Plumfield Moms
We are sisters in Christ who became friends over a shared love of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, found especially in good and great books. Our primary vocation is that of marriage and motherhood, but we feel a secondary call, as educators and homeschool moms, to walk with families who are seeking to help form souls who are capable of responding to the vocation God has called them to. Our objective is to form our children and grandchildren to the best of our ability, and in so doing share what has been meaningful to us with others that it may encourage them and lighten their burden. As homeschoolers, classical educators and Christians, we have a passion for the ancient Greek paideia and the loving education of Louisa May Alcott‘s Plumfield (from her novel Little Men).
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Episodes
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Another fantastic Gary D. Schmidt book that is fun and fulfilling!
https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/the-labors-of-hercules-beal/
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
"Schmidt (or Carter Jones, the narrator) had me laughing within the first couple of pages. At 7:15 a.m. on the first day of Carter’s sixth grade year, nothing is going right in the Jones household. The doorbell rings. It is raining “like an Australian tropical thunderstorm,” but the man on the doorstep is completely dry because he’s standing “underneath an umbrella as big as a satellite disk.” When Carter finally lets the man in the house, the man tells Carter’s mother that her father-in-law, whom she never met, has died and left an endowment to enable his butler to continue in the service of the family."
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Young Ladies Literary Teas
Gary D. Schmidt - Beloved Author Page
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt
Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
"Revelation" - Flannery O'Connor
The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace
Red Wall by Brian Jacques
The Ransom Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Biblioguides online community
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Tanya’s Reads:
The Space/Ransom Trilogy Book Three That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis
Mr. Emerson’s Cook by Judith Byron Schachner
Bits and Pieces by Judith Byron Schachner
The Granny Man by Judith Byron Schachner
Hurray for Summer by Kazuo Iwamura
Hurray for Snow by Kazuo Iwamura
Hurray for Fall by Kazuo Iwamura
Hurray for Spring by Kazuo Iwamura
Sarah Kim’s Reads:
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp
Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead
King Raven Trilogy, Stephen Lawhead’s Robin Hood Series
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
BBC Robin Hood
Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family by Maria Augusta von Trapp
Almost Time by Gary D. Schmidt
Diane’s Reads:
Girl Sleuth by Melanie Rehak
Ruth Fielding by Alice B. Emerson
Mysteries by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt
Gary D. Schmidt
Sara Masarik’s Reads:
One Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
One Hundred and One Dalmatians book discussion
The Space/Ransom Trilogy, Book One Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt
St. Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland by Gary D. Schmidt
St. Martin de Porres Gary D. Schmidt
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Library Tour of Living Learning Libraries
Michelle's Library Story
Combat Nurse of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame
Medical Corps Heroes of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame
The Flying Tigers by John Toland
Five in a Row
Picture Book Preschool by Sherry Early
Biblioguides
The Card Catalog at Plumfield and Paideia
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Fans of Ben-Hur, The Robe, the movie Risen, the TV series A. D.and The Chosen may wonder how they have missed this exciting and beautiful conversion story that was originally published in 1955. It is now available not only in print and ebook, but in an excellent audiobook as well. https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/the-spear/
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
I discovered English author Margaret McAllister through her Mistmantle Chronicles books. Those beautiful books have become a favorite series in my home and my lending library. In fact, I love them so much that I named my dog Cedar in honor of one of the characters we meet in book two. I have since read as many of her other books as I can get my hands on here in the United States. While interviewing McAllister last fall, she told me that she thought I would really enjoy and appreciate one of her first novels, Hold My Hand and Run. And . . . she was right.You can find our full review here: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/hold-my-hand-and-run/
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Tanya’s References:
Books by Jennifer Nielsen - Words on Fire, Rescue, Resistance, A Night Divided
Lines of Courage by Jennifer Nielsen
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
Ramona and Beezus movie
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Girl Sleuth by Melanie Rehak
Sarah Kim’s References:
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson
Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
The Great Escape movie
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figure Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly
Diane's References:
Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Blitz the Story of a Fire Horse by Hetty Burlingame Beatty
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
Sara Masarik’s References:
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevski
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Biblioguides 101 Dalmatians
General References:
The Space/Ransom Trilogy by C. S. Lewis