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a homeschooling blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. Visit https://simontiger.com

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By Geeks out of the Box Posted on December 10, 2016

Simon Made a Painting Program

Yesterday Simon made a painting program using JavaScript in P5.   Here he changed the code to make the colours transparent:   Changed the code to name the program “Painting … Continue reading Simon Made a Painting Program

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, Simon makes gamezTags: Coding, JavaScript, P5
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on December 7, 2016

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

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, Simon makes gamezTags: Coding, JavaScript, P5
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on November 22, 2016

Cook, little pot, cook!

Simon made a fantastic little game in scratch all by himself which can serve as a fun tool to train little children to use the mouse. You can find it in … Continue reading Cook, little pot, cook!

Categories: Coding, Scratch, Simon makes gamez, Together with sisTags: Coding, Scratch, Together with sis
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on October 26, 2016

Simon’s invention idea

Simon told me today he invented a new electronics kit that would allow him to “make” any misical instrument he wanted. Outside at the playground he indulged in listing all … Continue reading Simon’s invention idea

Categories: Coding, Electricity, Experiments, Milestones, Simon makes gamez, SparkFunTags: elecronics, Electricity, electronic music, inventions, Music, SparkFun
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on October 12, 2016October 12, 2016

CodeFever

Simon has been attending this weekly Scratch club CodeFever since the end of September. At the beginning they suggested placing him in the oldest group, for 12 to 15 year olds, but after … Continue reading CodeFever

Categories: Coding, Group, Scratch, Simon makes gamezTags: Coding, Group, Scratch
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on July 21, 2016

Simon’s elegant sequence

Simon likes to compile sequences in bath. This one was so beautiful I asked him to write it down The answer:

Categories: Murderous Maths, Simon makes gamezTags: math sequences
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on May 17, 2016

Water Xylophone

This video shows Simon play the Happy Birthday tune on his self-made “water xylophone”.  In the following video you can see him actually make the xylophone meticulously checking every tone. … Continue reading Water Xylophone

Categories: Milestones, Piano, Simon makes gamez
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on May 13, 2016

More surprises!

Simon talks to himself a lot. In English. Since recently Neva has been trying to join him. They get a special kick out of plaing out the tackiest YouTube unwrapping … Continue reading More surprises!

Categories: Lingua franca, Milestones, Simon makes gamez
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on May 6, 2016

Math is in the air

Playing outside also means doing lots of math. Yesterday on the beach Simon played something like nine different games with Grandmom. All those games (which he gave funny Russian names … Continue reading Math is in the air

Categories: Milestones, Murderous Maths, Simon makes gamez
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on April 22, 2016April 26, 2016

A glimpse into Simon’s head

Simon said he wanted to write a post. What he came up with makes a perfect blueprint of how his brain works. He adds: but what are these triangles and … Continue reading A glimpse into Simon’s head

Categories: Experiments, Geometry Joys, Magformers, Simon makes gamez
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on April 21, 2016

Simon Loves Gears

Categories: Experiments, Simon makes gamez
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on March 24, 2016March 24, 2016

Symmetry Game

Categories: Geometry Joys, Murderous Maths, Simon makes gamez

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