Signed, sealed and delivered (and assembled and pumped up)! Last week, we stocked another 13 classrooms in Alexandria public schools with Move2Learn’s active seating packages. We’re so excited those teachers no longer have to hang out on our waiting list!
This means another 325 students have access to cool equipment—like balance balls, wiggle cushions, accordion stools and under desk pedals—that makes it possible to move with purpose to keep their brains awake and focused, so they learn their best. To date, we’ve delivered more than 3,300 pieces to 142 classrooms, K-12!
Move2Learn’s active seating packages, like our Movement Challenges, are our first steps in building deeper relationships with our teachers and students. From there, we get into other, less obvious but critical programming such as Social, Emotional and Academic Learning, or SEAL, lessons and Out of School Time programming.
What Teachers are Saying
Great way to keep them moving and engaged!
samuel tucker 1st grade teacher
The accordion stools allow my students to read while being active. Some of those students literally would not be able to sit down and read without a chair that allows them to move back and forth and side to side. – Hammond MS Librarian
Hammond MS Library
Students find them extremely comfortable and more relaxing than a traditional desk. In addition, active sitting supports healthy alignment while encouraging the body’s natural need for movement—improving circulation, energy and flow.
GWMS 8th GRADE TEACHER
78% of teachers surveyed said they’ve noticed an increase in their students’ alertness, ability to concentrate, and stay on-task since implementing active seating.
Move2Learn Survey Findings
78% of teachers also said active seating has positively impacted their social-emotional learning.
Why was there a Waiting List?
Well, we only had so much money in our budget for the 2022-23 season, so we prioritized requests from middle and high schools and special education classrooms.
Next on the list were those classrooms at the elementary level that didn’t have any active seating. Thanks to the generosity of donors during our year-end fundraising campaign, we were able to accommodate these additional requests!
The Need is Ongoing
But we still have teachers waiting for active seating. They may have a sprinkling of equipment, but after seeing the benefits, they’re requesting enough for each student.
That need is ongoing for all of our programming, so, too, as a nonprofit, is our need ongoing to raise funds to make it happen.
