Steady on the ball

Better than chairs: Sitting on exercise balls help the children focus better.(George Skene/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

Teacher uses exercise balls to control squirming students.

WHEN Seminole Springs Elementary teacher Stephanie Burnett told her colleagues she was going to issue bouncy, inflatable stability balls to her wiggly six- and seven-year-old students instead of desk chairs, the initial reaction was shock.