CMP Review 2025-04-10

April 10, 2025

Back in 2015, it was hard to get access to Charlotte Mason’s poetry volumes. I had the scans and the transcripts, but I didn’t want to keep them all to myself. I wanted everyone in the world to be able to read these poems. I had the idea of a website. But what should I call it? What would be the easiest way for people to remember where to go to read Charlotte Mason’s poetry?

The date was April 11 and Charlotte Mason Poetry was born. Ten years later, we have not only the poetry volumes, but also the entire Home Education Series and Charlotte Mason’s First Grammar Lessons. We have more than 300 Parents’ Review articles, most of them not found anywhere else, along with L’Umile Pianta articles and other transcriptions.

If you had told me on April 11, 2015 that in 10 years we would have a wonderful team of volunteers, a podcast with over 400 episodes, and host original articles by celebrated authors like Karen Andreola and Jennifer Pepito, I would have said you were dreaming.

But I suppose that’s one nice thing about dreams. Sometimes they come true. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible. Happy 10th anniversary Charlotte Mason Poetry!

@artmiddlekauff