Imagine the whole experience of learning from home as a game. It’s a learning quest with daily missions and the opportunity to earn points or unlock portals into more fun.

Set the contract and define your role as Socratic Guide. As a guide, give choices; don’t answer questions; give growth mindset praise instead of nagging; and be warm-hearted and tough-minded. You’ll soon find you like being Socratic so much it may just be your new modus operandi.

What do I want for my child? Should my message to them be: get good grades, get into college and get a good job; discover your inner gifts and use them to help others; or don’t worry, be happy? Now ask yourself, what type of parent do I want to be?

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that true intelligence is a mind that can hold contradictory concepts. While your child may be more goal-oriented or more quest-oriented, Wonder creates the opportunity for each learner to experience both of these seemingly contradictory paths simultaneously.

The Wonder learning journey is unique in several “disrupting” ways. One of these is that portfolios and exhibitions take the place of report cards. So if an exhibition project does not work, is it a failure or a learning opportunity?