Spending time in great stories creates appreciation and hunger for things outside our world, expanding it. Stories make our world bigger.
Let’s consider together the Beauty Sense, a formative force rarely considered in its potent ability to shape the character of children. The Beautiful, together with the Good and the True, are servants to one another, each drawing to the others as it draws us to itself.
Faith in education is more than instruction—it’s about shaping desire, intellect, and habits to form hearts that seek what is true, good, and beautiful.
Ambleside Schools International believes there is a more effective approach to the evaluation of students’ growth and knowledge than letter or number grades can achieve.
Maryellen St. Cyr shares her journey of discovering Charlotte Mason education, founding Ambleside Schools, and 25 years of faithfulness in education.
When Maryellen St. Cyr first dreamed of Ambleside School, what was it that she sought to bring to life? With 25 years of our life’s work behind us, I want to bring us back to the foundation of our movement.
Charlotte Mason’s principles reveal profound truths about the nature of the world, the person, and education itself. Embracing these counter-cultural implications unveils the beauty and necessity of an Ambleside education.
Like so many of Charles Dickens’ wonderful characters, Thomas Gradgrind is a caricature but a caricature with a point.
Charlotte Mason was an intensely private person, and some aspects of her life have only come to light over the last ten years. Here are some lesser-known facts about Charlotte.
Our founder Maryellen St. Cyr shares how she came to know Charlotte Mason, how it changed her understanding of education, and how this new understanding is implemented in our Ambleside classrooms. Check out the Making the Leap podcast from our partners at the Herzog Foundation, hosted by Christine and Chris Stigall.
