FreeChair - A Gift of Listening to Our Children's Needs
FreeChair - encourages and preserves children's natural mobility
FreeChair - improves ability to focus and learn
FreeChair - preserves children's natural ability to sit low (Why is this so important?)
FreeChair brings parents closer to their children...
Why is dynamic sitting exactly what children want?
There is at least one child like this in every class - a child who is always fidgeting in his/her seat.
The teacher gets upset. She thinks he is not paying attention.
But maybe... he is actually the one paying the most attention?
Maybe he is just attentive... to his body!
Young children need constant motion. This is their way of investigating the world and themselves, and there is no limit to creativing and the variety of motion they show. It is no wonder they are so flexible, energetic and full of life. Have you ever asked yourself why this liveliness disappears as we age?
Do we as parents really encourage movement?
Even as toddlers, children learn to sit on chairs. This can be a high chair or a little chair near a small table designed for coloring and playing. Even at nursery schools, children sit on chairs, and schools take this a step further and turn sitting in a chair the physical position required for hours on end every day.
In other words, our children are required to sit statically from the time they are young while their bodies are telling them: Move! A lot! Now! Our culture gives them signals: Sit still!
That is why dynamic sitting is a gift of listening to our children's needs. (Read more about dynamic sitting)
FreeChair provides a perfect solution for children to remain in constant motion, even when they are sitting and coloring or listening to a story.
How does FreeChair help your children learn?
Research shows that motion stimulates the body and improves cognitive performance such as learning and memory.
Specific types of motion, for example, those that require balance contribute to building neural connections in the brain.
FreeChair is ideal for doing homework and studying for exams.
Sitting on FreeChair extends the amount of time children can sit quietly and concentrate, and contributes to their cognitive abilities and achievements.
FreeChair is the perfect aid for children who have trouble "sitting still", who suffer from attention challenges and hyperactivity.
It provides these talented children with an opportunity to gradually release the tension in their bodies and redirects their attention from lengthy, static sitting.
FreeChair - preserves children's natural ability to sit low
(read more about the advantages of low sitting)
Children sit on the floor and get up easily.They can sit upright for an amazingly long time without any effort. This is actually their natural sitting, perfectly suited to their bodies.
In many cultures that do not use chairs extensively, the ability to sit low easily and upright is maintained in adulthood and even in old age.
In western culture, we learn to sit on chairs, to lean and be supported by a back rest.
We quickly lose the ability to hold ourselves upright without support!
Generally speaking -
At the age of 10, the back no longer remains straight when sitting low as it did previously.
In our 20s, it already uncomfortable to sit low without support for our backs.
In our 40s, it is already difficult to get down and sit low.
In our 50s, people who still manage to sit low cannot get up from the position...
Getting up and down from a low sitting position requires the body to perform a range of complex movements.
Daily practice of these movements preserves flexibility and strength.
In the end, not sitting low in our daily lives is harmful to the vitality of our bodies.
FreeChair encourages children to continue sitting low!
Do you have a toddler at home? Why don't you try an experiment...
Put FreeChair in the living room and do not say a word. Your little ones will find it and do extensive research on it. They will try out all kinds of movements and games on it.
Chances are that without trying to, FreeChair will become their favorite chair. Add a low table for drawing and eating - and your children will naturally continue their natural sitting.
We cannot change they way they sit in nursery school and school, but at least at home we can give our children an opportunity to sit low and preserve this wonderful ability.
Children who sit on FreeChair will grow into adults who stand straight, are strong and flexible!
Read more about the advantages of low sitting
FreeChair: Children and parents see eye to eye...
Until now we have talked about what FreeChair does for your children, their bodies and health.
But no less important is that FreeChair adds a pleasurable dimension to your relationship...
When you sit on FreeChair, you easily join doing a puzzle on the floor and building a tower of blocks on the carpet.
Parents and even grandparents can sit for an extended time comfortably and play...
FreeChair is also ideal for people who work with children, nursery school teachers (and nursery schools), teachers and educators.
All the information on FreeChair and how portable and easy it is to clean
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