Cultivating children’s tastes and directing their affections toward what is good, true, and beautiful begins with the development of deeply satisfying relationships with worthy literature, music, art, and more, as well as with a consistent habit of working well. “The atmosphere, the way in which work is talked about, the way in which work is engaged… that will communicate everything to a child about they will relate, how they should relate to work. In a place where hard work is normal, . . . where sweat is part of life, and when staying on task even when head and hand are tired is a good thing, a noble thing; it’s what we ought to do; that’s what we all do here,” children see work as a normal part of life. Charlotte Mason described the deeply satisfying nature of completing set work with excellence; this good and noble habit is cultivated in students at Ambleside® schools and homeschools. Dr. Bill St. Cyr and Maryellen St. Cyr of Ambleside® Schools International discuss the importance of setting an atmosphere that supports a noble approach to work.
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Calming the Troubled Heart
The Greatest Gift of All (Christmas 2020)
The Primary Thing For Them
To Know and To Love
On Providence
Every Person: A Creature of Desire
Every Person: A Web of Relations
Persons: Strange and Glorious Amphibians
Children Are Born Persons --- Part 1
Nurturing the Divine Life in the Child
Knowing God
Instructing in the Beauty Sense
On Beauty
“Bringing up” Children in Distressing Times (Part 2)
“Bringing up” Children in Distressing Times (Part 1)
Child Gymnasium or Child Garden
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