Teaching
Teaching his little sis to read has become a regular thing
Category: Notes on everyday life
Simon’s side notes
Just a few pics I took over the past week of Simon studying:
Wild Hyacinths
We went to see the wild hyacinths at a forest near Brussels yesterday. Although Simon did have his usual “I’m too tired to walk” moments and I even carried him … Continue reading Wild Hyacinths
The social Simon
I was mesmerized to see how caring Simon was towards a much younger child visiting us from abroad. Simon interrupted his autodiductive learning to engage with our guest in playing games and … Continue reading The social Simon
Recent fascinations
Also among the interests of the past couple of days: the Breadth-first Search and the Depth-first Search: Both are algorithms for searching tree or graph data structures (think: mazes). The Breadth-first Search … Continue reading Recent fascinations
Probabilities and Logarithms
What does Simon do when he is sick and free from having any lessons? Follow a course on probability theory and logarithms (which he watched four times), writing equations and … Continue reading Probabilities and Logarithms
Genetic Algorithm
“Mommy! Genetic algorithm is AI, ML and DL all at the same time! Scary information. It’s scary information for me,” Simon stares at me, a brand new Daniel Shiffman tutorial … Continue reading Genetic Algorithm
Mom, can you read me a story?
This is what Simon begged me to read to him tonight: The Nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman. Daniel Shiffman is Simon’s hero. Simon completely owns his knowledge of English, … Continue reading Mom, can you read me a story?
It’s been a year
Today it has been exactly one year since we chose homeschooling and moved to Antwerp from Amsterdam, where homeschooling was not a legal option. It feels good to see Simon … Continue reading It’s been a year
Math vs Math
Yesterday Simon and I were doing some primary school math (Dutch 6th grade, Belgian 4th grade, on average two grades above Simon’s biological age). It’s something we regularly do to … Continue reading Math vs Math
Simon talking to me in English
Simon: You can use https if you want to get fancy. I: Do you want to get fancy, Simon? Simon: OBVIOUSLY NOT! *** Simon, in the car: Mommy, there is … Continue reading Simon talking to me in English
Snow
Back home from an adventurous trip to the Tirol Alps. Simon is excited to tell everyone about how our car got stuck deep in the snowy forest on the night … Continue reading Snow
Geeks out of the box 