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Outdoor Learning for the Growth and Development of Generation Alpha

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Apr 10, 2025 12:30:00 PM


Generation Alpha, the digitally natives born into a world of instant information and constant connection, presents unique opportunities and challenges for educators. As they turn 15 in 2025, their visual learning styles, entrepreneurial spirit, and comfort with technology are undeniable strengths. However, this constant digital immersion also brings downsides: shortened attention spans, digital addiction, vulnerability to cyberbullying, and a potential for a "jaded, blasé, or burned-out view of the world."

How to Engage Gen Alpha in the Classroom

When considering how to engage this unique generation, the question isn't "What do we do?" it's "Where do we go?" Jeff Mann of Western Sydney University offers an answer.

"Children are moving indoors at a vital time in their growth and development when the evidence-base suggests they would benefit from time outdoors."

For a generation so deeply entrenched in the digital realm, the solution might lie in the very opposite: the tangible, sensory-rich world of nature. Students crave rich experiences beyond their screens, they seek practical applications of course material, and they benefit from diverse and interactive learning experiences.


Weather-resistant, outdoor lounge seating such as Beanies by MooreCo - Outdoor can be shuffled and rearranged into groups, separated for quiet, alone time, or relocated entirely to create a classroom anywhere on campus grounds.

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Why Outdoor Learning Resonates Deeply with Generation Alpha

Combat Digital Fatigue and Enhance Focus
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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Active Classroom, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, generation z, sensory needs, Experiential Learning, outdoor, Gen Alpha

How is Foam Soft Seating for Schools Made?

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Oct 16, 2024 1:15:00 PM

Ever wonder how soft seating is made? Soft seating is an essential tool for creating dynamic, diverse learning environments where students can Thrive. Read more about our Thrive Philosophy and how it impacts our product designs. 

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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating

Why is Flexible Seating Beneficial to Students?

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Oct 9, 2024 1:00:00 PM

It's widely known that students benefit from schools swapping out desks with more comfortable seating arrangements. Adaptive, mobile, foam soft seating is the ultimate tool for creating a flexible, inclusive, active-learning environment. This blog breaks down some of the benefits that adaptable, moveable soft seating can provide for your students. 

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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating

What Does Research Say About Flexible Seating in Schools?

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Oct 2, 2024 1:00:00 PM

It's widely known that students benefit from schools swapping out desks with more comfortable seating arrangements. But what are the experts saying? 

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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating

Five Benefits of Lightweight, Foam Soft Seating in Educational Environments

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Sep 25, 2024 1:00:00 PM

All foam soft seating is not just about comfort and playfulness, it’s about creating an environment that meets each student where they are developmentally and helps them discover their ideal position for learning. Students benefit from schools swapping out desks with more comfortable seating arrangements. Adaptive, mobile, foam soft seating is the ultimate tool for creating a flexible, inclusive, active-learning environment.

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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating

Three Foam Soft Seating Options to Enhance Student Collaboration

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Sep 18, 2024 1:00:00 PM

MooreCo's three new lines of lightweight, durable, All Foam Soft Seating encourages choice and fosters autonomy, allowing students and teachers to create personal spaces or collaborative breakout spaces. Students become agents in their learning and begin to place value on their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Let MooreCo help you meet the needs of your students with flexible seating!

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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating

Innovative Ways to Use All Foam Soft Seating in Classrooms, Libraries, and Common Areas

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Sep 11, 2024 1:00:00 PM

All Foam Soft Seating is the newest addition to MooreCo's inclusive, versatile, adaptable line of products. Presented in three collections, all foam soft seating is not just about comfort and playfulness, it’s about creating an environment that meets each student where they are developmentally and helps them discover their ideal position for learning. 

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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating

Benefits of All Foam Soft Seating for Schools

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Aug 6, 2024 1:00:00 PM

It's widely known that students benefit from schools swapping out desks with more comfortable seating arrangements. Adaptive, mobile, foam soft seating is the ultimate tool for creating a flexible, inclusive, active-learning environment. MooreCo's three new lines of lightweight, durable, All Foam Soft Seating encourages choice and fosters autonomy, allowing students and teachers to create personal spaces or collaborative breakout spaces. Students become agents in their learning and begin to place value on their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Let MooreCo help you meet the needs of your students with flexible seating!

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Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating

Introducing Phoeby: Weather-Resistant Outdoor Soft Seating for K-12 Schools, Colleges, and Offices

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Jul 5, 2024 11:00:00 AM

Open Air. Open Minds. Open Doors.

Phoeby is a truly unique line of indoor/outdoor modular soft seating inspired by the remarkable adaptability of amphibians. Just as amphibians effortlessly move between aquatic and terrestrial environments, Phoeby effortlessly blurs the boundaries between indoor comfort and outdoor freedom, revolutionizing the way users connect with nature and improve their mental health and well-being.

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Topics: Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, Higher Education, mental health, sensory needs, Experiential Learning, outdoor

Flexible Classrooms: Create a Learning Environment for Everyone in Time for Back to School

Posted by MooreCo Inc on Jun 27, 2024 10:15:00 AM

Back to school is fast approaching and it's the perfect time to optimize your learning spaces so every student has the tools they need to succeed! The key to creating a space that meets the needs of a diverse set of students is flexibility. But just like your students, this can be a little complicated! 

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Topics: Collaboration, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Experiential Learning, Learning Styles