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Ok we started doing ambleside and I am really like MA but I want to finish and love certian books on Ambelside.lol So alot of people combine them or am I the only one?lol We are only in year 1 so I know this may change as kids grow older but thought I would get some imput on the two. Ambleside does go very protestant so I try to cut all that out and sub the MA but well I was just wondering if others had an opionion on the matter.
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No... I do the same as you  I think the idea behind MA was to give Catholic alternatives and they have articles about some books which may have a chapter or two that are somewhat questionable from a Catholic perspective, but otherwise good
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I draw liberally from both sources. We are currently reading a list of books drawn largely from Ambleside Year 3 & Year 6, with some substitutions from MA, along with other books I just felt like including.
I am blogging a lot about this these days at Lilting House.
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I don't mean to hijack this thread from Lori, but can I ask a question about MA? I've been poring over it the past few days - how do the grades and years match up, pretty closely? My older two boys are 11 (solid 6th grade) and 7 (young 2nd grade). Thanks!
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I think the 2nd Grade is right on target. We use a combination of MA with some canned CHC and it is working well for us.
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~Rachel~ wrote:
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Yes and no. Yes, in that it's a CM education for Catholics but no in that we didn't use Ambleside as the model and then Catholicize it. We used the old PNEU syllabi as the model and adapted them to what we thought they would look like for Catholics today.
To be honest I haven't looked at Ambleside online in a long time but I do know that many people combine it with MA successfully so I think it must work well to do it that way.
You can use MA as it's written or pick and choose and tear it apart and do what works for you. I would guess that this is what most people do and really it makes sense because you have to make it work for your family.
God bless!
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Michele I am only on year one, getting ready to start year 2.lol I actually love them both, alot of the books are the same, but I can tell you didn't use Ambleside to base your on because they are written so diffrently, I think the simularities in the books like the country of ours is they are really good books.
I am just trying to figure out how I want to do year 2, and I also have a kindergartener this year, so my first year with 2 children in school.lol and a baby due, so I am a little worried about fitting it all in.lol And giving Adam who is 2 the time he needs.lol So I am a bit worried, and since I am about to order everything, I have that am wow I am spending alot of money, I hope this works fear going into hand also.lol I am so Glad I saw that you have kindergarten this year though! And right before I came to dh with the list and prices.
I am just debating on continuing to combine or just going over to MA and making it a bit easier on me this year and then adding what I want.lol
I am not good at desions.lol
How do you all get this all figured out?lol I figure once I have everyones curriculim figured out I will just pass it down thru the years, if that makes since? Plus when they get a little older I won't have to hover so much during school.lol
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Was anyone else unable to access levels 1A and 2 (at Mater Amabilis?) The license agreement and welcome are superimposed over those two levels, and I can't click on them. Is is just my computer? Is there any way I can move them? (Yes, I am completely a novice in the world of computers!  .)
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Ah you are looking at it in Internet Explorer aren't you? OK I think I fixed it. Reload and tell me if it's OK. I see a few of the other pages are still wacky too. Working on them now.
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Thank you, Michele! I am amazed how you knew "Internet Explorer!" I wasn't sure until I looked at the top of the screen, and it says "MS internet explorer!" 
Shows how much I know about this machine!
I love the book suggestions, especially as I am looking at increasing 11 yo ds's reading list.
Thanks again!
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What is MA? I love ambleside online.
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Mater Amabilis. A free online Catholic Charlotte Mason curriculum for the 21st century.
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We've been using MA this year for 4 children, and kind of meshing many levels together. I refer to the books ALOT! It's working quite well for us.
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MicheleQ wrote:
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Yes and no. Yes, in that it's a CM education for Catholics but no in that we didn't use Ambleside as the model and then Catholicize it. We used the old PNEU syllabi as the model and adapted them to what we thought they would look like for Catholics today.
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... I meant Catholic alternatives for the kind of lessons AO supplies ... MA does an excellent job of Catholicising CM... and is easily used with AO books too... typically the books I take issue with in AO I'll look for alternatives through MA... and if I cant find a book suggested by MA, I'll look over on AO.
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