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study guides.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;true&#8221; custom_padding_lr=&#8221;100&#8243; custom_padding_t=&#8221;60&#8243; custom_padding_b=&#8221;30&#8243; row_hide_sm=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_hide_xs=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627591004633{background-color: #faf5eb !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Desktop Quote&#8221;][vc_column text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621273847939{padding-right: 80px !important;padding-left: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">I have not made this body of educational thought any more than Columbus made America. It has been given to me, to see that education has a triune basis, to recognize that education is the science of relations, with due reverence to the educational practices concerning children, and some few other matters which go to make up a living, pulsing body of educational thought which I find to be a wonderful power in the lives of those who apprehend it.<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #63513e;\"><strong>\u2014 CHARLOTTE M. 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Learn more about Charlotte Mason\u2019s tried and true principles and experience an Introduction to the Ambleside Method.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you listen, use our accompanying study guides to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memory.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100226642&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Part 1: Persons or Products?<\/h4>\n<p>How do we see the child? As a product whose outcome we determine by putting them through certain processes? As a demigod who already possesses all they need? On the contrary, the child is a person with great capacity, but also with great need for relationships with mature adults to love and support them, inform them, instruct them, and model for them. Through mind-to-mind relationships the child is to be cherished and cultivated to facilitate healthy growth to maturity as a person.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Part-I-Persons-or-Products-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100226641&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Part 2: How is the Student Growing?<\/h4>\n<p>Rather than focusing on short-term outcomes, Ambleside teachers are concerned about how students grow. They want to know the student is becoming more mature, more curious, more diligent, and more peacefully on task, and that they are developing relationships to ideas in history and math and to people who have lived throughout the ages. These are much larger concerns than a grade on a test. Three instruments are available to the teacher committed to help students grow without using manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Part-II.-How-is-the-Student-Growing-The-Mind-of-a-School-Child-Study-Guide-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100226321&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Part 3: What Are We Drawing Students To?<\/h4>\n<p>What we draw children with is what we draw them to. If we motivate children to perform using candy or our approval or grades, we increase their desire for those things while undermining their natural desire for knowledge itself, their joy in work well done, their satisfaction in ideas and beauty. If we take seriously the sacredness of the personality of a child, then we must not manipulate them by playing on their natural desires in unhealthy ways that distort their hearts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Part-III.-What-are-we-drawing-the-students-to-The-Means-of-Motivation-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100228159&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 1: The Foundation of Joy<\/h4>\n<p>One of the most important responsibilities of a teacher is to set an atmosphere of joy in the classroom, the sense \u201cit is good to be me here with you!\u201d The sense of joy is non-verbal-\u2014it is in the air, breathed in by the children.\u00a0 A joyful atmosphere allows children to feel safe and free of anxiety so their brains are freed to learn and explore. Visitors to Ambleside Schools often remark, \u201cThere is peace here. The students\u2019 and teachers\u2019 expressions are genuine, full of delight and full of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Importance-of-Atmosphere-Chapter-One-The-Foundation-of-Joy-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100226314&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 2: How Atmosphere Sets Affections<\/h4>\n<p>Our affections, desires, and motivations are set by our community. The influence of Atmosphere is breathed in and sets the affections, which are \u201ccaught, not taught.\u201d The atmosphere of the classroom plays a subtle yet potent role in the heart and mind of a child. It communicates to the child what is valuable and desirable. Upon visiting your child\u2019s classroom, ask, What is communicated through this atmosphere? Is the atmosphere desirable and life-giving? What affections are fostered by this atmosphere?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chapter-Two-How-the-Atmosphere-Sets-Affections-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100226312&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 3: Cultivating an Atmosphere for Learning<\/h4>\n<p>When parents select a school, they are choosing a culture that will have a profound impact on shaping the hearts and minds of their children.\u00a0 Affections and the understanding of how to handle life are \u201ccaught\u201d from the community.\u00a0 The atmosphere fostered at Ambleside supports desires for working well, giving attention, being kind, and reading worthy books for delight.