Founding Fall Cohort · Closes September 28

Who is the mother becoming while she is educating her children?

The Mother Study is a seasonal guided study and community for mothers who want to become more intentional students, thinkers, and home educators.

$9 a month founding price · Enrollment closes September 28

The founder in a red cap, holding books and her glasses in front of a bookshelf

We study individually, but we share collectively   â€˘   Mothers in study   â€˘   Study, Reflect, Apply, Return   â€˘   A table of mothers thinking together   â€˘   We study individually, but we share collectively   â€˘   Mothers in study   â€˘   Study, Reflect, Apply, Return   â€˘   A table of mothers thinking together   â€˘   

Who this is for

For the mother who wants to be a student again.

You want to study again.

What am I learning? What am I reading? What questions am I wrestling with? You want an intellectual life that lives alongside motherhood, not somewhere after it.

You know education is already happening at home.

You're ready to build on it.

You'd rather think with mothers than keep up with a course.

No weekly class to finish and no vault to get through. Just a table of mothers thinking together.

$9 a month founding price · Enrollment closes September 28

The founder reading on a green sofa while her daughter in a pink sun hat walks by, with a stack of books beside her

Who's setting the table

Hi, I'm Shahidah.

Wife, mother of five, longtime home educator, and founder of The Mother Study.

I started homeschooling because I wanted something different for my children. But after years of educating them at home, I realized something I didn't expect: I was being educated, too.

Motherhood made me question what I believed about education, family, learning, rhythm, and even my own role as a mother. It made me read more, study more, pay closer attention, change my mind, and keep becoming.

That's where The Mother Study came from.

And here's the part that matters for this community: I'm still in it.

I'm still raising my five children. Still home educating. Still reading and studying. Still testing ideas in my own home. Still figuring out what works, what doesn't, and what I believe about this work we've been called to do.

I'm not building The Mother Study from the other side of motherhood. I'm building it from right here in the middle of it.

What I learn, I'll bring here. What I'm questioning, we can wrestle with together. And as I grow, study, and refine The Mother Method in my own home, you'll get to be part of that process.

Because I believe mothers should never stop being students, too.

Welcome to The Mother Study. 🤎

What's inside

Here's what the season holds.

01

The seasonal question

Who is the mother becoming while she is educating her children? One question holds the whole season together, and everything we study points back to it.

02

A weekly rhythm that stays light

Study, Reflect, Apply, Return. One idea on Monday, one reflection midweek, and a weekend return to share what you noticed.

03

The Gathering Room

A room to gather and ask questions. We might open with a central question and go back and forth, answering, discussing, and studying together.

04

The Study Table

Meets monthly. Not a training, a conversation. Have you been studying something you can't stop thinking about? Come bring it to the table. Members apply to lead the conversation, and the threshold is intentionally low. Replays are kept for everyone.

05

The Study Menu

At the start of each month, a set of doors: something to read, something to explore, something to practice, and room to create your own. Already studying something? Tell us in the Mother Notebook.

06

Four rooms, nothing to hunt for

The Gathering Room for everyday conversation. The Study Room for the month's Study Menu and prompts. The Mother Notebook for what you're studying, thinking, and noticing. The Study Table for member-led live conversations and replays.

$9 a month founding price · Enrollment closes September 28

The weekly rhythm

A weekly rhythm that's light enough to keep.

Study, Reflect, Apply, Return. There are no worksheets to complete and no hour-long lessons to keep up with. You're thinking alongside other mothers.

Monday

Study

One idea or question for the week. Sometimes a short audio, a paragraph, or a passage. Sometimes simply a really good question.

Midweek

Reflect

One reflection prompt appears in the Study Room. Mothers discuss.

The weekend

Apply + Return

What did you notice this week? Did anything from our study change the way you think about your home, your children, education, or yourself?

Once a month

The Study Table

Our one live gathering. Not a training, a conversation. A member brings what she's been studying, and we think about it together.

