The Supershape Formula
Thursday night Simon told me he really needed to draw “something about a circle”. We were having an evening walk at the local park so I gave him a stick … Continue reading The Supershape Formula
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.
Coding Challenge #19
Simon made another beautiful visual graphic in P5 today. In the video below he explains the use of trigonometric formulas inside the code. The code itself comes from Daniel Shiffman’s … Continue reading Coding Challenge #19
Don’t Shoot!
“Mom! A boy was playing shooting games on the computer!” – the children ran up to our table, red-faced and interrupting each other as my husband and I were preparing … Continue reading Don’t Shoot!
Equations Continued. A Victory.
Yesterday was a break-through day! Simon finally cracked those equations with variables on both sides, even the ones including parentheses! And this is what helped: just like with programming, he … Continue reading Equations Continued. A Victory.
Chemistry workshop: pH indicators
Impressions of Simon’s monthly science workshop with John Maas, from Wednesday this week. The main topic was the pH value, acids and bases. We used red cabbage water as a … Continue reading Chemistry workshop: pH indicators
Simon Made a Painting Program
Yesterday Simon made a painting program using JavaScript in P5. Here he changed the code to make the colours transparent: Changed the code to name the program “Painting … Continue reading Simon Made a Painting Program
JavaScript Numbers. Understanding of abstract concepts.
I’m increasingly in awe of Simon’s hunger for deeply abstract constructions and meanings. He loves talking about what he’s just learned and the subject often sounds difficult to grasp at … Continue reading JavaScript Numbers. Understanding of abstract concepts.
Lego WeDo
After he tried it during a Digisnacks group session last month Simon really wanted to have his own Lego WeDo set. The waiting seemed endless, Sinterklaas lost the parcel once and … Continue reading Lego WeDo
Bitwise Operators
Simon gave me a very informative lecture on bitwise operators (operators working on one bit at a time) on Monday. He used the w3schools.com website as reference: … Continue reading Bitwise Operators
Agar.io with P5
Two years ago in Amsterdam, Simon (aged 5) was allowed to attend a gifted class for two hours a day. During the breaks he used to play the Agar.io game … Continue reading Agar.io with P5
Conductive Painting
We made a talking poster with Bare Conductive paint and touch board today: The poster on the wall next to Simon’s room: This is how we made it. … Continue reading Conductive Painting
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