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Silverquicken @NCAGT

North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented
Annual NCAGT Conference
March 12-13 2025 | Concord, NC

Puzzles, Games, and Stories Can Transform Your Classroom

Want your students to learn problem solving, creativity, and teamwork? Want to do it in a fun, easy-to-implement way?

Come by our booth to try one of our puzzles, flip through our SEED book (co-authored with Dr. Brian Housand!), and learn all about Silverquicken. And join us for two exciting workshops, where you’ll learn about how puzzles and stories can transform education for gifted learners:

  • Down the Rabbit Hole: How Stories Create a Classroom Wonderland (with Andrea Walter, Polk County)
    Friday, March 13 at 9:00 AM (Concord B)
  • The Solvers’s Tea Party: Puzzles, Paradoxes, and a Dash of Madness (with Dr. Brian Housand)
    Friday, March 13 at 10:00 AM (Concord E-J)

NEW THIS YEAR! SEED BOOK AND DAILY PUZZLE PLUS

Order either / both now using NCAGT10 at checkout for 10% off your entire purchase!

DAILY PUZZLE PLUS

If you love our free Daily Puzzle, get ALL the previous + future puzzles (200 across the school year!), PLUS hints and detailed solutions for each!

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SEED BOOK

Co-authored with Dr. Brian Housand, this book provides 50+ puzzles, games, and activities that build thinking AND feeling skills for gifted learners. Order now with your discount code at checkout and get 10% off the cover price!

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Silverquicken Downloads

Workshop Materials

THE SOLVER'S TEA PARTY: PUZZLES, PARADOXES, AND A DASH OF MADNESS (with DR. BRIAN HOUSAND)

Friday, March 13
10:00 AM, Concord E-J

Join the Solver’s Tea Party, where curiosity brews and every riddle hides a revelation. Explore how gifted learners grow through challenge, cooperation, and creative struggle. Examine how puzzles and paradoxes can stretch thinking, spark persistence, and cultivate confidence. Through hands-on activities and reflective discussion, you’ll uncover ways to help students embrace uncertainty, take creative risks, and find joy in the messy process of solving. Come ready to sip, solve, and wonder.

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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: HOW STORIES CREATE A CLASSROOM WONDERLAND (WITH ANDREA WALTER)

Friday, March 13
9:00 AM, Concord B

Good stories do far more than engage and entertain our kids; good stories have the power to transform gifted education. Join us to learn how adding narratives to your lessons can engage learners on an emotional level, drawing them into problem-solving experiences that provide psychologically safe intellectual risk-taking. Leave with story-based puzzles and activities that help turn your classroom into a Wonderland where learners feel connected, engaged, and inspired to learn.

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WORKSHOP MATERIALS

How to Silverquicken Your School