eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A revamped teacher’s lounge might now include a bubble wall for calming visual and auditory input, a massage chair and/or a weighted blanket for deep touch pressure input, and some fidgets or other sensory tools. Since COVID, I have also seen an uptick in schools that are creating quiet sensory spaces for their educational staff.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The world of dragons engages kids, and the best LEGO dragon sets are a dream come true for any kid who enjoys LEGO toys and loves dragons.

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Tom Murray

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Flexible seating is about student choice and agency, NOT about forcing all kids to sit on bouncy balls and bean bag chairs. Flexible seating can be a great support for student agency, or a trendy disaster in the making.

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Waterford

APRIL 12, 2023

However, if you have the space in your classroom, consider creating a reading nook with bean bag chairs or big pillows. Using Your Classroom Library to Engage Students in Reading Just cultivating a classroom library itself is an excellent way to guide students to an intrinsic love of reading.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

That’s where gaming chairs come in! Designed for comfort and health, gaming chairs are ideal for gaming, working, reading and relaxing. Top gaming chair models also include in-seat speakers, sub-woofers and under-chair vibration for total game immersion. Here to help is our handy guide to the best gaming chairs for kids.

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Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Bean bags big and small can be used for all sorts of things. You can make bean bags out of cheap off cuts of fabric and fill them with rice, lentils or pasta, or you can look for some online. Either way, bean bags are super appealing to kids of all ages and a fun accessory for games and sports.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It was multi-sensory—kids in their seats, clicking their pens, passing back papers, turning pages of books, sinking into bean bag chairs in the book nook. During a lesson, it was easy to see students’ reactions—if they were paying attention, confused, or engaged—and I could adjust on the spot as needed.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 4, 2017

Flexible seating options can include low tables, couches, a cushion or rug on the floor, clipboards, tray tables, bean bag chairs, exercise balls, wheeled chairs, standing desks and more. Students might choose a location based on how they're feeling that day or what project they are working on.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

It’s 8:28 am and you’re trying to make sure that the four chair bouncy bands around chairs are still with the correct four desks for those students who need to bounce their feet. Someone didn’t listen to the monitor and stood on their chair. The next couple of hours pass by alright with typical, minor problems.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

Why not send an email or message home on your school newsletter asking for zip lock bags of used Legos? Bean Bags and Flexible Brain Based Spaces Another innovative trend in education is the flexible brain based classroom and learning spaces. Bean bags are a part of this. Don't have the $$? Got Charge?

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2018

The proposals—from Yogibos bean bag chairs to a fully-equipped activity room—were presented in front of their classes, school administration and members of the Chappaqua School Foundation, an organization that fulfills grant requests.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Bean bag chairs. From Long-Lasting to Ikea-izing Classroom Furniture The same is true for furniture and other elements of the learning environment. Flexible design with low cost items results in being less locked into an investment. Bouncy balls. High top tables for conversation and working while standing up.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

But, over here, we use a Chromebook, and the classrooms, if you prefer to stand up when you work, a lot of classrooms have high tables with no chairs. If you wanna sit down in a bean bag, you can sit down in a bean bag and work. We can talk in the classrooms, but, you know, not get too loud.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 10, 2011

So maybe it was only a two-minute segment, and maybe I spoke for 20 seconds at most, but it was broadcast to the main screen TED audience in Long Beach! :) My kids would surely have asked, "When do you ever sit on a bean bag chair?!" But hey, we got some good exposure!

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And eighth-grade co-teachers Abby Jolma and Toni Giebel let kids sit on wobbly chairs — short stools with a curved base — yoga balls, or traditional chairs while they learn math and science. A student throws a bean bag during an early morning game at Horizons Elementary School. They need it so bad.”.

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 30, 2019

Juarez had flexible seating including bean bag chairs, balance balls, and carpet space. Juarez’s class. As soon as I entered her classroom, I felt an uplifting energy. The room didn’t look like a traditional classroom. At the time of my visit, she was teaching students how to become fundraisers for a meaningful cause.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Also great about this pack is that you can get the variety pack, or you can select a one-pound bag of one kind of rock. Fantasia Materials offers this large bag of rocks for those who need more significant amounts of rough for their rock tumbling projects. Here is our review of the best rocks for tumbling in 2021.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

On a recent weekday, two students were huddled with a teacher in a hallway strewn with orange and green bean bags, learning to code on a computer. In a nearby classroom, five students on striped beach chairs listened attentively to their teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

