body connection is not exclusive to elementary age students. In fact, it does not discriminate. This magnificent relationship is ongoing, extremely subtle, and critical to the teaching and learning process at all grade levels and content areas. Using thoughtful and purposeful physical activity is no less appropriate in a high school trigonometry classroom than [...]

By Mike Kuczala|2019-10-01T15:00:59+00:00October 1st, 2019|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Classroom Activities|0 Comments