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This is a very interesting article and take on the importance for physical movement in the classroom being aligned with the curriculum. 

According to Kristen Hess, the principal and founder of Hess Academy, movement in the classroom is an extension of student choice.

"As adults we have the option of movement available to us," she told me. "We fidget or doodle, we get up to stretch our legs, we walk to the back of the room, but we don't give this option to children."

The best learning environment, she said, has different options, not just a standard solution for all students. I could see her philosophy at work in a classroom where students worked, some sitting at tables, some stretched across the floor and some using their chairs as writing surfaces.

No Sitting Still: Movement in Schools