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
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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.
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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,…
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.
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