 In my classroom my students sit crisscross applesauce while we're on the carpet when it's direct instruction learning. When I the teacher am teaching them something new, a concept that they need to know. I asked them to sit crisscross applesauce with their hands in their lap because that's the best position for them to keep their body still, to be able to listen with their whole body. Now in a scenario when I read them a storybook and we're just listening to a story, I'll give them the option to sit on their tummy and lay down on their position or their letter or they can sit crisscross applesauce. That way they're in charge of how their body is going to listen to the story. They may switch throughout the story and that's just because of their little squirmy bodies trying to pay attention and listen and that's difficult in early childhood. That's why choices are important. That way they're in charge of their own learning.