Acts of kid-ness

Inspired by a dream this morning, I asked, “How would a school be run if the children were there to teach adults how to be kids again?” Let’s call it The Kid-ness Academy.

• Movement & Play: Adults learn to un-pattern habitual, restrictive movement. They playfully explore indoors and out and express themselves with the whole body and voice even in crowds.
• Imagination & Creativity: Adults experience hands-on art, invent stories out of thin air, and improv constantly without rigid artistic expectations.
• Emotional Fluency: The adults learn how to feel big feelings one moment and then let go the next. They practice laughter, joy, sadness, and crying with full volume.
• Curiosity & Wonder: Adults learn to see unfiltered reality, follow curiosity, flow into nonsense, and question everything endlessly.
• Simple Joys & Presence: Adults are taught to savor sensory feelings with full, undivided attention and a delight in both repetition and variety.
• Making Friends & Fair Play: Adults practice easy unburdened engagement, vulnerability, and invitations to play, while insisting on being included.

And of course, there are beanbag chairs.

Are there any other subjects that should be added to the curriculum?