Yeeeah. Little kids who sit still politely at their desks for an entire day are the ones who need to be seen by a doctor, IMO. It ain't natural.
That said, (and at the risk of comparing J. to a four-legged animal and offending you), one of the major lessons I've learned from watching the Dog Whisperer is that when a dog is good and tired, they'll be able to sit still and listen. Wound-up bundles of energy OTOH are physically unable to pay attention. If there's another classroom that (for example) has the running-around part in the morning, and the sitting-still part in the afternoon, it might jive better?
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That said, (and at the risk of comparing J. to a four-legged animal and offending you), one of the major lessons I've learned from watching the Dog Whisperer is that when a dog is good and tired, they'll be able to sit still and listen. Wound-up bundles of energy OTOH are physically unable to pay attention. If there's another classroom that (for example) has the running-around part in the morning, and the sitting-still part in the afternoon, it might jive better?