Simon’s Lectures
This is what Simon does quite a lot lately – giving prolonged math “lectures” to an imaginable audience or rather, as he confessed, to himself. He stares into the empty … Continue reading Simon’s Lectures
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.
How do we see colours
Colours continue serving as a gateway to science. Simon has been comparing mixing paints and light waves and came to the conclusion that primary colours in paint (magenta, yellow, cyan) … Continue reading How do we see colours
Right and wrong on the tennis court
– That was slightly wrong direction, Simon! – yells the tennis coach as Simon fails to hit the ball right for the tenth time. – That was 90 degrees wrong. … Continue reading Right and wrong on the tennis court
Math touching programming
During his biweekly math lesson: Mom, we are converting into binary numbers! The same night Simon said to me: “Mom, you know how we have once talked about programming lessons?” … Continue reading Math touching programming
Let there be Light
Simon has been experimenting with light refraction: infrared emitting diodes (reflected by a mirror and visible via a smartphone camera) laser pen dispersion eyeglasses and a self-made camera obscura.
Square roots
Last night I asked Simon if he could pick the correct answer out of three: what is the square root of 9 to the power of 16? It took Simon … Continue reading Square roots
We started getting Brilliant e-mails!
Signed Simon up for Brilliant, a service that e-mails you quick math problems every day. It took Simon about 5 minutes to solve this sequence. Longer than myself, I must … Continue reading We started getting Brilliant e-mails!
Mozart’s gender
Have been reading my old The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen book to the kids, taking the time to view the gorgeous illustrations depicting mid-18th century fashion: “Imagine Dad wearing those bows on his … Continue reading Mozart’s gender
Colours are Math Too
The last couple of days have been dominated by the colours theme, that eventually ended up expressed in fractions (of how to mix the primary colours as in paints or … Continue reading Colours are Math Too
Chinese meanings
Simon didn’t finish his long list of Chinese vehicles last night and resumed working on it first thing this morning. He typed it himself first in pinyin (which then turns … Continue reading Chinese meanings
This is how many 2D shapes a 3D shape corner, a vertice or this amount of degrees has.
This entry can be viewed as an extensive English practice: Simon wrote both the title and the entry (I have corrected one sentence) and recorded an English-language video (you’ll notice … Continue reading This is how many 2D shapes a 3D shape corner, a vertice or this amount of degrees has.
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