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We are 28 households. We range in age from less than a year to more than 80 years. We are 26 women, 20 men, and 17 youth aged 16 and under. We work from home, commute within New Hampshire and to Massachusetts, and enjoy retirement. We attend public and private schools and we homeschool. We own our homes and rent. We value sustainability, community, farming, having fun, and living lightly on the earth.
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Greetings!
Back-to-school season
Late August and it's time for our "Back-to-School" issue -- a good excuse to reflect on children and learning at Nubi Cohousing. With 18 children ranging in age from 1 to 16 living in the neighborhood, and at least two babies (!) expected this winter, plus frequent visits from grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and friends, we have lots of opportunities to observe and reflect on how kids learn and grow.
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The Nubi children have a variety of experiences in formal education: home-schooling, preschool, public school, and private schools. The Monadnock area is home to many interesting schools and other education institutions, including: continue.. |
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Warmly,
Richard & Sage, co-founders and residents
Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm |
| Learning something new every day | |
My name is Catherine. I live at Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm, fondly known as Nubi. I have lived at Nubi for over 4 years. Before, I lived just across town in Peterborough. I am 13 and in 8th grade. I go to a nearby school in Dublin. It is a 10-minute drive and a 30-minute bike ride from Nubi. I really like to read, and I spend my time reading when I am not doing homework (which is not often). I also like to do math sometimes, but not always.
I have always liked how Nubi has so much outdoor space. There are 100 acres of woods and fields, which have trails that I know like the back of my hand, and some I have never explored, yet. I also like how there is a vegetable garden very close to the houses. At times, it can take 10 minutes instead of 2 to get to your car on nice days as you see so many people on your way there and have some great conversations. Nubi is a great place for different social connections. read more..
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| Growing up at Nubi | At first,  I had no interest in moving to Nubanusit Neighborhood. I liked our old house, and from what I had seen of where we were moving, I didn't like the new one. Through my 10-year-old eyes, I saw a dusty parking lot of construction vehicles and some fields filled with felled trees. This image was not my idea of a nice new place to live. read more..
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 The Nubi kids have a wide variety of formal education experiences including homeschooling, public education and private schools. While they often keep tabs on who has a vacation day or gets an extra snow day, they are open to each family making its own choices about schooling, and supportive of each others' learning.
Click here to find a brief annotated list of some of the schools and networks that are possible resources and opportunities.
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| Heard on the Nubi Path This Week |
Here are a few responses to the question: What opportunities for learning do you see for Nubi children?
Lara: Neighborhood parent and professional Play Therapist
As a mom of a baby, Nubi counteracts isolation; I walk outside and there are people around the neighborhood to visit, or who stop by. And there are so many interesting places to explore: our yard, the farm, the pond, the woods. Xavi has friends of all ages from 2 to 16 -- who are like a multi-age tribe of kids. Even as a baby, Xavi is able to explore a little at his own pace, especially because it is a pedestrian neighborhood. After community dinners on Thursdays, usually one of the older kids comes to take him to play, and I have a moment to talk to adults, which helps preserve my sanity. As a play therapist, I know that the foundation of cognitive and social learning -- really all human development -- is play. Children build confidence as they are able to navigate their world in a self-initiated way. Nubi offers multiple opportunities for play and exploration, together with the predictability of the same community of people, and those people are all watching out for him. Read 4 more responses to our question
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| Excerpt from Last Child in the Woods | 
Many of us at Nubi have been inspired by Richard Louv's writings on the importance of unstructured play and outside exploration. Here are the initial paragraphs of the introduction to Last Child in the Woods (Copyright 2005 Louv); we invite you to follow the link to the rest of this excerpt on his website: richardlouv.com
Introduction
One evening when my boys were younger, Matthew, then ten, looked at me from across a restaurant table and said quite seriously, "Dad, how come it was more fun when you were a kid?"
I asked what he meant. Continue reading the excerpt here |
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Open House
Sunday September 2, 2-4pm. Tour the Common House, available homes, the farm, wood pellet boiler plant, meet neighbors. Tours also by appointment.
Monadnock Open Studio Art Tour.
Saturday and Sunday October 6-7, 10-5pm. Self-directed art tour of dozens of local art studios.
Peek Into Peterborough
Saturday October 13, 10-5pm. - Special town-wide event during fall foliage with tent sales, farmers market, hayrides, live music. Come visit Nubi from 2-4pm. |
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There are three homes for sale in the neighborhood. They range in size from 2-bedroom to 3-bedroom.
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