Flexible Seating

Pros and Cons   

By:Susanna, Sydney, Wendy

   

Have you been wanting flexible seating in your classroom?  

We interviewed a few teachers and we got there opinion.  The

first person we interviewed was Mrs.Blankenship.                                          

       Mrs. Blankenship                                                                                                                  

We asked her a few questions.  First ,we asked Mrs. Blankenship

if she liked flexible seating. She said ”Yes and no. I do like

flexible seating.  It gives my students options,  but I also don't

like it because kids will sit by people they are going to talk to,

and they get distracted which makes the teacher gets distracted.  

Next, we asked Mrs. Blankenship if she would like to keep

flexible seating?  Mrs. Blankenship replied, “ Yes, I want to

keep flexible seating, but there was a problem with the yoga

balls.  They broke very easily.” Then, we asked Mrs. Blankenship  

if she thinks flexible seating helps kids.  “No, I do not think

flexible seating helps kids.” she replied. Lastly, we asked her

if there are consequences.   She replied “The kids get to pick

their seat when they come in, and if they start to talk and get

distracted they will get a warning but after that they will have

to move seats.”                    

The second teacher we asked was Mrs Knudsen.

Mrs. Knudsen

We asked her a few questions. First, we asked Mrs.Knudsen if she

liked flexible seating.   She said, “I do like flexible seating.  

It helps kids be creative and let them explore their minds, it also

lets them be independent.” Next, we found out what Mrs. Knudsen

doesn't like about flexible seating.  Mrs. Knudsen replied, “ That

the kids don’t have anywhere to put their things, so their supplies

have to go in crates, otherwise it makes the floor cluttered and it's

hard to get around to every kid.” Afterward, we asked Mrs. Knudsen

if she wanted to keep flexible seating. she replied, “Yes, because it's

more comfortable and it helps kids when we do group activities and

partners.”  The last question we asked was “Do you think flexible

seating helps kids?” She said  “Yes, it helps kids to feel comfortable

and be happy to be in my class.”  

                                                                                                                                                                                   

Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Malina

We asked the 4th grade teachers a few questions,

“Do you have flexible seating?”  They said, “Yes we do,”

Our second question was, “Do you like flexible seating?”  

They replied, “No, we don’t like flexible seating because of

the clutter and our students destroy the furniture.”   The

third question we asked was “Do you want to keep flexible

seating?” Mrs.Malina replied “No, I have a grant and I don’t like

it because the kids wreck the furniture.” The last question we

asked was, “Do you think it helps kids?” she replied, “Yes, some

kids do need it and some kids don’t.

Thank you for reading and thank you to all the teachers

who helped us make this article.