The Botanic Garden
Simon loved the Japanese waterfall and the poem about singing water. He wanted to climb into the waterfall to see how it works. Neva liked being kissed by the silent … Continue reading The Botanic Garden
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.
This is Simon’s favourite thing to do: teach himself English and math at the same time
When he enters this flow, nothing can interfere.
Simon unlimited by the primary school curriculum
Simon is unstoppable now. On some days, like yesterday, he does something like 5 or even 6 hours of maths. He is entertaining himself by drawing goniometric circles and trying … Continue reading Simon unlimited by the primary school curriculum
Where Tennis Begins
Simon has started his weekly tennis lessons on Wednesday. The atmosphere at the club is very relaxed and the groups are small – 4 kids. There was no connection with … Continue reading Where Tennis Begins
Factorizing Game (Ontbinden in factoren)
One more fun task from our maths tutor: expanding numbers into factors. Each dish on the menu has a number – always a prime number. The restaurant tables are marked … Continue reading Factorizing Game (Ontbinden in factoren)
Maths as Art
Mom, if this angle is +90 degrees and the other one is -90 degrees, they are like magnets! They make a beautiful maths artwork! (Мама, это моя атематическая картина!) It … Continue reading Maths as Art
Our typical maths lesson, our wonderful maths tutor
Simon, wat is de tegengestelde van de omgekeerde van 7? (Simon, what is the opposite of the inverse of 7?) Also today: drawing the golden ratio (the divine proportion), following … Continue reading Our typical maths lesson, our wonderful maths tutor
First Chinese lesson since we moved
Simon loved his new teacher Linlin. Simon’s name in Chinese means “Western door”.
Building electric circuits together
Last weekend in Amsterdam, visiting Simon’s best friend.
Simon wrote this post
Cubeoctahedron: 8 🔺 6 ⬜, Rhombicubeoctahedron: 8 🔺 18 ⬜ and icosidodecahedron: 12 5-angle 2d-shapes 20 🔺
One month
Tomorrow it will be a month since we moved to Belgium to homeschool. I was anxious in the beginning. Even though deep in my heart I knew it was the … Continue reading One month
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