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GalacTuesdays: Space Math
This GalacTuesday, we play a numbers game called Space Math, adding (or multiplying) our way through a most treacherous cosmos. A player is deemed victorious when he/she moonhops successfully to the green spaceship.
Ideal for ages 3-7
GalacTuesday: Help Droll Decode
This GalacTuesday, one of my students decodes a secret message sent to Droll Spades, a spacey alien whose I.Q. score barely exceeds that of an embryonic shagworm. After just 10 minutes, the student completed his mission and received his reward: no homework!
Earthlings, beware! Your brain cells are under attack! Gather your wits and defend yourselves or face annihilation!”
Invading bookstores everywhere, The Galactivity Book is a blast for the entire family. Whether playing at home, on a train or the passenger seat of an airplane, 32 pages of space-themed brain-teasers, word puzzles, logical tasks and strategic games are sure to keep you and the kids entertained.
So order your copy today and master the skills to survive a brain invasion tomorrow!
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GalacTuesday: Match-A-Monster
This GalacTuesday we watch as my student, Kristen, embarrasses me in a game of Match-A-Monster. Using a short-term memory uncannily-advanced for most species her age, she manages to stack 9 pairs of grotesque monsters to my meager 5, winning a sugar-loaded prize in the end.
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Earthlings, beware! Your brain cells are under attack! Gather your wits and defend yourselves or face annihilation!”
Invading bookstores everywhere, The Galactivity Book is a blast for the entire family. Whether playing at home, on a train or the passenger seat of an airplane, 32 pages of space-themed brain-teasers, word puzzles, logical tasks and strategic games are sure to keep you and the kids entertained.
So order your copy today and master the skills to survive a brain invasion tomorrow!
Sold at Amazon or Smashwords
GalacTuesday: Stardoku
This week I’m posting photos of my student, Andrew, as he wracks his brain cells playing Stardoku, a cubed puzzle where one must write LIGHTYEAR or SUPERNOVA vertically, horizontally and in each of the nine boxes. Since Andrew took forever to figure out one puzzle, I gave him the second for homework.
If you are interested in playing Stardoku or other space-themed games, simply click these Amazon and Smashwords links. If you are interested in writing a review for The Galactivity Book or simply would like a free copy, please leave a comment and I will gladly email you a Smashwords coupon.
The Galactivity Book
“Earthlings, beware! Your brain cells are under attack! Gather your wits and defend yourselves or face annihilation!”
Invading bookstores everywhere, The Galactivity Book is a blast for the entire family. Whether playing at home, on a train or the passenger seat of an airplane, 32 pages of space-themed brain-teasers, word puzzles, logical tasks and strategic games are sure to keep you and the kids entertained.
So order your copy today and master the skills to survive a brain invasion tomorrow!
GalacTuesday: the book launch
After aeons of trials and tribulations, The Galactivity Book is complete!
“Earthlings, beware! Your brain cells are under attack! Gather your wits and defend yourselves or face annihilation!”
Invading bookstores everywhere, The Galactivity Book is a blast for the entire family. Whether playing at home, on a train or the passenger seat of an airplane, 32 pages of space-themed brain-teasers, word puzzles, logical tasks and strategic games are sure to keep you and the kids entertained.
So order your copy today and master the skills to survive a brain invasion tomorrow!
Every GalacTuesday I will post a snippet of someone playing one of these games. Although the book is intended for the whole family, the games will be most-enjoyed by elementary, middle-school and ESL students who are fascinated by monsters and/or outer space.
If you are interested in getting a copy, please tap on these Amazon and Smashwords links. And if you are interested in writing a review, please leave a comment and I will gladly email you a free Smashwords coupon.
Thanks for reading!
Quiet Riley Jr
Help Droll Decode
Here’s the latest snippet from a cosmic activity book coming out this summer. The objective is to help the halfwitted life-form, Droll Spades, decode a secret message found in my upcoming YA novel, Flights of Superstar Humbucker. Although anyone (human or extraterrestrial) can help, this puzzle is intended for organisms aged 7 to 14.
Odd-One-Out
Here’s the latest snippet from a cosmic activity book my collaborator, Mary, and I have been working on. It’s a classical reasoning game called Odd-One-Out, where 3-4 words are provided, but one doesn’t fit, thus being the odd one out.
This game is ideal for 5-8 year olds.
Cosmic Maze
Here’s another snippet from a cosmic activity book (which I hope to finish soon). This game is called The Cosmic Maze.
Favorite Deep Space Nine Character
Who is your favorite Deep Space Nine character? Some might answer Worf or Dax or even Gul Dukat, but in my opinion, there would have never been 7 unforgettable seasons if Captain Benjamin Sisko hadn’t taken the helm. Not only did his leadership transcend ethnic groups of all intergalactic species, but his integrity became the “self-sealing stem bolt” that kept the space station together.
Sisko’s ability to judge others by their insides (motives) and not their outsides (appearance) was the reason why people not only gravitated towards his charisma, but embraced his resolute stance on social tolerance. It didn’t matter which race, gender, religion or cyborg model you were, just as long as you had coexisted peacefully amongst the community, he would’ve accepted you with open arms. In fact, when lifeforms who possessed dubious reputations walked along the station’s promenade, he never made them feel unwelcome unless they warranted it, just like a true leader should.
Now I understand Captain Sisko is merely a fictional character commanding a fictional space station in a fictional universe, but with the countless examples of “leaders” today, from presidents to pastors to managers at your local bookstore, it’s vital that we don’t lose touch with the essence of good leadership—to give everyone a fair opportunity to live their lives however they choose. To create a safe environment that fosters social tolerance so that people can truly be themselves.
Captain Benjamin Sisko did this, and that is why he is my favorite character, for if he had commanded in an unjust and self-serving manner, memorable characters like Quark, Odo and Garak would never have had an opportunity to shine.
So I’m curious. Who is your favorite character?
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