Mindscapes: Becoming Our Best Selves

Zaner-Bloser

Mindscapes: Becoming Our Best Selves ©2024 is a “strengths-based program that connects social-emotional learning with academic learning. As students travel through the various Mindscapes, they develop social-emotional vocabulary and skills, an awareness of their strengths as learners, an optimistic mindset that inspires growth, and a strong sense of belonging in their own learning community.”

Mindscapes is divided into two grade bands: K–2 and 3–5. Print and digital resources developed by Rainbow include: 150 Activity Cards per grade span (English and Spanish); two Teacher Guides, one per grade span; a Teacher Journal for all grades; three Student Notebooks (K, 1–2, and 3–5); and six Posters that represent each Mindscape (Sunrise, Pond, Lightning, Mountain, Rainfall, Forest), as well as a seventh poster that shows how everything fits together. Additionally, Rainbow developed a Power Point Deck for Implementation and Training.

Mindscapes was created for Zaner-Bloser in collaboration with program authors Pam Allyn and Dr. Ernest Morrell.