“One of the risks of personalized learning is that we move away from the traditional classroom, which is a one-size-fits-all model, to a different one-size-fits-all model, just this new version has bean bag chairs and computers.’’. Betheny Gross, Center for Reinventing Public Education.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 21, 2022

Students can sit on their beds, on the floor, or a bean bag chair and study, use their laptops, journal, or chat with friends on their smart devices. College students spend many hours studying, using their laptops and devices; the cushioned features ensure a comfortable experience.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve seen students with ST Math on iPads curled up in bean bag chairs. I’ve seen rowdy ST Math time with music playing and kids jumping up with fists pumping when they accomplish a level. I’ve seen ST Math centers, or rotation stations, where students are grouped in various ways.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2019

Quiet reading areas with bean-bag chairs or giant cushions that allow students to lounge comfortably may be part of the environment, alongside group meeting areas with mobile furniture and lab rooms and cubbies for quiet personal work similar to industry.

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MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

On a recent weekday, two students were huddled with a teacher in a hallway strewn with orange and green bean bags, learning to code on a computer. In a nearby classroom, five students on striped beach chairs listened attentively to their teacher.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 24, 2022

Use almost anything in your house: dry rice, oatmeal, dry corn, dry pasta, cereal, dry beans or tapioca pearls, flour, lentils, or coffee beans. Furniture like chairs and couch Sheets or blankets Flashlight, snacks, toys, pillow, and books for inside the fort Colored pencils or crayons (optional for decorations and sign).

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 19, 2015

Baby Stepping to Change OR Alternative Ideas to Transformation Instead of pitching out all of your furniture to create a brain based & friendly learning classroom why not just buy a few bean bag chairs for $39.99 on Amazon to create a comfy reading and discussion circle or nook!

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The Electric Educator

AUGUST 6, 2009

The other areas were filled with video games, a pool table, and a gigantic bean bag chair. As soon as I entered their office I new this: an eight foot bouldering wall dominated one corner of the main floor. Six flat screen TV''s were mounted on the circular walls to keep the Googlers updated on anything and everything.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Choice: Quality furniture including interesting and ergonomic tables and chairs. Options can include couches, floor pillows, bean bag chairs, traditional chair/ desk combos and DYI seating. Look for wheeled bookshelves, chairs and other furnishings. Furniture should support a sense of ownership.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Throw down a rug and some pillows, or set up some bean bag chairs. This practice helps create reading momentum, shows the students that you value reading time, and provides them with a quiet place to read. Turn on some quiet, relaxing music and dim the lights.

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 20, 2018

The best classroom management advice is to have a bag of tricks that you can dip into, if one isn't working - try another. Go to Walmart for now and get 4 bean bag chairs in bright colors. Or if you can prune down to relieve clutter, ok! Don't have a lot of $? Move furniture around to make it more conversational.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 25, 2018

It’s not comfortable; students sit in metal chairs with weird wooden desks in front of them. Comfortable learning spaces might have exercise balls or standing desks or bean bags or pillows or couches. You can sit in the lounge chair and rest or read. The typical classroom is none of those things. Beautiful.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2021

her child-care program might reopen, within a few weeks Contreras had set up a tidy space in the basement of the house, with a new alphabet carpet on the floor, bean-bag stuffed animals hanging from the rafters, and toddler-sized chairs. One way or another, she hoped to keep educating young kids.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2017

After a recent sleepless night when her mom visited, talking loud, a bottle of whiskey in hand, Sherlae walked off the yellow bus and into Crocker’s social-work office, with its comfy rocker and bean bag chairs. Tulane University psychology chair Stacy Overstreet. She’ll talk to me.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Seating options range from bean bags to structured armchairs; students can choose to study alone in quiet workspaces near a lava lamp or a bubbling fish tank, or in groups at clusters of desks and tables. Even the classrooms at Belmont-Cragin are personalized to students’ needs.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

Seating options range from bean bags to structured armchairs; students can choose to study alone in quiet workspaces near a lava lamp or a bubbling fish tank, or in groups at clusters of desks and tables. Even the classrooms at Belmont-Cragin are personalized to students’ needs.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2020

A mother carried her sleeping child into the center and carefully set her down, still fast asleep, in a chair at the table next to the kitchen. They often brought in bags of beans and loaves of bread to help reduce her food costs. The sky had turned from black to dark gray. Another handed her baby off to the infant teacher.

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