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
Category: Coding
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
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
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)
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!
Lego WeDo
During his latest Digisnacks class at the Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool in Antwerp Simon fell in love. He told me this in English (don’t mind the wrong grammar): “Mom, I fell … Continue reading Lego WeDo
Examples of projects from Simon’s Code Fever class
Here are some examples of the tasks and projects Simon makes at his weekly Code Fever classes where they’re currently learning about conditional logic. This one he quickly made tonight … Continue reading Examples of projects from Simon’s Code Fever class
What is Simon’s level in coding and problem solving?
Simon carried out a project on his new RaspberryPi today that allows to see his programming and problem solving level quite well. Luckily I was there on time with my … Continue reading What is Simon’s level in coding and problem solving?
Geeks out of the box 