KINDERGARTNERS BOUNCE THROUGH LESSONS

THE NEWS-MESSENGER, MARCH 7, 2017 CLYDE - The pupils in kindergarten teacher Aubrey Baur's class usually have a ball — actually, they sit on ball chairs. It is no surprise that the students bounce on the balls, but that does not…

Valley School Using Stability Balls to Help Students Focus

Why Do We Use Stability Balls As Chairs?

REPLACING CHAIRS WITH BALLS HELPS STUDENTS FOCUS.

BANGOR DAILY NEWS, ME.  JUNE 2013. Students at the Dr. Levesque Elementary School in Frenchville participated in a pilot project that replaced classroom chairs with stability balls.  Posted June 03, 2013, at 3:23 p.m. Public school students…

PHOENIXVILLE STUDENTS GET A BOUNCE FROM ‘EXERCISE SPHERES’ IN CLASS.

THE MERCURY, PA.  FEB. 2013 By Caroline Sweeney casweeney@pottsmerc.com Tuesday, February 26,2013 Yoga balls are used in Phoenixville Middle School’s sixth-grade writing class rather than chairs. (Photo by Kevin Hoffman/The Mercury)…

12 DAYS OF GIVING

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & CLINICS, MN.   DEC. 2012 Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 07:00 Written by Allison Balfanz  Read article. Our friends and families gave in ways big, small and surprising in 2012—from donating hundreds…

WITTFITT STABILITY BALL PROGRAM BENEFITS DR. LEVESQUE FOURTH GRADERS.

FIDDLEHEAD FOCUS, ME.  DEC. 2012 JENNA BEAULIEU 4 December 2012 FRENCHVILLE - Fourth graders at Dr. Levesque Elementary School were able to connect via video teleconferencing to a class at Zippel Elementary School in Presque Isle and participate…

Somerset Elementary Class Is On The Ball

Somerset Elementary Class Is On The Ball A third grade class at Somerset Elementary School has ditched the chairs to sit on stability balls. By John Molene, Patch Poster | Oct 25, 2011 7:05 pm ET | Updated Nov 28, 2011 6:06 am ET Chairs…

CONVENTION BRINGS PRINCIPALS TO LA CROSSE.

LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, WI.  OCT. 2011 WittFitt exhibits tools for movement in the classroom for principals to try out.LaCrosse Tribune, WI Lisa Witt, the owner of Witt Fitt, shows Arrowhead High School principal Gregg Wieczorek how stability…

Q-C Students Swap Chairs for Exercise Balls

Quad-City Times, February 21, 2011 Steve Martens In most ways, the students in Diane Bodnar’s third-grade class at Mark Twain Elementary School in Bettendorf looked very much like any other third-grade class as they sat quietly and worked…

BOUNCY BALL

"K" MAGAZINE [ENERGIZING CHILDREN'S MINISTRY], JULY/AUG., 2010 WittFitt stability balls are featured in the magazine. Read article.

STUDENTS HAVE A BALL

STUDIO CLASSROOM MAGAZINE, TAIWAN.   SEPT. 2009. Former teacher Lisa Witt felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs, she started WittFitt. This company encourages the use of the balls. In addition, the company educates not only teachers…

In Some Classes, New Way to Sit Down Gets Around

By Rebecca Vandermeulen, For the Associated Press WOMELSDORF - Some fourth-graders at Conrad Weiser West Elementary School love their new chairs - probably because they're not really chairs at all. The kids are sitting on stability balls,…
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Sharpening the Mind Through Movement

Sharpening the Mind Through Movement:  Using Exercise Balls as Chairs in a University Class By John Kilbourne, Grand Valley State University Research That Matters Objective: The objective of this project was to explore the use of…

SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS STAFF MEMBERS GET ON THE BALL.

SPPS LIVE , MN.  DEC. 2007. More than 50 classroom teachers, physical education teachers, therapists and support staff attended a stability ball training hosted by Student Health and Wellness and funded by Steps to a Healthier MN, St.…

INDUSTRY TREND – HAVING A BALL

WORKING MOTHER MAGAZINE, AUG. SEPT. 2007. When Lisa Witt was a grade school teacher in Colorado and replaced her uncomfortable chairs with a stability ball, she realized she was literally sitting on a good idea. PDF ARTICLE

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