Donor's Choose Request- Wobble While You Work!

Hi Parents, 

Teaching first grade is the best job ever! I absolutely love what I do, and I embrace all the challenges that come with it. One big challenge is finding ways to keep my students’attention for prolonged periods of time. First graders’attention spans are short and their little bodies are in constant motion! To that end, I am moving toward a flexible seating classroom environment.  With flexible seating, students aren’t confined to traditional desks and chairs.  Instead, they choose a workspace based on their individual physical needs…think standing desks, wiggle cushions, stability balls, yoga mats, scoop rockers, and more! There is a lot of research out there that supports flexible seating. 

While it’s counterintuitive to think that a classroom can be calmer, quieter, and more productive with kids on the floor, on wobble stools, and on stability balls, research supports this is a more effective way for students to learn.  Bodies in motion = minds in motion! I have seen it with my own eyes in many of the classrooms at Pinebrook, and I am ready to introduce this initiative in my own classroom.  To help in the acquisition of these flexible seating choices, I have created a crowd funding project with an organization called Donors Choose.  Donors Choose is specifically for teachers trying to raise funds for various classroom projects and needs.  Please will you consider donating to my project to bring flexible seating to our classroom? You can click the link below to view my project and make a tax-deductible donation.  If you give to my project in the next 7 days, Donors Choose will match any donation up to $50.  For me to receive this match, you must enter the promo code RIPPLE on the Donors Choose check out page.  If you are feeling especially generous, and plan to donate more than $50, please separate your donation into amounts of $50 or less.  Use the RIPPLE code for Donors Choose to match each of your donations.  This will help me fund my project even faster! Thank you so much for considering this request. 

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/wiggle-while-you-work/3289425/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=teacherhub&utm_term=teacher_5353599&rf=directlink-dc-2018-05-teacherhub-teacher_5353599&challengeid=21176140