Cinderella’s Chef 萌妻食神
October 7, 2021
Recommendation: ⭐⭐ This was one of Zhao Lusi’s early shows. She played a supporting role. Show Title: Cinderella’s Chef Chinese Title: 萌妻食神 Year: 2018 Episodes: 56 Full episodes on YouTube: (English Sub)
General Tian’s Horse Race and Game Theory
September 28, 2021
Son loves stories. So this episode is a story. Tian (last name) Ji (first name), a prominent Chinese general 2000 years ago in the Kingdom of Qi, loved horse racing. One day, he raced with the King of Qi. They each had three horses, ranked as “fastest”, “faster” and ”fast”. They held three matches. Whoever […]
Binary Numbers And Computers
January 22, 2022
“Can you explain how computers work?” Son was using an ipad and asked me all of a sudden. “That’s going to be a long lesson. How about I start with the basics: the binary numbers. Everything on your computers are represented in binary numbers.” “Oh, really? What are binary numbers?” I moved to a floor […]
Morse Code
January 22, 2022
Continuing the topic of binary numbers, I asked my son, “Do you know Morse code?” “Ah, I do! It’s used in telegraph.” “Right, telegraph is no longer used in regular communications these days, but the story about Morse code is still interesting. I explained, “Electrical telegraph was invented in the nineteenth century and was the […]
Sphinx’ New Riddles
January 9, 2022
“Have you heard of the Riddle of the Sphinx?” I asked my son. “No, can you tell me!” “In ancient Egyptian and Greek myths, Sphinx is a monster creature with a lion’s body and a human’s head. The most famous statue of Sphinx is the one you often see next to the Great Pyramid. “Legend […]
An Investment Class For 7-year-olds
January 7, 2022
Son is turning 7. It’s time for an investment class. OK, not really. But it doesn’t hurt to try, right? So I gave him a 100 dollar bill. “Let’s say if you put this bill in a bank, the next year you will have 110 dollars in your bank account.” (Well, this is very hypothetical, […]
The Stories of Little Carl
January 1, 2022
Year 1784, Town of Braunschweig, Germany. It was a hot day. In the town’s elementary school, a hundred or so 7-year-olds were studying in the first grade classroom. It was a typical-sized class of that age. When I say studying, they were reading, talking and mostly making noises. The teacher became impatient while trying to […]
24 Game Episode 2 – Odd and Even Numbers
August 29, 2021
Previous episode on 24 Game. After some practice runs of the card game 24, son became very interested and played more. He noticed sometimes the solution is simply adding the values of the 4 cards to get the number 24. “I can tell if the total of the 4 cards is not 24, in 1 […]
24 Game
July 25, 2021
My son enjoyed it a lot playing the card game 24 with me. I found it a fun game to improve his basic math calculation skills at his age. For those who don’t know the game: it’s a simple game using an ordinary deck of playing cards. Remove all the face cards. Aces have the […]