Adventure-based Learning
That’s what we have named our unique approach
It is through direct experience, imaginative play, and story-telling that children can best learn the ingenuity, perspective, compassion, and autonomy they need to become agents of their own destiny.
Since 2017, we have been working with a NYC-based conscious community of artists, educators, neuroscientists, and community builders. Together we create transformational experiences that prompt eye-opening and heart-opening moments of learning.
With the guidance of educational experts in social-emotional learning and creativity, we have developed a unique methodology that combines the following principles:
Permission to play
We create a safe environment for play and exploration.
The School of Wonder creates a respectful and judgment-free learning environment where kids can feel confident to express and discover themselves freely. The experiences are especially designed to allow for spontaneity and intuitive thinking to arise. Adults act more like guides than enforcers, and as the trust between them and children develops so does a sense of student-agency.
2. Shared Experience
Our imaginative games and adventures are immersive learning experiences.
These learning experiences are based on play and collaboration. Each of them offers a new outlet of creativity and self-expression that will allow children to connect emotionally and creatively to themselves and their peers. Some of these experiences will invite in and incorporate various collaborators; such as musicians, performers and teachers.
3. Metacognition & Reflection
Our games and tools for reflection help kids understand what they have learned.
We make sure we provide moments for reflection and feedback at critical points along the learning journey. We use facilitated discussion, games, and activity books that accompany our at-home adventures to enhance these moments. These fun and engaging activities help children to deepen and integrate the experiences they have lived in the School of Wonder with their lives. They can also act as a portfolio to show students’ work and track learning progress.
4. Integration & Transfer
Shifting new understanding from Wonder Adventures to real life happens naturally.
After living a wonderful experience, children can integrate what they have learned and transfer this to their lives. These open-ended and creative adventures will help them gain a greater perspective about real-life matters; they will also provide plenty of memories that the kids will continue to recall years later.
Read more about the Wonder Method here or see it in action by signing up for one of our upcoming adventures!