The first session of our Social Democracy camp over this past Spring Break led the Wonder Kids to (re)discovering the tenets of the U.S. Preamble, guided by the central question: what does it take to live in peace and freedom? In the second session, they were prompted to apply what they learned by creating their own Wonder Town. Want to take a tour around what they built?

In reflecting on this social and political moment, we realized there is perhaps some similarity between the moment the “Founding Fathers” found themselves in then and the moment we find ourselves in today: a world that has lost its way into chaos, a world looking for a compass towards peace and freedom. Maybe this could be the place to begin, as most School of Wonder adventures do — with a compass. 

You are a Wonder Kid. Your mom drops you off at 9am, and you find a cozy spot on the “living room” (a picnic blanket) to keep your snacks and backpack. Chill music is playing in the background, and you decide to start the day with watercolors. You paint what you see — some kids are climbing trees, others playing Elemental Tag, others building a fort out of sticks.

The Wonder Magicians are the creative teachers and guest artists who guide the Wonder kids through adventures – but they’re also so much more. Here you’ll learn about the incredible people who facilitate the after school programs and Wonder Camps!

A few Wonder Kids scurry across the park — printed-off ballot forms in hand — asking voters to come by the poll to vote for their most aligned manifesto. There is an hour before the poll closes and already voters are coming through to have their voice heard. Real electoral democracy happening before everyone’s eyes!

The Wonder Adventures are clues games and gymkhanas with an exciting story as a common thread. Guided by fantastic beings (rocks, trees and other natural elements of the park) who speak through podcasts and lead the adventurers to a imagination team game following maps, solving puzzles and doing creative missions along the way.

The other day in La Sarra (Sallent de Gállego) my nephews and I became the Mudlodyte Tribe, inspired by the butterflies, the river, and the mud that we found to paint our faces. I love when Nature infects us with its wildest, playful and magical side.

The Quest for the Forgotten Kingdom is an adventure into an imaginary world within El Retiro Park, where lions and humans used to live in harmony.