Plus, she said, the balls complement the Promethean interactive whiteboard recently installed in her classroom. “I’ve really been looking at how kids can be interactive in class,” she said.

Students at a Ralston elementary school traded in their classroom chairs for stability balls, and teachers say there is a noticeable difference in students' behavior. Skip to content NOWCAST KETV ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Talk about a teacher's dream: No more slouching, no more wiggly little boys and no more snoozing at desks. All teachers have to do is ditch the classroom chair. A growing ...

"Students need to move", says Lisa Hartman, a fifth grade teacher at Andersen Elementary School in Minneapolis. She knows this from educational and brain research. She also knows it from 15 years ...

She decided to let her students try using exercise balls as classroom chairs as well. Moore, who is in her second year of teaching, said she has noticed many of the same benefits as Rerucha.

Walking into Spaetig's frog-themed classroom for the first day of school, students and their parents were taken aback to see inflated exercise balls in place of chairs. Fifth-graders having a ball ...

Another student, Kevin Kent, said the ball makes it easier for him to concentrate and keeps his back from getting stiff. Now, he said, sitting in a chair is “weird, because you’re all bent up.” ...

Two years ago, she applied for grants through DonorsChoose to buy new furniture in her classroom: stability balls, floor rockers, wobble chairs, standing desks and tall stools. The transition didn ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. - When three kindergarten teachers spearheaded a movement to use exercise-ball chairs in three classes at the new Hillcrest Elementary School this year, parents and even some staff ...

Lost Creek Elementary School first-grade students sit on ball chairs that were added to the classroom this year. The alternative seating led to improvements in student behavior and academics.

The company surveyed more than 300 students at four universities – including Ball State University and the University of Minnesota–Rochester – about their perceptions of the redesigned ...