Go Girl!
Our living room has this air of an open source digital studio, sizzling with contagious creativity. I have always encouraged the kids to do their stuff in a shared space … Continue reading Go Girl!
Category: Little artisans
Christmas Eve
The Xmas Eve tradition here is late night baking and a good nerdy quizzz!
Our home turned into a biodegradable plastic factory for one day
Simon found the recipe in one of his chemistry booklets. We have used potato starch, vinegar, glycerine, food coloring and water. The most fun piece was the little blue squashy … Continue reading Our home turned into a biodegradable plastic factory for one day
Got second-hand LittleBits last night!
Simon was up to a new challenge and spent the whole day building circuits. Even during his Chinese lesson. We managed to finish 5 projects today: Spin Roller Bubble Bot Breezy … Continue reading Got second-hand LittleBits last night!
Bubble Science and Bubble Art
The instructions are in English which doesn’t seem to pose any difficulty.
Simon’s Art
A Bear and an Eagle
More acid!
Simon is crazy about his “Proefjesboek” (a book on experiments). We absolutely had to bike to the store in pouring rain yesterday to get him some more vinegar.
French drawing
During his French lessons Simon likes creating artsy posters, categorizing objects. When I ask him later what things are called in French he mostly recalls what he put down in … Continue reading French drawing
Let there be Light
Simon has been experimenting with light refraction: infrared emitting diodes (reflected by a mirror and visible via a smartphone camera) laser pen dispersion eyeglasses and a self-made camera obscura.
Colours are Math Too
The last couple of days have been dominated by the colours theme, that eventually ended up expressed in fractions (of how to mix the primary colours as in paints or … Continue reading Colours are Math Too
Day 2 at the gifted club
Yesterday was Simon’s second day at GEMZ, the gifted club he attends once a week. I have received my belated Mom’s Day gift (bath salt bottle that Simon arranged in … Continue reading Day 2 at the gifted club
Fresh Loaf Anyone?
We have baked our own bread and it no longer looked like a pile of mud!
Geeks out of the box 