This is what you need math for
“Well, do you know what pi divided by four is? That’s an eighth of the full rotation!” – I hear Simon talk to himself in English from the living room. … Continue reading This is what you need math for
Author: Geeks out of the Box
This is a blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. We write this blog together, share their projects and thoughts on their journey towards self-dicovery. They’re growing up in a supportive non-coercive learning environment. We deeply believe in interest-based, self-paced education and have had to move countries to make this possible as a family.
Visit Simon’s website at https://simontiger.com/
We are a family from Amsterdam who moved to Antwerp because homeschooling is illegal in The Netherlands.
This blog started as https://antwerpenhomeschooling.wordpress.com in March 2016. Over the years, most of our entries have gravitated towards exploring together with Simon as he has developed an insatiable passion for programming, math and science. His sister Neva is treading on his heals. We changed or name to Geeks of the Box in May 2021.
Screen shots over the past several days
Here are some screen shots of Simon’s coding practice over the past couple of days. Khan Academy > Computer programming > HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive (he got stuck after completing 26 … Continue reading Screen shots over the past several days
Equations with variables on both sides
Equations with variables on both sides remain a difficult subject to grasp. Well, all right, we only tried it twice so far. On Monday evening I saw Simon sit down … Continue reading Equations with variables on both sides
CSS
In this video Simon explains indenting/ use of spaces in CSS: And here he practices changing fonts in CSS on the w3schools.com website:
Sound Wave in Processing
Simon had a lot of fun making a sound wave (or a Japanese sea of milk?) in Processing 3 yesterday, something he learned from a tutorial on the Processing website. Processing … Continue reading Sound Wave in Processing
Code Hour app
Simon suddenly picked up his old Code Hour app tonight and was done with all the exercises within something like 40 minutes. I had tried introducing him to this app before, … Continue reading Code Hour app
CodeFever Diploma
Simon received his diploma today for having completed the CodeFever course “Codekraks, Level 1” (normally offered to children in their 5th or 6th school year, that is 10 to 12 … Continue reading CodeFever Diploma
HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive with jQuery (Khan Academy)
Guess what happened when I told Simon that Khan Academy doesn’t only teach math, but also has loads of computer programming tutorials? He was so excited he finished 38 percent of … Continue reading HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive with jQuery (Khan Academy)
Solving basic equations & inequalities (one variable, linear) with Khan Academy
Simon is back on Kan Academy! For the math lessons we decided to dive right into the equations. They are featured in much more detail here than on Brilliant.org (which … Continue reading Solving basic equations & inequalities (one variable, linear) with Khan Academy
French with the Babbel app
After several months’ break (our previous tutor left us abruptly after the summer vacation and we had trouble finding a new one), we have resumed learning French. With a very … Continue reading French with the Babbel app
Cook, little pot, cook!
Simon made a fantastic little game in scratch all by himself which can serve as a fun tool to train little children to use the mouse. You can find it in … Continue reading Cook, little pot, cook!
Simon draws series and parallel circuits with conductive paint
Simon loves the conductive paint. After we finished making the Bare Conductive Voltage Village kit (previous post), he made two circuits, parallel and series, on his own without and help … Continue reading Simon draws series and parallel circuits with conductive paint
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