"Childlike wonderment" refers to the curiosity and excitement that children often experience when discovering or learning something new. It is a state of awe and fascination, where everything seems magical and full of possibilities. Full definition
How he describes that unique sense of childlike wonderment without downplaying or cheapening it, in particular, is a joy to experience. (awardsdaily.com)
Sylvie Collier's «To Dance Like a Man» gives a bit of a window into that world, but also works smashingly as just a cinematic delivery vehicle for childlike wonderment as yet unwrecked by puberty. (shockya.com)
What's perhaps most amazing about E.T., what distinguishes it from many of the other fantasy films of its era, is its ability to put an audience under a spell of childlike wonderment without infantilizing it. (rottentomatoes.com)