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Carpet Diem
As the classroom becomes a more interactive environment, more and more teachers are looking at innovative ways to engage their students, and stimulate their desire to learn using a variety of out-of-the-box educational equipment. Classroom carpets and mats are a staple of any school setting, but in fact are increasingly being explored to provide a fresh learning experience for students, especially in the earlier stages of their education. Follow this blog post to learn more about our fun and functional classroom mats, and just how they can help your students develop vital skills both within and outside of school.
A Mat-ter of Preference
Here at Edusentials, we offer a wide range of innovative classroom mats covering a variety of subjects, from the alphabet to the solar system, so the only real limits are your budget and imagination! Our number mats, for example, are the perfect companion to any simple maths lesson, and are designed to help children visualise the sums they’re completing, taking the strain off their short term memory and enabling them to focus wholly on the task in hand. In addition to having a whole host of placement carpets to aid your classroom control, we’ve also got a range of learning mats, covering topics such as weather, life cycles, the solar system and the world, each of which are ideally suited to teaching your children about more complex notions such as science, space and geography. By giving your students a visual and spatial reference point, these products help to anchor their knowledge and thus encourage understanding and further exploration.
Extra-Curricular Advantages
Trends suggest, however, that trying to embrace more innovative educational supplies such as themed classroom carpets has been known to help develop your student’s attention, and imbue them with integral social skills. Getting your class up and moving has been proven not only to stimulate the drive to learn and prolong attention spans, but also encourage a more active lifestyle in which education and exercise go hand-in-hand. Furthermore, experimenting with techniques like asking your students to work together to spell words on a spacious alphabet mat encourages teamwork, cooperation and social skills, in a way that conventional spelling exercises never would.
In an increasingly student and parent dominated environment, it’s never been more important for teachers to get interactive and innovative with their style of education. Our wide range of classroom mats and carpets aren’t only easily maintainable and hard-wearing, but also look to add a novel, spatial dynamic to your lessons; encouraging learning and social play through physical activity and exploration. We even have a range of outdoor mats to support the mobile classroom. View our diverse product lines today, and start embracing change in your classroom.
Originally written 15 August 2015