Fidget to Focus

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Archive for February, 2009

Stand up desks have come to the classroom!

Check out this video from ABC news about how schools from 18 states are beginning to use stand up desks. While they comment on the benefit to children in general for managing weight they also notice how it also helps restless children. Most important is to see how the the moving foot rests are being used by almost every child. This is a great example of how “Fidget to Focus is coming to the classroom!Stand up desks in school!

The same information was published on 2/25/09 in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/us/25desks.html?emc=eta1

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