\u00a0 When you step into a classroom where everyone is directing their attention to the learning, it is the easiest thing to do likewise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chapter-Three-Cultivating-an-Atmosphere-for-Learning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100226311&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 4: The Teacher and the Atmosphere<\/h4>\n<p>The role of the teacher or parent hinges on the nature of the relationship of authority between the adult and the children. An authoritarian teacher or parent acts out of their own anxiety and harms the atmosphere. An authoritative teacher, on the other hand, recognizes their authority as vested in the office given by a higher power.\u00a0 They can rest in their authority and peacefully lead children to do what is good and right in an atmosphere of joy, curiosity, exploration, learning, and peace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chapter-Four-The-Teacher-and-The-Atmosphere-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100225257&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 5: Masterly Inactivity<\/h4>\n<p>Masterly Inactivity is a peaceful presence held by a teacher that gently invites a child to strengthen their will to do as they ought \u2013 for example, to sit up correctly, or show kindness. Masterly Inactivity is not heavy-handed but is peaceful and natural. The wise teacher gently and easily preserves attention with love and joy and a light touch.\u00a0 This requires both mastery (authoritative skill) and inactivity (a peaceful presence).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chapter-Five-Masterly-Inactivity-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100225256&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 6: Aesthetics and Atmosphere<\/h4>\n<p>Cultivating a taste for the good, the true and the beautiful begins with setting the Atmosphere. Beautiful music, art on the walls, wooden furniture \u2013 they all play a part in fostering the aesthetic sense in a child and valuing the child as a person with great capacity. Children learn from adults around them what is good and beautiful; they respond to what is in the Atmosphere. Ambleside teachers take children\u2019s minds seriously and cultivate those minds with a life-giving atmosphere and aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chapter-Six-Aesthetics-and-Atmosphere-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong>[Study Guide Download]<\/strong><\/span><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100225255&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 7: Cultivating Tastes<\/h4>\n<p>Cultivating children\u2019s tastes and directing their affections toward what is good, true, and beautiful begins with the development of deeply satisfying relationships with the best of literature, music, art, and more, as well as with a consistent habit of working well. The atmosphere of the classroom teaches children what is appropriate and possible. A healthy classroom atmosphere communicates that work is normal and satisfying, that \u201csweat\u201d is a part of life, that staying on task is noble and good, and that taking responsibility leads to a job well done. Work should be worthy and worth doing and should be done well in a set time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a9431e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a9431e;\" href=\"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chapter-Seven-Cultivating-Tastes-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Study Guide Download]<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100225253&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 8: Worthy Work<\/h4>\n<p>Worthy work is intrinsically satisfying. Students gain the satisfaction of knowing and of work well done. Well-intentioned adults may inadvertently contaminate the learning atmosphere by using artificial rewards and incentives, which demean the joy of knowing and diminish the student\u2019s capacity for intrinsic motivation. Artificial incentives communicate it is impossible to enjoy history, mathematics, science, and literature in and of themselves; they indicate to the student that \u201creal life\u201d is to be found in the incentives, such as the \u201cFun Friday\u201d or rewards. Ambleside teachers foster students\u2019 affections for worthy work.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100225251&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 9: How Much Does the Student Care?<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe question is not, \u201cHow much does the youth know?\u201d when he has finished his education \u2014 but, \u201cHow much does he care?\u201d Motivation is more important than information.\u00a0 The student who cares about spelling or science or mathematics will do well and learn these things to the fullness of their God-given ability. We care about those things with which we have developed a relationship; we care about those things which are valued by our community.\u00a0 The student who cares will do well.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100222969&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 10 &#8211; What is a Habit?<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cHabits are to life as rails are to a train.\u201d Habit is a propensity to respond to a given situation in a certain way without having to think about it. When a habit is formed, a change takes place in the brain; neurons that fire together wire together (Hebb\u2019s Law). By intentionally and carefully forming new habits in children, we can \u201clift them above their natures,\u201d freeing them from negative propensities. Focused attention is the most important educational habit to be formed because that to which we give attention, we come to know.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100222968&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 11 &#8211;\u00a0 Good Habits<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWhen we learn a new habit, we get a new brain.