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
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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
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
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
RaspberryPi work station
When Simon got a new RaspberryPi 3 from Sinterklaas on Sunday joy quickly turned into drama as he discovered the old (and only) keyboard we had at home was outdated … Continue reading RaspberryPi work station
Absolutely beautiful
Look Mom, Simon said today, in math there is something called the absolute value. What is the absolute value of -4,7? It’s 4,7! (I think he learned it from his … Continue reading Absolutely beautiful
JavaScript: Simon masters Infinity
On Tuesday and Wednesday Simon spent a great deal of his time training himself JavaScript on the w3schools.com website. He explained every action to me in great detail, it amused and … Continue reading JavaScript: Simon masters Infinity
PiTop, day 2 (Tuesday)
Didn’t really feel like going to his first Fench class this morning. All he wanted to do before and after French class was program: We were utterly shattered when at … Continue reading PiTop, day 2 (Tuesday)
PiTop, day 1 (Monday)
Yesterday, while we were celebrating Halloween, Simon had more important things to do: he assembled his first laptop and spent hours programming it.
Code Academy JavaScript Courses
On Thursday and Friday Simon started a new course on Code Academy, this time in Java Script! The first tasks have been quite interesting. I especially likes the one about moon … Continue reading Code Academy JavaScript Courses
Geeks out of the box 