School of Wonder

🌳 Join us for a day camp on Juneteenth this Friday 6/19! We’ll start from Litchfield Villa and journey throughout Prospect Park with secret missions to learn about themes of freedom and equality, and how to be guardians of that.

☀️ This is our last day camp before the summer starts. It’s a great opportunity to get a taste of what summer camps will be like if you not been on adventure with us before. Sign up via the link in bio!

🌺 Don’t forget to sign up for our last school holiday camps at the end of May and in June!

Join us on:
Memorial Day (Mon, May 25)
Eid al-Adha (Wed, May 27)
Anniversary Day (Thurs, June 4)
Clerical Day (Fri, June 5)
Juneteenth (Fri, June 19)

🌿 Each day, the Wonder Kids (ages 5-11) will embark on an outdoor adventure that brings them into connection with nature, their community, each other, and some meaning behind the holiday. Day camps run from 9am-3pm from Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park, with the option to extend the day until 4pm.

🔗 Click the School Holiday Camps link in our bio to register!

🎊 We have several school holiday camps coming up at the end of May and in June! Day camps are a great way to get to know us before committing to one of our 5-day camps. Many of our families join us for the first time on a school holiday adventure!

Our next school holiday camps are:
🌞 Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day)
🌞 Wednesday, May 27 (Eid al-Adha)
🌞 Thursday, June 4 (Anniversary Day)
🌞 Friday, June 5 (Clerical Day)
🌞 Friday, June 19 (Juneteenth)

🌳 Each day camp, the Wonder Kids (ages 5-11) will embark on a day-long adventure that brings them into connection with nature, their community, and each other. Day camps run from 9am-3pm from Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park, with the option to extend the day until 4pm.

🔗 Learn more and register here >> https://www.theschoolofwonder.com/en/daycamp

How can kids experience what social democracy means? During our spring break adventure, the Wonder Kids visited Councilmember Shahanah (District 39) at City Hall to present their ideas on how to create a city where all citizens can be at ease.

At the beginning of the week, the Wonder Kids embarked on a quest to discover the Lost Preamble — a giant scroll written 250 years ago to find peace after a long period of fighting. Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington guided the way as they found this document (translated into kid language) torn into pieces! And so the quest to restore peace began.

The ideas of the Preamble guided their way throughout the week as they created a simulated society - Crocodile Town - paying taxes, deciding how to allocate public funds during Town Halls, and making agreements together. Learning through play, they suggested establishing a due process, a proportional tax system, a public school, and community-based housing. Their ideas were inspired by experiencing these real scenarios through an imaginative lens (…that is, after seeing greedy store owners, military bases and private jails shaking the peace of Crocodile town!) :D

Based on their experience and ideas for how to make the city better, they wrote proposals in 3 committees - the Green City Committee, the Committee for Citizens in Need, and the Kids and Families Committee. They took to the subway, rehearsed, and presented these ideas clearly to Councilmember Hanif on Friday, walking past a statue of George Washington on the way.

This was a powerful example of the impact of adventure-based learning, the method we are developing here at School of Wonder combining experiential learning with imaginative play.

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🎉 We are launching a scholarship fund!

🖍️ As part of our mission to bring wonder to all children, we are starting a scholarship to invite kids from underserved communities to experience a summer of wonder adventures. Partnering with public schools across Prospect Park, teachers will help identify students who are curious, creative, and enthusiastic about play and learning.

🌿 Our goal for this first year is to offer 8 scholarships, and we would greatly appreciate your financial support. Donate by May 15 to help us achieve this goal before the summer!

🔗 Link in bio to learn more about the Wonder Scholarship and to donate!

You might be 💫 wondering 💫 how do we manage being outside all day during the intense summer days of summer camp? 🥵

🌞 We adapt our adventures to the weather, and even design adventures around the powers of Gaia’s climate! 🌊 During hot summer days, we love visiting water, playing games with ice cubes, and finding ways to game-ify staying in the shade. 🫧 We build tarp shelters to protect from sun or summer thunderstorms, and learn about sound waves and songs in the tunnels of Prospect Park. ☔️ Being outside in all weather teaches us adaptability, resiliency, and connection with earth’s cycles. 🌎

🌈 Summer camp registration is filling up, so be sure to grab your spot! 🔗 Click the summer camp link in our bio to see the dates and locations of each week, and learn about the themes of our adventures!

Last week, we celebrated Eid Al Fitr with the Wonder Kids while testing a brand-new adventure in the making: _We, the People._

This upcoming summer experience invites Wonderers to explore the pillars of social democracy in an approachable, playful way—building connections and community as they go. Each day is inspired by a core idea from the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, brought to life through games and missions.

Together, children experience the values of unity, diversity, freedom, equality, and belonging. Last week we made portraits of each other and built a human bridge to cross an invisible river

For more adventures in democracy, rights, and community, join us for day camp adventures April 2, 3, and April 6-10! Click the link 🔗 in our bio for more info.

🌱 Announcing a new adventure for Spring Break, which begins next week! Our collaborative outdoor play and experimentation will focus on social democracy and creating a society that cares for all its citizens.

🚌 To kick things off, we will begin our exploration of social democracy in our early Spring Break day camps on April 2 and 3. Each day runs from 9am-3pm (with the option to extend until 4) out of Litchfield Villa.

🗳️ During our 5-day adventure from April 6-10, Wonder Kids will write their own platforms, run a mock election, debate in a simulated City Council meeting, AND travel to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and City Hall!

🔗 Don’t miss these incredible programs! Grab the las spots available at the School Holiday Camps link in our bio!

🌞 When schools close, the School of Wonder opens! Rain or shine, join us during school holidays this spring for fantastic adventures rooted in the natural world.

🎒There are 8 school holidays left before summer, so we’re offering a special Spring Day-Camp Pack: for $750, you can choose any 5 camps. Credits can be used for siblings or transferred to a friend.

🍄 Join us on Eid Al Fitr (March 20), Early Easter (April 2 + 3), Memorial Day (May 25), Eid Al Adha (May 27) , Anniversary and Clerical Day (June 4 + 5), and Juneteenth (June 19) for magical adventures in Prospect Park.

🔗 Check out the 2026 Spring Holiday Camp Pack at the link in our bio!