5 of 12 books published · Workshops starting soon
Space, explained to a six-year-old — and then built with their hands.
Assyrian NextGen publishes the Blast Off! series for curious kids ages 6–9, and runs hands-on STEM workshops in Niles, Illinois. Read first, then come build.
THE BLAST OFF! SERIES
Five books out. Twelve planned.
Amazing space facts for curious kids, written by Ninous Badeen. Ages 6–9, $12.99 in paperback, and free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
WORKSHOPS
Eight weeks of building the real thing
Small groups, real tools, and the same curiosity the books start — carried into a room where kids get to build what they just read about. Concepts first, then hands on them.
8
weekly sessions
2 hrs
per session
$150
for the full course
6–10
years old
WHY WE STARTED
Leaders are prepared, not discovered.
Blast Off! started with a stack of science books our kids brought home and never finished. So we wrote the ones we wanted: every fact traced to NASA or another named source, sentences a six-year-old already owns, and a page that ends by asking the child to explain it out loud.