Maths Jam Antwerp on June 19
Simon had a blast at #MathsJam Antwerp last night, very proud of his proof for one of the problems (in which he applied an Euler formula), enthusiastic to share his … Continue reading Maths Jam Antwerp on June 19
Category: Group
The Maisie Day
For Simon and me, this book (“Infinite Lives of Maisie Day” by Christopher Edge) has probably been one of our most profound experiences of the year. We read it together, … Continue reading The Maisie Day
Simon contributes to the p5.Speech library
Simon has made a pull request to the p5.Speech GitHub repo (a milestone!) and hopes his request gets merged. In this video he explains what he wants to improve with … Continue reading Simon contributes to the p5.Speech library
On Social Development
Last night Simon had this social experience like never before: for the first time in his life, he followed a long (nearly 3 hrs) live programming session and actively participated … Continue reading On Social Development
Lego Mindstorms
Digisnacks, an electronica course at Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen, has started again. This time it’s Lego Mindstorms 2. Simon didn’t follow the Lego Mindstorms 1 course but studied how the set … Continue reading Lego Mindstorms
Simon’s monthly Astronomy class
The monthly Astronomy class at the Urania observatory today was about telescopes and the history of observing the nightly skies:
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
Astronomy Classes
On Saturday Simon had his second astronomy workshop at the local observatory. The pages below is “homework”. He wasn’t particularly enthusiastic doing it but found tasks 4, 5 and 8 intriguing … Continue reading Astronomy Classes
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
Makey Makey
This is Simon on his way to the Digisnacks class yesterday expecting to get his hands on the Makey Makey. Was a little disappointed after class: didn’t get to do … Continue reading Makey Makey
Astronomy classes
On Saturday Simon started his monthly classes at Urania, the local observatory.
Geeks out of the box 