Kids can rock, bounce, pedal and recline in class

(AP) — It's not uncommon for teachers to reprimand their students for leaning back in a chair.

[...] in Jennifer Watson's and Kayla Ryan's third-grade classrooms at Muldown Elementary, students are encouraged to rock, recline, bounce, swing, swivel, wobble and even pedal.

Gone are the traditional desks and in their place, a selection of alternatives where students can expend energy into more focused movement, reported the Daily Inter Lake (http://bit.ly/2l9slTP).

With quality seating costing as much as $1,000 — the pair headed to garage sales to see what they could find.

Toward the back of Watson's classroom, third-grader Oren Grossman sat on a seat that resembled a fitness bicycle.

Both have favorite seats — the couch and "banana chairs," also known as "gamer" or "rocker" chairs.

"For reading you can lean all the way back," Adams said, which one classmate was doing — the back of the banana chair resting on the floor her legs dangling over the seat's edge.

Behind Adams and Kelch, three students sat in swiveling stools at desks with swinging footrests.

Third-grader Eleanor Archie sat in a low chair made of neon green bungee cords.