Motor Skills
It’s great to see how Simon’s fine and gross motor skills are improving with age.
Category: Milestones
Hours of Coding
This is just a part of the list of Arduino sketches Simon has written between 10 if August and now (in just three weeks). He meticulously copies difficult codes, creates … Continue reading Hours of Coding
Also the simple stuff
Simon has been doing some “simpler” primary school material to make sure he has done that too. Stuff like long division: And soms with fractions from the Grote Rekenboek: Too … Continue reading Also the simple stuff
The music was too sad!
Right after playing in organ mode on his electric piano for the first time Simon burst into tears and was inconsolable. He even left his popsicle untouched and popsicles always … Continue reading The music was too sad!
Arduino_Tell_The_Fortune. New fun codes composed by Simon.
Simon spent most of the day coding, with a break to have his Chinese lesson. It turned out that he was composing his one codes. It was very frustrating when … Continue reading Arduino_Tell_The_Fortune. New fun codes composed by Simon.
The shapes of soundwaves
This afternoon Simon gave me an introductory lesson to soundwave shapes: triangular, saw tooth, ramp, pulse 0 to 100% duty cycle. It turned out he can imitate all of them … Continue reading The shapes of soundwaves
Several ways to mess with Bartok
Simon’s recorded himself playing a little Bartok piece he likes and then modified it using a LittleBits filter and usb i/o. We have also tried to see what Bartok’s music looks … Continue reading Several ways to mess with Bartok
He’s writing code!
Trying to write code would be a more accurate way to say it as many sketches don’t work or have errors, but the fact remains: two days ago Simon started … Continue reading He’s writing code!
Logic Gates
Simon has been busy with the logic gates. Here he explains the inverter in English: Yesterday he and his math tutor devoted one lesson to the same topic and made … Continue reading Logic Gates
Simon’s disco
Simon built a LittleBits circuit with a sequencer where high pitches make the fan run faster And here the “music” circuit is snapped to light wire
Tennis everyone!
Had sort of a family tennis training today. Hitting the ball remains tough, but it was enjoyable for Simon. He says he’s not great at it but is getting “average”. … Continue reading Tennis everyone!
Swimming lesson
Simon is getting better with his breaststroke
Geeks out of the box 