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
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
"Our hero, James Lewis MacFarlane, a stalwart Scotsman, has recently been mustered out of the army, and discharged himself from an army hospital. He embodies qualities we hope to instill in our children or ourselves, though he wrestles with himself frequently, in an effort to maintain the true, the beautiful, and the good in his life. He has a wound that won’t heal despite the best of care in a wonderful spa/hospital. So he sets off on a Great Adventure to see if he can find his own cure and put himself back into useful public life."
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Books and Links:
Plumfield Reads Page
Keeper of the Bees Book Club
Our Gene Stratton-Porter Page
Cautionary Review of Her Father’s Daughter by Gene Stratton Porter
Keeper of the Bees Audiobook
Keeper of the Bees Purple House Press Reprint cover
The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Learn More About the Ladies of Biblioguides
Where You Can Find Us:
Plumfield and Paideia Facebook Page
Plumfield Reads Book Club Discussion Space at the FREE Biblioguides Online Community
Plumfield Moms Podcast Page
Plumfield Moms Instagram
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
In this episode, Diane and Sara chat with Jill Morgan from Purple House Press about the Ralph Moody books. In addition to talking about how they came to be and why we consider them so special, we talk about the Kickstarter that Jill is hosting later this year to fund the hardcover printing of the 3rd and 4th books. You can find out more about the Little Britches books here: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/ralph-moodys-little-britches/
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
"The other day someone asked me, “How do you know if a word ends in -ible or -able?” My very helpful reply was, “I just know. If I’ve seen it, I’ll remember.” I really had never thought about it. Just a few days later I happened to read the explanation and it made perfect sense."
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
This delightful picture book, by Liesel Moak Skorpen, had me laughing on the first page, before I read a single word!
It has been reprinted by Purple House Press. https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/we-were-tired-of-living-in-a-house/
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Find out why Tanya considers this to be a "perfect" children's book, how Diane uses it in her class, and why Sara thinks that you might want to tuck away a copy to give as a gift for the little people in your life.
Read the Article: Mrs. Morgan's Crowded Garage
Read Diane's review of this delightful book here.
You can learn more about this book at Biblioguides.
Monday Mar 06, 2023