Charlotte Mason understood—long before sophisticated imaging technology confirmed it—that the physical brain is shaped by its experiences. Mason knew life could be “duly eased” for children “by those whose business it was to lay down lines of habit upon which behavior might run easily.”

At Ambleside, students learn the discipline of education as they practice the habits proper to learning and mature living:

• Heightened attention

• Consistent narration

• Careful approach to work

• Prompt obedience

• Mature relationships with others

• Critical thinking

• Generous spirit

• Reverence

• Natural courtesies

• Physical fitness

• Moral fitness