CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Brady Stafford sits quietly, his feet flat on the floor with pencil in hand, as he pours over the math problems before him trying to solve for the mean, median and mode. His ...

A new grant from SEF provides for stability balls in all the first-grade classrooms at Franklin School in Summit. Using stability balls as seats in the classroom, as an alternative to the traditional ...

DALLAS — Peek inside Jennifer Cass’ second-grade classroom and you won’t see kids sitting on desk chairs in neat rows. Some gently bounce on stability balls. Others rock back and forth on plastic ...

Stability balls are more than just fun to sit and bounce on; they’re a great way to improve strength, cardio endurance, and balance. Using stability balls Stability balls, also called exercise balls, ...

Kimberlee Spaetig was the type of kid who just couldn't sit still. She'd always be jiggling a leg, tapping a foot. Now a self-confessed adult wiggler, Spaetig was in a staff meeting a few years ago ...

Despite the popularity of balls-as-chairs in the workplace, the answer to this question is a cautious “maybe.” If you work at, let's say, an active lifestyle magazine in Santa Fe, New Mexico, you’re ...

Many of us spend the majority of our professional lives sitting, which makes the office chair an all-important piece of furniture. Lately mine hasn't been cutting it, so as an experiment, I swapped my ...

Students sit on wobble stools donated through DonorsChoose.org during second-grade reading class at Hexter Elementary. (Ting Shen/Staff Photographer) Peek inside Jennifer Cass’ second-grade classroom ...

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