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   jyang949 | Oct 18, 2004 02:51am | #1

   You know what is just as important as a custom-sized desk? A custom-sized chair! The seat from front to back needs to be short enough so she can sit upright against the backrest and still bend her knees 90 degrees. It also needs to be low enough so her feet (in shoes) rest flat on the floor. If the seat is too deep or high, it interferes with circulation in the legs, resulting in a case of the Fidgets.0

   The work surface for a computer desk needs to be lower than for a writing desk, so she can type with her upper arms perpendicular to the floor and the forearms parallel to the floor. The monitor needs to be slightly below eye level.

   Writing requires a higher work surface, but it's hard to be specific without looking at my notes from an Ergonomics course. They could be anywhere....

   But how about this: Ask her parents to go to your niece's classroom (isn't Open House Night coming up soon?) and measure her desk and chair. That ought to fit the majority of six-year-olds.

   Janet

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   Alan | Oct 18, 2004 05:59am | #2

   utternovice,

   What Janet said.

   Alan*

   *Who thinks he can add nothing to a thread just as well as anyone!