Fair doesn't mean that everyone gets the same thing...

I have a kindergartner in my class who is pretty overweight (like Augustus Gloop-style overweight). He's a sweet kid, but sitting on the rug is a bit of a burden for him, and he gets fidgety and distracting pretty quick. Having him sit by himself, having him sit in a chair, sit someplace that he can lean on a bookshelf/wall - tried all of these things, but there wasn't a long term fix.

Then Rose (genius next-door teacher extraordinaire) ((and also this student's math teacher)) got a couple of camping chairs (like this one, but without the hibiscus pattern)
for our friend to try out. SUCCESS! So, he tried one in math, and I hadn't had a chance to try it out or explain it in the classroom, but I took one along when we went out to the portable for music class. I set it down, and he settled right in to it. Another student (didn't notice which one) started some sort of whine a la, "Mr. Graaaaham, I waant" and that's about as far as they got before Cheyenne landed on them like a ton of bricks. "Fair doesn't mean that everyone gets the same thing, it means that everyone gets what they need!" BOOM!

THAT was an awesome moment, and a proud one, too. That's definitely the classroom culture I've been working towards. Booyah.