Flexible seating is great for students who have learning disabilities, ADHD, ASD, and so much more. Examples of flexible seating for classroom are floor pillows, balance ball chairs, lap desks, scoop seats, wobble chairs, donut yoga balls, bungee chairs, office chairs for students, seat cushions, and bean bag sofas.
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- Balance Ball Chairs: This ball is easy to inflate and comes with two plugs. The material is tough and easy to clean. It is comfortable for students and I love that it has little legs so that it doesn’t roll all over the place when not being used. It suits a low table. I would highly recommend for school use as well as home to provide sensory input and flexible seating option in a safe and successful way! This one from LakiKid comes in black or blue.
- Lap desks or Surf Desks: Lap desks can be used for when you want your students to sit on the floor, on designated sit spots, that mark their assigned place. Kids enjoy them and you can sanitize them every day. They can be easily packed away when not in use, one on top the other, in a stacker.
- Scoop Seats: These scoop rocker chairs are comfortable and students like to rock in them. They are stackable for storage and can be stored in milk crates.
- Use wobble chairs: Wobble chairs can provide just the right amount of movement to help students stay focused and on task, without needing to be up and around the classroom all the time. These wobble chairs wobble just the right amount. Some wobble chairs wobble way too much but these are just right.
- Donut yoga balls: These are great flexible seating options in a classroom. They are usually matched with tables that have been lowered. Students can bounce on them without falling off because the donut shape prevents it from rolling around. They come in different sizes too.
- Bungee chairs: A middle school teacher uses these bungee chairs for her students as a flexible seating option. She says that her students like them so much, that she had to make a 'share the chair' schedule for them.
- Tables and chairs for small groups: These small tables can seat four kindergarten students.
- Rolling office desk chairs for students: Lightweight but durable rolling chairs are suitable for older students. A fifth grade teacher has had eight of these chairs in her classroom for the last four years. She just has to tighten the back support knob as it gets loose but otherwise, they have held up well for her students.
- Use seat cushions on the floor: Seat cushions are great for a small group seating area in your classroom. The Big Joe bean bag chair is for the teacher.
- Bean bag chairs: This fourth grade teacher has a very comfortable bean bag sofa to help create a comfort zone for her students. It is affordable and comfortable.
More ideas will be added soon.
