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13 comments
I love the sit anywhere philosophy! No matter what age group, the children love that freedom. Don't get me wrong, there are times where you want them sitting at their tables, but there are other times, when it really doesn't matter! Love the rugs, they look great – especially love the daily fine and gross motor skill practice they are going to get with using a clipboard and rolling up the rug!
Have a great weekend!
Alison
Teaching Maths with Meaning
I love the idea of the carpets! I am going to try having the kiddos lay on the floor with a clipboard when we work on handwriting to see if that helps. I think that little kinder kiddos have a hard time sitting still in chairs at tables that this seems like such an ideal situation. Thanks for sharing how it is working in your room. I can't wait to hear more updates as the year goes on.
Amanda
Mrs. Pauley’s Kindergarten
Genius! The kiddos will love this idea! Thanks 🙂
Can't tell you how happy I am that it worked. I have been wanting to do a “Sit where ever you want for Writing” for years and you just motivated me to get it done this year. <3
Mels
Are you assigning a color of rug, or just letting them grab any rug?
Ryan
The Disneyfied Teacher
I LOVE your blog! The carpet idea is genius. I teach FDK and have a class of 21 students. Wish I could have 13! We start the year with sit anywhere and use workshop model during the day so the kids are all over the room. I will be watching your rug experiment carefully. Maybe next year we will be table free. Looks like you are off to an amazing start! Happy teaching.
I LOVE your blog! The carpet idea is genius. I teach FDK and have a class of 21 students. Wish I could have 13! We start the year with sit anywhere and use workshop model during the day so the kids are all over the room. I will be watching your rug experiment carefully. Maybe next year we will be table free. Looks like you are off to an amazing start! Happy teaching.
I love the carpets! I think I might try this with my 5th graders because believe it or not, desks aren't always the best thing for them either! Thanks for the idea!
Last year I went to IKEA for some back to school shopping and got bath mats that I used for our independent reading work station and they were just a couple bucks a piece. Like less than $5 a piece, so that might be something to look into if anyone is interested in replicating themselves.
Hi! I am tempted to try the carpet seating / no assigned seating in my kindergarten class. I am a first year teacher so I was wondering if you have links or names of the studies you mentioned in your youtube video? Or is this idea too bold for a first year teacher? Thanks!
Love your flexible seating. How do you do whole group art activities? Do they do all this on the carpet?
What size are your bathmats? I was looking online to order and notice there are some variations. The size of yours look like they work well for the students.
Not sure of the exact size. They are from WalMart & Target. Just bath rugs.