\u201d Neuroplasticity means the brain is moldable; it actually physically changes as we learn. If you are an adult with children, you <em>are<\/em> training them in habit, for good or for bad. You are fixing the rails of a child\u2019s life, and it\u2019s much easier to lay those rails well the first time.\u00a0 Caring adults can intentionally cultivate habits in a relational way so that children grow in habits such as focused attention, neat and accurate work, asking questions, respecting others, working hard, and recovering from emotional distress.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100222967&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 12 &#8211; Building a Working Alliance<\/h4>\n<p>Healthy habit formation occurs when a joyful adult comes alongside a child to help them learn a new habit. We can\u2019t lay down a good habit if we are filled with anxiety, because then the child focuses on protecting themselves from us or making us happy. Children also don\u2019t learn habits well from lectures or punitive measures.\u00a0 They require a caring adult to create a friendly alliance with them, sow a new idea, and offer to help them form a new habit because it is in the child\u2019s best interest to do so.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100222965&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 13 &#8211; Establish a Strategy<\/h4>\n<p>After inspiring a child with an idea and building an alliance, then, establish a strategy for forming a new habit. Ask the child, \u201cHow can I help you?\u201d Often they themselves will offer a great strategy. The adult\u2019s job is to inform the student\u2019s ignorance, and support the student in overcoming their weakness. Discipline is not control; it is formation, cultivation, and helping a child grow up to form healthy relationships. Ambleside teachers prayerfully identify two areas for each child\u2019s growth, and then act with tact, watchfulness and persistence to form new habits.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100222964&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 14 &#8211; Building the Passion to Know<\/h4>\n<p>The true goal of education is to learn, not merely to win prizes or impress others. \u201cBuild the character; build the love for learning; build the passion to know; build the discipline to work well\u201d \u2013 then the performance takes care of itself.\u00a0 Ambleside\u2019s curriculum includes a large number of subjects so that students can establish many different relationships. We are shaped by relationships and the ideas that stand behind those relationships. Healthy lives come from hearts and minds being shaped by healthy relationships and healthy ideas.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100221209&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 15 &#8211; Cultivating Relationships with Learning<\/h4>\n<p>In many school environments children choose areas to study which most interest them. But children should be put in contact with a wide curriculum, a rich and varied feast, their \u201cGreat Inheritance\u201d of wide relationships with this world.\u00a0 Too often people grow only in areas that already interest them; yet, we\u2019ve seen real joy and real delight at Ambleside as students learn from a varied array of subjects. We must be very intentional and careful about the dynamics between the teacher, the \u2018taught\u2019 and the text, for only then will a life-giving education result. Ideas have the power to shape our hearts and minds.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100221208&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 16 &#8211; The Method of a Lesson: Part 1<\/h4>\n<p>A renewing vision and philosophy of education must lead to an applied method. The first two steps of the 5-part Method of a Lesson used at Ambleside Schools are: 1) the selection of a well-chosen text; this could be a book, a flower, or a musical composition. And 2) a &#8220;First Little Talk\u201d is given to connect the student with the idea-rich text. The relationships fostered form what Charlotte Mason meant by <em>a living education<\/em>. Just as the human body needs nourishment and to flourish, so the human mind needs the nourishment of ideas, and it also needs to exercise. In exercising, the mind attends, reflects, and uses that which it is learning.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100221206&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 17 &#8211; The Method of a Lesson: Part 2<\/h4>\n<p>The Method of a Lesson, as described by Charlotte Mason, is marked by five steps. The last three steps of the Method of the Lesson are the reading of an episode, narration, and the Second Little Talk. While the teacher points to ideas in the text, the children do the actual work of thinking and learning. \u201dThe children themselves must do the mental work. They must engage their minds &#8211; they must do the attending; they must do the reflecting; they must make use of the ideas.\u201d Teachers \u201csow lightly\u201d and use a subtle approach to nourish and exercise the minds of students.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629221318494{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100221204&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter 18 &#8211; Concluding Statements<\/h4>\n<p>Growth comes by the formation of new habits, formed with the right kind of intrinsic motivations, which have to be cultivated relationally. Healthy relationships between teachers, students, and texts are crucial. What we draw students with is what we draw them to; Ambleside teachers draw children to worthy ideas, the joy of learning, the satisfaction of work well done, and beauty created. The student who excels to the level of their God-given abilities is the student who cares. 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