The Study Menu

Here are some doors. Pick one. Or find your own.

At the start of each month you'll find a Study Menu tied to the season's question. It isn't a syllabus, and there are no weekly assignments to finish.

01

Read

Three books to choose from: one accessible, one moderate, and one deeper stretch read.

02

Explore

A documentary, podcast episode, essay, lecture, historical archive, or museum collection.

03

Practice

One small thing to try in your actual life and home.

04

Create your own

Already studying something? Ignore the rest and tell us what you're studying in the Mother Notebook.

The season, month by month

September

Choose.

What am I curious about? What do I want to know?

October

Study.

How do I read, question, annotate, research, notice, and follow ideas?

November

Connect.

How does what I'm learning connect to motherhood, home, education, work, faith, culture, or my children?

December

Share.

What have I learned? What can I contribute to another woman's thinking?

What you're paying for

You're here to belong to an intellectual community of mothers.

Some months you'll study intensely. Some months you'll barely read, attend a Study Table, and leave with four pages of notes. Some months you'll follow the Study Menu because your brain is fried and you don't want to choose anything. All of those are valid ways to belong.

In the season

  • A seasonal guided study around one question
  • A simple Study, Reflect, Apply, Return rhythm
  • A private community of mothers
  • A monthly Study Table, where members lead live conversations
  • Space to cultivate your own intellectual life
  • A chance to practice these ideas inside your actual home

Not in the season

  • A massive resource vault
  • A weekly class
  • Endless printables
  • A promise to solve everyone's homeschool problems

$9 a month founding price · Enrollment closes September 28

Why it works

We study individually, but we share collectively.

The Mother Study doesn't hand everyone one curriculum to work through. It's a structure for intellectual community among mothers. You bring the curiosity, whether that's a book, a subject, a historical figure, faith, gardening, economics, or literature.

Nobody here is an audience around a teacher. It's a table of mothers thinking together, and everyone has something to bring to it.

A mother who remains curious gives her children permission to remain curious too.

Questions

A few things you might be wondering.

I don't know what I would study.

You don't have to decide alone. Each month the Study Menu offers doors to walk through: three books to choose from, something to explore, and something to practice. Pick one and follow along. Or start with a question: what are you curious about right now?

I'm already studying something.

Then ignore the menu and tell us what you're studying in the Mother Notebook. That's exactly what the room is for.

Is this a homeschool curriculum?

No. It's a seasonal guided study and community, not a course. You won't be handed lessons to finish. You'll practice becoming a studying mother while you educate your children. Homeschool in Flow is a separate offer that answers a different question: how to build a sustainable homeschool rhythm around your actual capacity.

How much time will this take?

The weekly rhythm is intentionally light: one idea on Monday, one reflection midweek, and one return on the weekend. Some months you'll study intensely. Other months you might mostly show up to a live conversation. All of those are valid ways to belong.

What is the Founding Fall Cohort?

It's the first season of The Mother Study, running roughly September through December and centered on one question: Who is the mother becoming while she is educating her children? Enrollment closes September 28. The cohort then closes and reopens for winter.

Can I cancel? Do you offer refunds?

You can cancel anytime. There are no refunds once you join. Founding members pay $9 a month, and that price goes up once this first cohort closes, so if you cancel, you lose the $9 founding price.

Join the founding season · closes September 28

Come bring what you're studying to the table.

The Mother Study

$9 per month

Founding Fall Cohort · closes September 28

  • A seasonal guided study around one question
  • A simple Study, Reflect, Apply, Return rhythm
  • A private community of mothers
  • A monthly Study Table, where members lead live conversations
  • Space to cultivate your own intellectual life
  • A chance to practice these ideas inside your actual home
Join the Founding Fall Cohort

Cancel anytime. There are no refunds once you join. The $9 founding price goes up when this cohort closes, so if you cancel, you lose it.

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