Avoid the Summer Slide!

Download, Print, & Solve the Puzzles

At Silverquicken, learning doesn’t stop just because classes are over for the summer! However, stretching your brain doesn’t always need to feel like school. Sometimes it can be just plain fun! With our Summer Puzzle series, your child can solve a different cipher, code, logic, or other puzzle each week all fo July. Each one is introduced by one of our Silverquicken characters — fictional kids who attend the secret Silverquicken School, a virtual school where technology is made of dreams and kids become superheroes!

Summer 2024 Weekly Puzzles

Week 1

Nessa is running a fireworks show for the 4th of July. Unfortunately, the labels have fallen off of five rockets, so she doesn’t know which rocket does what. Can...

Week 1 Solution

Nessa is running a fireworks show for the 4th of July. Unfortunately, the labels have fallen off of five rockets, so she doesn’t know which rocket does what. Can...

Week 2

Wyatt’s happy place is the beach, where he likes to chill by the water. But he can’t relax today because it seems some seagulls have spelled out a message...

Week 2 Solution

Wyatt’s happy place is the beach, where he likes to chill by the water. But he can’t relax today because it seems some seagulls have spelled out a message...

Week 3

This race is difterent than other summer swim meets! Can you help Sofia figure out the missing numbers so she can swim to the other side?

Week 3 Solution

This race is difterent than other summer swim meets! Can you help Sofia figure out the missing numbers so she can swim to the other side?

Week 4

Oliver loves camping, but this campground is a little strange! He needs to find his tent through a wooded maze. And he’s heard the expression “don’t miss the forest...

Summer 2023 Weekly Puzzles

Week 1

Wyatt is excited that summer is here. Join him to solve this cipher!    

Week 2

Solve this puzzle to help Sofia figure out how many miles of shoreline we have in the U.S.!

Week 2 Solution

Here’s the solution to figure out how many miles of shoreline we have in the U.S.

Week 3

Can you figure out how to use the “safe” stones to get across the lake?

Week 3 Solution

Take a look at how to cross the lake on a path of “safe” stones!

Week 4

Can you decipher the message on the door of Nessa’s favorite shop?

Week 4 Solution

Click here to see the solution to Nessa’s ice cream shop cipher!

Week 5

Oliver has a busy summer schedule and needs your help to sort out all of his sport camps!

Week 5 Solution

Take a look at Oliver’s summer camp schedule and how we solved the logic puzzle!

Week 6

Help Pree figure out where to go on a hot summer day!

Week 6 Solution

Check here to see Pree’s idea of the best place to be in the summer!

Week 7

Can you solve the puzzle and see what Connor’s favorite seafood is?

Week 8

Why do you think Aaliyah likes to go to the movies so much in the summer?

Week 9

Can you help Sani determine how many ants will show up at his summer picnic?

Week 9 Solution

So how many ants showed up at Sani’s picnic? Did you figure out the pattern and solve the puzzle?

Week 10

Check out this crazy crossword to help Gwen reveal the hidden word!

Week 10 Solution

Were you able to figure out the clues to reveal the word that goes horizontally across the puzzle?

I really liked Silverquicken. It made me feel like I was a detective solving puzzles, just like Sherlock Holmes.
Mikey, age 10
The story is hitting all the right buttons for her: magic, friendship, puzzles, intrigue...and I love that it's introducing her to so many interesting concepts in a low-pressure way.
Aurelia's mom
Silverquicken is a unique educational program that is geared to excite kids and push their problem solving and creative thinking skills.
Doug Norry, Head of School at Triangle Day School
“He came home very excited about figuring out the puzzle on the bookmark!”
Ethan’s mom
“Will you be sure to tell my mom when the Silverquicken book comes out, because I want to read it!”
- Daphne, age 9
“He came home very excited about figuring out the puzzle on the bookmark!”
Ethan’s mom