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Mystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 3.4Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-03-0716 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 3.3Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-03-0117 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 3.2Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-02-2115 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 3.1Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-02-1417 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 2.2Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-02-0728 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 2.1Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-01-3128 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 1.3Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-01-2416 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 1.2Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-01-1722 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Pursuit of Maturity with Dr. Bill St. Cyr Part 1.1Join Dr. Bill St. Cyr for the multi-part series on The Pursuit of Maturity.
2019-01-1013 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Art of Narration - Defined and Demonstrated with Maryellen St. CyrCharlotte Mason called narration the ground-plan of education. Maryellen St.Cyr instructs in this art of telling back with students of varied ages. See how students exhibit the power of narration as they have read/listened to a single reading with attention and concentration and "have in every case reproduced what they have read in narration"
This is a series of Videos demonstrating Narration the videos demonstrations are located here.
2018-06-0704 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Educating with the Brain in Mind Seminar Dr. Bill St. Cyr"To be a teacher you just manipulate their sense experience in such a way as to write on the blank slate of the students mind. We cannot as Christians believe that's all there is to education. As Christians we believe you can know God. And that is not just the processing of sensory information."? ~Dr. Bill St. Cyr @ Educating With the Brain in Mind Seminar
Dr. Bill St. Cyr is a gifted educator, counselor, teacher trainer and conference speaker. Since 2001, he has partnered with his wife in giving leadership to Ambleside Schools International. Prior to becoming Executive Director of ASI, Bill ta...
2018-05-3124 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Educating with the Brain in Mind Seminar Maryellen Marschke St. Cyr"Charlotte Mason used the analogy as food for the mind as food for the body. What are we eating? What are our children eating? What is their mind food? Not just in the hours of school but in the hours of home. What are they feasting upon? Or what are they starving for?" ~Maryellen Marschke St. Cyr Educating With the Brain in Mind
Maryellen Marschke St. Cyr M.Ed. A professional educator for more than 30 years, Maryellen St. Cyr has spent thousands of hours in the classroom and hundreds of hours observing other educators. Possessing a passion for a congruent, li...
2018-05-2455 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Growth FocusThe heart of a child will shape how they live and how they experience life. “Growth means the formation of new habits, habits formed with the right kind of heart, the right kind of intrinsic motivations, which have to be cultivated relationally.” Dr. Bill St. Cyr, of Ambleside Schools International, speaks of the importance of maintaining healthy relationships between teachers, students, and texts. Charlotte Mason wrote, “The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care?
2018-05-1702 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Method of a Lesson Part 2The Method of the Lesson, as described by Charlotte Mason, is marked by five steps. Bill and Maryellen St. Cyr, of Ambleside Schools International, continue discussing the of the Method of the Lesson, describing the reading of an episode, narration, and the second talk. While the teacher points to ideas in the text, the children must do the work of thinking and learning.
”The children themselves must do the mental work. They must engage their minds - they must do the attending; they must do the reflecting; they must make use of the ideas.
2018-05-1010 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Education is 99% Habits and 1% Knowledge with Maryellen St. Cyr Part 2 [BASECAMP Live]Classical Christian parents and educators are fond of saying “education is more than information – it is formation”… but what does formation really look like in a practical way? 100 years ago British educator Charlotte Mason wrote on how affections and habits are formed, noting what neuroscientists are now claiming as a new discovery!
Maryellen St. Cyr went through a dramatic shift in her understanding of education after spending time researching the British educator Charlotte Mason and now runs 21 schools around the world based on this philosophy of education. Mason’s insights on how children learn and how thoughts and affections are formed is a...
2018-05-0721 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Education is 99% Habits and 1% Knowledge with Maryellen St. Cyr Part 1 [BASECAMP Live]Classical Christian parents and educators are fond of saying “education is more than information – it is formation”… but what does formation really look like in a practical way? 100 years ago British educator Charlotte Mason wrote on how affections and habits are formed, noting what neuroscientists are now claiming as a new discovery!
Maryellen St. Cyr went through a dramatic shift in her understanding of education after spending time researching the British educator Charlotte Mason and now runs 21 schools around the world based on this philosophy of education. Mason’s insights on how children learn and how thoughts and affections are formed is a...
2018-04-3024 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Cultivating Relationships with LearningIn many school environments, children have to choose between subjects, and they are often drawn only to subjects they like. Charlotte Mason thought it should be otherwise. She envisioned an educational feast in which students develop wide relationships with this world. She called it our Great Inheritance. “As is often the case in traditional settings, people grow in the areas that they’re already interested in. And yet, what we’ve seen at Ambleside, is real joy and real delight in learning in a varied array of subjects.” Bill and Maryellen St. Cyr, of Ambleside Schools International, discuss the delight of child...
2018-04-2607 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.How do we form a human soul? What Charlotte Mason knew about the art of education. [BASECAMP Live]How do we make education a joyful discovery? Is it knowledge alone or do relationships have something to do with it? What kind of relationship does your child have with history, with their siblings, with math, with their teacher? If relationships are important, how do we shape the affections of what our children love? Perhaps the environment we create, and what we celebrate or criticize can have a huge impact. Learn more about what Charlotte Mason knew about children and how they learn as we welcome Bill St. Cyr, co-founder of Ambleside Schools International.
