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For Educators

Strength-first learning for your classroom. We're building story worlds that celebrate the cognitive superpowers kids already have.

This page is for teachers, librarians, and learning designers curious about how our worlds support cognitive strengths and learning.

We are prototyping. These worlds are in active development. We're sharing early so you can see where we're headed—and possibly help shape what comes next.

The Four Cognitive Strengths We're Elevating

These aren't remediation targets—they're superpowers to celebrate and activate. Here's what we mean in friendly, classroom-ready language:

Big-Picture Synthesis

What it is: Connecting clues and seeing "how it all fits." Kids who love finding patterns, making connections across stories, or asking "but why does that happen?" It's all about connecting the clues to see 'how they all fit'.

In the classroom: These are your students who remember details from three weeks ago and connect them to today's lesson. They thrive when you help them see the bigger picture.

Narrative Imagination

What it is: Storytelling, empathy, and world-building. Kids who create elaborate pretend scenarios, remember character motivations, or ask "what happens next?"

In the classroom: These are your natural storytellers who bring characters to life and understand why people do what they do. They shine when given space to create through imagination.

Dynamic Reasoning

What it is: Dynamic Reasoning is all about understanding cause and effect over time, and feeling comfortable with change. Kids who predict what will happen, understand consequences, or adapt quickly to new situations.

In the classroom: These are your "if-then" thinkers who understand how actions lead to outcomes. They thrive when you help them see how things unfold over time.

Material/Spatial Reasoning

What it is: Tinkering instincts, mental rotation and building. For kids who love taking things apart, figuring out how things work, or building with blocks and crafts, this is where they'll shine.

In the classroom: These are your hands-on learners who understand through doing. They excel when given materials to manipulate and problems to solve physically.

Using Our Worlds in Your Classroom

Right Now (Year 1)

  • Storytime-ready narratives: Our worlds are designed for read-aloud sessions with natural discussion prompts built in.
  • STEM hooks: Each world connects to science, nature, or problem-solving in age-appropriate ways.
  • Strengths-first lens: Activities and prompts that celebrate different ways of thinking and learning.
  • Safe exploration: All content is human-reviewed with family-safe tone boundaries.
We design with developmental care in mind. Every story and interaction is reviewed for age-appropriateness, emotional safety, and cognitive fit.

Coming Soon via Build Journal

We're developing free printable educator kits that will include:

  • Discussion prompts tied to each cognitive strength
  • Extension activities for different learning styles
  • Connection points to common core standards
  • Printable character cards and world maps

Follow our Build Journal for updates, where we'll announce when kits are ready to download.

The Build Journal shares our process and prototypes—it's not curriculum. We're building the foundation first, and educator resources will come later.

Explore the Worlds

Questions or Feedback?

We'd love to hear from educators using our worlds. Your insights help us build better learning experiences.

Email us at kim@bluebananafarm.com — we respond within 7 business days.

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Want to follow our progress? Read the Build Journal or Explore the worlds