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On order: M2L Active Seating Packages

On order: M2L Active Seating Packages

The Dog Days of Summer haven’t slowed us down here at Move2Learn. We’re taking advantage of them to get our teachers and students ready for the school year!

You may remember that last month we awarded dozens of Alexandria public school teachers Move2Learn Active Seating Packages they’ll use in their classrooms this coming school year. So this month, we got to work ordering the seating—totaling 1,208 pieces. That’s 321 accordion stools, 228 wobble cushions, 600 fidget bands, 35 under desk pedals, 20 balance ball chairs and 4 bike desks!

That means nearly 900 more of our Alexandria public school students, K-12, will have the opportunity to move about naturally to help them feel and learn their best in school. Because that’s the science of movement! What’s more, 68 of the 79 teachers receiving the packages didn’t yet have any active seating in their rooms, so this’ll be a game changer for them and their students.

Students really enjoy using our active seating and can feel the positive impact it has on them. The outcomes for something so simple are huge for mental health, classroom behavior and academic success, not to mention reducing absenteeism.

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Other benefits include—

  • Helping students stay in the classroom, because they can move in ways that don’t distract the class. And as we all know, movement helps grow our brain cells so we learn better.
  • Helping teachers actually do their jobs, and that’s to teach! Since the pandemic, public schools across the country have seen a 56% increase in classroom disruption. Active seating directly counteracts this increase.
  • Reducing teacher stress by reducing classroom disruptions. Stress is one of the top reasons why teachers leave the profession altogether.

Improvements in behavior and academic performance as well as a decrease in teacher stress are all key performance indicators schools care about. And active seating contributes to all of these positive outcomes.

Next up: Delivering the packages with the help of our friends at Tech Painting, Rosemont Landscaping and Tartan Properties.

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Hecho de la diversión

Tararea tres notas de la mayoría de las canciones de rock/pop en la radio entre 1965 y 1983 y ¡lo nombraré!

Brooke Sydnor Curran

Presidenta y CEO

Empecé a correr cuando era padre de tres niños pequeños para pasar un tiempo a solas. Todavía corro porque es una buena carrera y es una excelente manera de comenzar mi día: pienso mucho durante esas primeras horas de la mañana. Cuando termino, me siento concentrado y listo para enfrentar el mundo.

Hoy en día, la ciencia respalda la evidencia de que correr y el ejercicio en general mejoran no solo la salud emocional, sino también el flujo de sangre al cerebro, lo que facilita concentrarse en la tarea y aprender mejor. Esto es especialmente cierto para los niños en edad escolar, que pasan gran parte de su tiempo en las aulas y se espera que presten atención y hagan su trabajo.

Sin una salida para dirigir positivamente la energía y aumentar el flujo sanguíneo para apoyar la función cerebral, la concentración se resiente, lo que puede ser desastroso para muchos niños.

Mis años de primaria y secundaria

Sé lo que es ser el estudiante que no puede quedarse quieto, tiene dificultades para concentrarse y escuchar al maestro. Ese era yo de niño. Siempre me llamaban por interrumpir el salón de clases. No fue hasta que fui adulto que entendí la relación positiva entre el movimiento y el aprendizaje.

Miro hacia atrás a esos años y los efectos persistentes con empatía por esa niña, pero sé que no estaba, y no está, sola.