2018-04-2329 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Building the Passion to KnowIs the true goal of education to learn? Or is it to win a prize and impress others? “Build the character; build the love for learning; build the passion to know; build the discipline to work well – [and] all of that takes care of itself.” Ambleside Schools curriculum includes 16-17 subjects, following Charlotte Mason’s idea of the importance of giving children as many relationships as possible at the very beginning of their lives. Bill and Maryellen St. Cyr, of Ambleside Schools International, discuss how to direct students’ minds toward learning. “As a school, we’ve got to be very intentional ab...
2018-04-1905 min2018-04-1208 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Building a Working AllianceBuilding a Working Alliance
2018-04-0508 min2018-03-2907 min2018-03-2208 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.How Much Does the Student Care?As you listen, use our study guides to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memory.
2018-03-1503 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Worthy WorkHow do we support or undermine the proper attitude toward worthy work? Charlotte Mason writes that it begins with work that is intrinsically satisfying. Poor habits of thinking may overrule a sense of satisfaction with worthy work, and the most well-intentioned adults may inadvertently contaminate the atmosphere. “How do atmospheres get contaminated? They can get contaminated, not only by teacher anxiety, but by the use of artificial rewards and incentives, which demean the joy of knowing, and they demean the student’s capacity for intrinsic motivation.”
Artificial incentives communicate that it is impossible to enjoy history, mathematics, science and literature in and...
2018-03-0804 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Cultivating TastesCultivating 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 g...
2018-03-0113 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Aesthetics and AtmosphereAs you listen, use our study guide to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memony.
2018-02-2208 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Ep:8 Masterly InactivityAs you listen, use our study guide to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memony.
2018-02-1504 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.EP25: Bringing up Joyful Children Part 4: Additional Skills of JoyPart 4 – Additional Skills of Joy
In the final part of his series on “Bringing up Joyful Children,” Dr. Bill St. Cyr, Executive Director of Ambleside Schools International identifies: additional joy skills, the capacity to handle the six painful emotions and the ability to return to joy. Dr. St. Cyr concludes with several practical recommendations on how to build joy in the lives of our children.
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2018-02-1418 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.EP26: Bringing up Joyful Children Part 5: Questions and AnswersPart 5 – Questions and Answers
Dr. Bill St. Cyr, Executive Director of Ambleside Schools International, answers questions on Bringing up Joyful Children.
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2018-02-1430 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.EP24: Bringing up Joyful Children Part 3: The Skills of JoyPart 3 – The Skills of Joy
The third part of a four-part series, Dr. Bill St. Cyr, Executive Director of Ambleside Schools International identifies three skills essential to building a joyful life: the capacity for shared joy; the capacity to delight in the Good, True and Beautiful; and the habit of sweet thoughts.
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2018-02-1408 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.EP23: Bringing up Joyful Children Part 2: The Constituents of JoyPart 2 – The Constituents of Joy
The second part of a four-part series, Dr. Bill St. Cyr, Executive Director of Ambleside Schools International explores the fundamental constituents of a joyful existence: belonging, security, fruitfulness, and contentment.
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2018-02-1424 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.EP:22 Bringing up Joyful Children Part 1: The Definition of JoyPart 1 – The Definition of Joy
The first part of a four-part series, Dr. Bill St. Cyr, Executive Director of Ambleside Schools International gives us the definition of joy: providing examples of what it is and is not, contrasting it with happiness, and establishing it as a foundation of character.
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2018-02-1416 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Ep:7 The Teacher and the AtmosphereAs you listen, use our study guide to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memony.
2018-02-0807 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Ep:6 Cultivating an Atmosphere for LearningEp:6 Cultivating an Atmosphere for Learning
2018-02-0105 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Ep:19 Method of a Lesson Part 1Ep:19 Method of a Lesson Part 1
2018-02-0107 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.Persons or Products?Welcome to our video introduction to Ambleside Schools International and the Ambleside Method. We hope you find these videos both informative and inspirational.
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As you listen, use our study guide to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memory.
2018-01-2906 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.How is the Student Growing?Welcome to our video introduction to Ambleside Schools International and the Ambleside Method. We hope you find these videos both informative and inspirational.
As you listen, use our study guide to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memory.
Part 1: Persons or Products? from Ambleside Schools International on Vimeo.
2018-01-2809 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.What We Draw Children With Is What We Draw Children To.Part 3: What Are We Drawing Students To? from Ambleside Schools International on Vimeo.
2018-01-2705 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.The Foundations of JoyAs you listen, use our study guides to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memory.
Chapter 1: The Foundation of Joy from Ambleside Schools International on Vimeo.
2018-01-2606 minMystery of the Four Fingers, The by WHITE, Fred M.How Atmosphere Sets Our AffectionsAs you listen, use our study guides to assist you in making meaningful connections and increasing comprehension and memory.
2018-01-2507 min