The Winter Game
Neva invented this game for us and we have had a late night candle light “party” playing it (just the three of us, Dad already gone to bed). We laughed … Continue reading The Winter Game
Category: Together with sis
Het Zwin
This weekend we went on a bird expedition to a nature park at the Belgian coast. Many birds come there for the winter, other bird species will come back in … Continue reading Het Zwin
St.Nicolas Obsessions
Tomorrow we are celebrating Sinterklaas, or St.Nicolas’ birthday. It’s the climax of the traditional Dutch gift-giving season embracing the last two weeks of November and the first week of December. … Continue reading St.Nicolas Obsessions
Logic Gates. Simon has programmed his own Digital Logic Simulator.
Simon has been greatly inspired by Sebastian Lague’s new video on how computers work, it seems to have sparked a whole new wave of enthusiasm about logic gates and logic … Continue reading Logic Gates. Simon has programmed his own Digital Logic Simulator.
How many weeks old are you?
I always have my birthdays on a Saturday, a little girl told us at a playground. We laughed at first. But then we asked ourselves, why are we celebrating how … Continue reading How many weeks old are you?
More Math games on a sheet of paper or on the street, using two pieces of chalk
Here come a few simple but beautiful math games that don’t take much time or preparation. Simon has learned about these from the following great resources, worth checking out: Math … Continue reading More Math games on a sheet of paper or on the street, using two pieces of chalk
Base 3/2
Simon is simply mesmerized by the founder of the Global Math Project James Tanton. He has watched countless tutorials by Tanton and frequents Tanton’s Exploding Dots website that features a … Continue reading Base 3/2
Autumn in the skies
Autumn started with the death of our dear aunt Noor in The Netherlands, which came as a shock. It also brought about the second wave of COVID-19. That second wave … Continue reading Autumn in the skies
World Cleanup Day 2020
10 times the volume of an olympic swimming pool of plastic waste ends up in the world ocean every hour. E v e r y h o u r. Today … Continue reading World Cleanup Day 2020
The Perfect Sorting Algorithm
Simon showed us this guessing game where we had to guess the correct sequence of cards with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 while the cards are all flipped upside down. … Continue reading The Perfect Sorting Algorithm
Why does everyone get tides wrong!?
We were having a beautiful evening back home in Antwerp, at the harbor. At one point Simon started jotting some calculations on the reverse side of the menu sheet (he … Continue reading Why does everyone get tides wrong!?
Simon’s 11 revolutions
Et voilà, while in France, Simon started on his 12th round on the Earth carousel, another revolution where he is not just a passenger but a revolutionary explorer. As many … Continue reading Simon’s 11 revolutions
Geeks out of the box 