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Chess and maths

Chess and maths

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...
Illusion

Illusion

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!...
Half marathon band

Half marathon band

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...

Toby reflecting on past actions

Recently, Toby has been talking about Eve feeling much happier than he generally does. He feels that she has much more fun. His example is that she enjoys dancing around the kitchen more than he enjoys going to Kidspace (and Kidspace is his top activity!). As parents...
Complex numbers

Complex numbers

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...