Toby has been having a chess phase. We have got him a gold subscription to ChessKids. This allows Toby to do unlimited chess puzzles, listen to tutorial videos and play timed and untimed games. We usually say that Toby can do chess learning apps whenever he wants but...

Toby watched a VSauce showing an illusion where a 4 by 8 chocolate bar was cut into a few pieces and rearranged (still 4 by 8) but with a piece of the chocolate left over! It is a great illusion so we made it at home out of paper. Toby giving all the instructions!...

Toby was very pleased to receive his half marathon band for having run 11 junior parkrun runs! He did really well to go up in front of all the other runners to collect his band and then smile and follow instructions for his photograph to go on the Harrow Lodge Junior...

This morning Toby and I walked Eve to preschool. We then gave the soft play cafe in MyPlace a go. Toby had a nice 20 mins playing and chatting to the lady who worked there but it wasn't worth the money for Toby's age. Toby and I chatted about how we couldn't ask for...

We talked to Toby yesterday and he thought he was ready to go to Kidspace again and so did we! It is normally a tricky place for Toby as it is very stimulating and lots of brief encounters with other people. He did amazingly well and we had a great time! He and Eve...

Toby did his 11th Junior Parkrun on Sunday, hopefully he'll be keen to do more and get his half marathon wrist band! He has been doing more programming, playing Spell Rift spelling app on the iPad, playing lots of Monopoly and Scrabble. We have been going to the...

Here are a couple of Maths art examples. They combine ideas from Vi Hart and Numberphile.

Toby had thought about mathematical patterns quite a lot today. He has come up with a set of instructions to follow given a set of numbers. Inspired by the Collatz conjecture, he is interested to see what patterns arise with different sets of numbers. Do they all end...

Eve felt a bit poorly in the morning so she didn’t go into preschool. Instead we went for a long walk which finished by exploring the woods in the Manor. Toby and Eve had a great time climbing trees and running down the big hill. Looking beautiful with all the...

Brilliant day at Barleylands for Eve’s reward day 🙂 Lots of soft play, blast zone, bouncy pillow, assault course and a long time in the sand pit. Very cold day today but this didn’t seem to bother Toby and Eve at all! We looked at the birds, reptiles and mini beasts...

In the morning we walked with Eve to preschool then went to the skatepark, playground and street climbing. We walked home through the woods seeing interesting birds and funny ducks! Lots of Beaker. Programming, thinking about rotations and translations. We watched a...

Toby watched Numberphile videos about factorials. Toby has been playing Letterpress. He started playing ChemCrafter which he hasn’t done in a while, leading to us reinstalling Beaker so that he could try different combinations of elements. He started thinking about...

Toby read Murderous maths books, watched In a nutshell early videos. While Chris and Eve did Eve’s first official parkrun (woo), Toby and I walked to street climbing where we played ‘it’ followed by the playground where Chris and Eve met us. Toby read more! Toby...

Today we played a little bit of cards then got ready - Toby watched Numberphile videos. We walked Eve to preschool then popped to the shop where Toby got a sodoku puzzle book which he started doing straight away! We were on our way home when we got a call from...

Yesterday was great! In the morning Toby read the Body book initially because he wanted to learn about how long it takes from drinking to needing a wee. He then continued reading. We walked Eve to preschool and then caught the bus to Granny and Granddad’s flat. I...

This morning Toby made up a tune which included some of colour switch theme tune, he then used Notion on the iPad to create the song. Brilliant start! Toby then used Ancestry to include more family details. He played Letterpress Games, some with Aunty Maggy! He did...

This morning Toby was trying to teach Eve to do additions and multiplications with Poker chips. He drew interesting maths drawings and illusions. Toby did a Maths EdPlace but got upset when he got 8 out of 10. Toby read Astrosaurs books on the way to Thetford. We went...

This morning Toby and I played Polarity and card games. Toby did a Maths EdPlace. He started reading Terry Pratchett with Chris. He watched Numberphile videos. We went to Thames Chase and hired bikes for Toby and Jasmine while Eve rode her bike too. Toby got a trike...

