550 jumps
Simon and Neva invented a game of hopping inside the trampoline on one foot and one knee and counting in sessions, they later added all of their jumps together and … Continue reading 550 jumps
Month: October 2016
Tea with sugar
This weekend was marked with another milestone: Simon read his first Chinese sentence without pinyin.
Simon calculates colour probabilities. #RRGGBB
In the video below Simon applies his knowledge of combinatorics to calculate the total number of possible colours one can create in CSS. I didn’t ask him to do this. … Continue reading Simon calculates colour probabilities. #RRGGBB
More HTML
On Saturday Simon continued studying html. He didn’t know I was filming him: The codes he made/ copied/ studied via the http://www.w3schools.com/html:
HTML
Discovered today: a website teaching html Simon trained himself to make buttons and more. On the down side, got completely stuck while trying to move further in JavaScript in Code Academy, … Continue reading HTML
Science Journal app
Simon loves his new Science Journal app he recently found online and downloaded on my Android. The app allows him to investigate movement (by using accelerometers), measure ambient light and sound … Continue reading Science Journal app
I Feel the Heat!
Mom, I’m going to build a heat generator!
Makey Makey
This is Simon on his way to the Digisnacks class yesterday expecting to get his hands on the Makey Makey. Was a little disappointed after class: didn’t get to do … Continue reading Makey Makey
Irrelevant Infromation
Continued with Brilliant.org today: irrelevant information word problems and even got one problem on factorials (4!):
Always happy to teach
It’s late in the evening. While drinking his bedtime tea Simon is teaching his little sister to measure the voltage of various batteries. And he also knows his Ohm’s Law … Continue reading Always happy to teach
Back to Brilliant
We decided to go back to the wonderful Brilliant.org for our math practices. Did the Estimations quiz yesterday: https://brilliant.org/practice/sat-estimation/?p=1 Brilliant also has many exercises on Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science and even … Continue reading Back to Brilliant
Geeks out of the box 