Chinese lesson
I get the impression Simon is a little shy to speak during his Chinese and French lessons. Sometimes, when I ask him to say something in Chinese, he would answer … Continue reading Chinese lesson
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.
His biggest passion in all its illuminated rotating glory
A scoop of what Simon builds in just a couple of hours, now in a set of short videos because the photos don’t suffice anymore. … Continue reading His biggest passion in all its illuminated rotating glory
First day at the gifted club
Today was Simon’s first day at GEMZ, a weekly charter class for gifted kids. They will meet for 2,5 hours every Tuesday and every time will be doing something different … Continue reading First day at the gifted club
Musical formulas for supper
I think I’m beginning to understand why Simon enjoys music theory so much. It was long past what is supposed to be bedtime as he went on noting the “Happy … Continue reading Musical formulas for supper
Experimenting with the Gauss formula
And now I’m going to solve all of these, Mom!
A hospital appointment
Simon doing math while Neva is getting a check-up
Was it here that Mom was planning to have her painting room?
Simon: I didn’t use to be as much into sports before, you know. Now I tennis. And I go on the trampoline a little bit every day. (Had his second … Continue reading Was it here that Mom was planning to have her painting room?
A glimpse into Simon’s head
Simon said he wanted to write a post. What he came up with makes a perfect blueprint of how his brain works. He adds: but what are these triangles and … Continue reading A glimpse into Simon’s head
Reading the formulas
Simon has made a table of how to calculate the areas of various shapes. The ellipse one made him especially happy: πr x h/2 Which one is r, I asked, and which … Continue reading Reading the formulas
What Was Was
Simon has a pun for you to solve. It’s a problem involving logic and language that makes more sense in Dutch but is understandable in English, too. Here are the … Continue reading What Was Was
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