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Silverquicken @TAGT giftED 2025

Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented
giftED 2024 Conference
December 2 – 5, 2025 | Grapevine, TX

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:

• “The Great Puzzle Round-up: Collaborative Thinking for Gifted Minds” with Brian Housand on Thursday, 12/4 (High Plains 1/2)

• “Safe to Soar: Storytelling Frees Gifted Learners to Take Risks and Be Imperfect” on Friday, 12/5, at 8:00 AM (Escondido 3)

NEW THIS YEAR! SEED BOOK AND DAILY PUZZLE PLUS

Order either / both now using TAGT10 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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Workshop Materials

SAFE TO SOAR: STORYTELLING FREES GIFTED LEARNERS TO TAKE RISKS AND BE IMPERFECT

Friday, December 5
8:00 AM, Escondido 3

Good stories have the power to transform gifted education. Join us to learn how storytelling engages learners emotionally, drawing them into problem-solving experiences that encourage intellectual risk-taking that is psychologically safe. Leave with story-based puzzles and activities that help your gifted learners feel connected, engaged, and inspired to learn.

WORKSHOP SLIDES
WORKSHOP PUZZLE

THE GREAT PUZZLE ROUND-UP: COLLABORATIVE THINKING FOR GIFTED MINDS

Thursday, December 4
11:00 AM, High Plains 1/2

Gifted learners don’t always love group work, but maybe they just need the right kind of rodeo. This puzzle-powered roundup features teamwork challenges that build thinking and feeling skills associated with cooperative learning. Discover how to corral collaboration, tame tricky dynamics, and ride off with ready-to-use cooperative activities that stick!

WORKSHOP SLIDES
PUZZLES

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