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 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
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Books and Links:
Plumfield Reads Landmark Page
Plumfield Library Ladies Page
Biblioguides Landmark Books Series Page & Free Printable List
Plumfield Kids Book Review of Combat Nurses
Combat Nurses Book Record at Biblioguides
The Borrowed House
The Tangled Skein
A Town Like Alice
We Were There Books
With Love, Wherever You Are
Purchase at Purple House Press
Purchase at Amazon
Purchase at Bookshop.org
Learn More About Our Guests:
Library Lady Jeannette Tulis
Jill Morgan of Purple House Press
Tanya Arnold of Biblioguides
Where You Can Find Us:
Plumfield and Paideia Facebook PagePlumfield Moms InstagramPlumfield Moms Podcast PagePlumfield Reads Book Club Discussion Space at the FREE Biblioguides Online Community
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Upcoming Plumfield Reads Books We Are Reading:
Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter
The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Tanya's recommendation on an affordable but nice-looking Keeper of the Bees
Sarah Kim’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
Animal Farm George Orwell
The Living Year by Richard Headstrome
Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer by Marguerite Higgins Beautiful Feet Books
Tanya’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland
Raiders from the Sea, Viking Quest Series by Lois Walfrid Johnson
The Brotherband Series by John Flanagan
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge
Strange Creatures: The Story of Walter Rothschild and His Museum by Lita Judge
Yellowstone Moran: Painting the American West by Lita Judge
Diane’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
The Proper Place
The 39 Steps
Romona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
The Gospel of Robinson Crusoe & Uncle Tom's Cabin by Frank W. Boreham
Owney the Mail Pouch Pooch
Sara Masarik’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
The Drovers Road Trilogy by Joyce West
The Brothers Karamazov
The Ark & Rowan Farm
Ralph Moody
All Creatures Great and Small
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
This short bonus content is something that we didn't want to leave on the cutting room floor from our March Our Reading Life episodes. We hope that you enjoy our silly and but passionate commentary about series.
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
This our most passionate book club to date is packed with hearty debate and friendly disagreements. In this club we are joined by our regular book club friends, the ladies of Biblioguides as well as Library Lady Kristi Stansfield.
Books and Links:
Plumfield Reads Landmark Page
Enchantress From the Stars Book Review
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Biblioguides Online Community
The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton
Flatland by Edwin Abbott
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 Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
We invite you to follow up on this review with our Enchantress From the Stars book club posting on February 24th.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
"One tool that will make it easier to learn longer words is to be aware of consonant blends. You already do this without thinking about it and, for many children, their ears will tell them how this works without too much trouble. “Blends” are two or more letters that work together to make one sound, or that run together in such a way that it seems like one sound."