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Research by a number of experts supports this fidget-friendly mindset. A 2008 study found that children actually need to move to focus during a complicated mental task. The children in the study—especially those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—fidgeted more when a task required them to store and process information rather than just hold it. This is why students are often restless while doing math or reading, but not while watching a movie, explained Dr. Mark Rapport, the supervisor of the study and professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Increasing students’ activity level in the classroom provides physical benefits, as well. Dr. Donald Dengel, director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology and an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, co-authored a 2011 study that examined changes in caloric expenditure due to standing desks. His study found that participants using the desks burned 114 more kilocalories per day, or about half a candy bar. Along with brain breaks and daily dance offs, these wobble stools give the kids a chance to move while they are working! They love them! Our class is called the Olson Orchard! We have a huge apple tree in one corner, with a preserved mud wasp nest hanging from it, that a former student gave me a few years ago. Every week, we have a new Star Student. This student gets special privileges throughout the week, including a special seat. The seat I have now is broken and falling apart. It is well loved. I would love the tree stump seat, as a new Star Student seat, as it goes with our apple orchard tree theme! Research provided by http://www.nea.org/tools/47003.htm
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