Wonder

06/17/2022

🤝 Collaboration 🤝

06/16/2022

Wonders don’t spend time memorizing timelines or facts. Instead, they discuss whether or not they would have signed the Declaration of Independence and why.

And, whether it was a mistake to give up negotiations with the king of England. And, finally, whether that moment was one of the most influential ones in history.

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Wonders don’t spend hours (or even minutes) memorizing timelines or facts. Instead, they discuss whether or not they would have signed the Declaration of Independence and why. And, whether it was a mistake to give up negotiations with the king of England. And, finally, whether that moment was one....

06/15/2022

Using a blindfold increases the difficulty of a sensorial lesson that a child has already mastered 🙈🫳🟦🟥🟨

06/14/2022

Most Likely To Succeed is a thought-provoking documentary that reveals the growing shortcomings of conventional education methods in today’s innovative world.

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED is a groundbreaking documentary about education and curriculum reform in 21st century America.Directed by Greg Whiteley and produced b...

06/14/2022

Afternoons are for hands-on activities ✂✏️📏

06/03/2022

A parent recently asked if being an independent learner means shunning authority. Great question.

To the contrary, an independent learner knows how to embrace what or who is worthy as an authentic authority in life.

06/03/2022

Our learning community, well-known for loving and protecting freedom, is grounded in structural cornerstones that protect the consistency so critical to a child’s peace of mind and learning.

This structure also ensures a learning experience not based not on adults’ directives and whims but on young people making choices within predictable boundaries.

Our learning community, well-known for loving and protecting freedom, is grounded in structural cornerstones that protect the consistency so critical to a child’s peace of mind and learning. This structure also ensures a learning experience based not on adults’ directives and whims but on young....

06/01/2022

The most powerful new ideas in education are coming from the families that have given up on schools.

From his experience with homeschoolers and unschoolers, education guru Clark Aldrich outlines 55 core ''rules'' to help us reenvision childhood education and the role of schools.

The most powerful new ideas in education are coming from the families that have given up on schools. From his experience with homeschoolers and unschoolers, education guru Clark Aldrich distills a revolutionary manifesto of 55 core ''rules'' that reboots our vision of childhood education and the ...

05/31/2022

Lexia is one core skills program our learners use to develop reading skills such as fluency, vocabulary and comprehension 💻🎧

05/30/2022

High schoolers preparing to deliver executive stump speeches, legislative floor speeches and Supreme Court case arguments during the Politics & Economics exhibition 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

05/27/2022

An award winning independent documentary about Acton Academy, the school model that inspired the launch of Wonder.

Maybe the problem with the traditional education model is adults...CreditsAmanda HorvathDirector/CinematographerMax ChristensenComposerNaroCinematographer

05/26/2022

The "Bring Me" game! A fun way to practice walking, naming objects, carefully carrying them and memory retention.