Toby played Letterpress. He added more people to the family tree app, asking Jasmine about Linda’s family. We went out for a walk to the Manor and through the woods. Deer watching. At home we played Rummikub - Toby made up new rules but got upset when Jasmine won. He...

Lots of swimming with Luke mentoring. Poker with Jasmine and Luke

This morning we watched VSauce. Toby walked with me to take Eve to preschool. Afterwards we went exploring again! We had a great time and ended up walking for 2.5 hours! As we were walking along we took photos and Toby made up names so we entered both into notes. Once...

This morning Toby watched VSauce. We went for a brilliant walk through the woods to the Manor. We went pretty much where Toby wanted to go. We walked for 90 minutes! We were checking google maps and Toby saw Weald Brook and wanted to find it so we did! Toby earned...

This morning Toby watched VSauce.We played lots of Poker!We watched Vi Hart and VSauce.Toby drew a numbers drawing.Toby and I went to the Manor and then went to collect Eve from preschool.

This morning Toby watched Ted Eds. He was upset that I'd let him sleep in after being awake for 4 hours in the night. We played Astronauts card game together. We then went to the Manor and had a great time exploring new places, investigating plants and mushrooms and...

Toby watched Ted Eds this morning. We walked Eve to preschool then went to pick up a parcel then popped into Hilldene. Once home Toby did some factor samurai, we tried to do a bit of puzzle game. At lunch time we started watching Vi Hart. We had a great afternoon...

This morning Toby watched Ted Eds. We went for a walk through the woods to the Manor then Toby and Chris ran to the end of the Manor and walked all the way back. We came back for lunch, Toby played chess on the iPad. He then played with a Science app. Toby and Eve...

This morning we watched Chemistry Ted Eds. We discussed house buying and renting - we drew pictures and talked about terminology. Toby read a Secret Mummy book. We talked about a way to avoid aggression and came up with an idea of Toby earning Mimpi Dreams if he...

Today Toby woke very early, we played Tantrix first thing then Toby watched Ted Eds and played chess while we were getting ready. He decided to come to take Eve to preschool to get some steps. We briefly popped into the playground, it was damp and empty but Toby ran...

Toby watched lots of maths Ted Ed videos this morning. We did more Tantrix properties. We did some more Geometry drawing then Toby used Geogebra on the iPad. Toby played chess on the iPad, increasing his ELO. He also played actual chess with Chris! Toby and I went out...

We started today with lots of Ted Eds about illnesses and disorders like heart attacks, heat stroke and HIV. Toby played chess on the iPad. He found losing to the computer difficult to handle but wasn't aggressive. We then played words games with the Nab It tiles. We...

This morning Toby played lots of piano then Chris took him out for a walk. He joined in with quite a bit of Eve's party. He did pass the parcel, pin the tail on the donkey, did happy birthday pictures and helped blow out Eve's candles 🙂 He played Tantrix with Chris...

Toby watched Ted Eds this morning. Chris took Toby for a big walk over the Manor while Eve and I were at Baby Ballet. Toby read a bit of The Secret Mummy by Steve Cole. He played with the Chemical Reaction cards. And played some piano.

This morning we watched lots of Ted Eds and Numberphiles- Toby was particularly interested in dark matter. We played a Toby version of Cranium which Aunty Maggy had given to Toby. We played Poker - we looked up the rules to find out the order of hands and wrote them...

This morning Toby was interested in chemical reactions and sugar so we watched Ted Eds about those subjects! He was very keen to carry on his imaginary chemical potions game with Jasmine in the woods 🙂 We went to Duck Wood first then took a path to get us to The...

This morning Toby watched Ted Eds. He played 12 app lots - good skills! We went out for a walk in the woods. Toby had a brilliant time playing with Jasmine - an imaginary game about potions and cures! They did lots of tree climbing too. Toby really didn't want to go...

Fab day today at New Scientist Live! Toby visited a lot of stalls and tried out the demos including buildings great structures, making a DNA necklace, playing a brain wave game, doing a colour smell experiment, maths questions and lots more!