Offering children flexible seating choices can be a great way to make the classroom environment more cozy and home-like. Let's take a look at flexible seating in a Reggio-Inspired school.
What is Flexible Seating?
Flexible seating is simply offering students multiple choices of where and how to sit in the classroom.
Traditionally, classrooms are supplied with desks and/or tables and chairs. However, with flexible seating, the students are offered pillows, cushioned stools, bean bag type chairs, or alternative seating to sit in.
Let's take a look at some cozy flexible seating areas created at Rosa Parks ECEC.
Pillows
Cushioned Stools
Bean Bag Type Chairs
Alternative Seating
Do you offer flexible seating?
What is one area of your classroom you feel you could implement flexible seating in?
Thank you
Typically in my prek classroom I would have 4 large tables with chairs for each child. Of course the tables take up so much space. I’m looking to get rid of 2 of my large tables to make more room for centers. I’m looking into flexible seating. I’m very nervous about not having 20 seats at tables for my kids. Can you give me any insight so I don’t go running to get my tables back!!