Use Your ESA or Education Freedom Account for Cooking and Life Skills Courses
If your family has an Education Savings Account, an Education Freedom Account, or a state scholarship like Utah Fits All or LA GATOR, you can use it for our video cooking and life skills courses. Kids Cook Real Food is a full curriculum, not just videos: step-by-step lessons, printable lesson plans, recipes, and a curriculum map, all designed by a former elementary teacher. It counts as a life skills, health, home economics, or elective course.
Every state runs its program a little differently. Some pay us directly through ClassWallet or Odyssey. Some reimburse you after you buy. Find your state below for the exact steps, then pick your course.
Not using ESA funds? If your child is enrolled in a charter school that pays vendors from instructional funds, go to our charter school page instead.
Find your state
If you find us in your state’s marketplace, buy there; it is the fastest route.
Don’t see your state? Email support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com with your program’s name and we’ll tell you whether we can invoice it, and apply to the program if we can.
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account
To purchase with your Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account, email us at support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com to request an invoice. Make sure your email includes the student’s name, grade level, and items you would like to purchase. Once we send you your invoice, you can submit it to ClassWallet. Once ClassWallet approves your order, we’ll process it and send you a confirmation email.
Arkansas Education Freedom Account
To purchase with your Arkansas Education Freedom Account, email us at support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com to request an invoice. Make sure your email includes the student’s name, grade level, and items you would like to purchase. Once we send you your invoice, you can submit it to ClassWallet. Once ClassWallet approves your order, we’ll process it and send you a confirmation email.
California doesn’t offer any state-wide ESA programs, but we work with many California charter schools to provide our courses to students and their families!
If you don’t see your charter school on our list, share the link to this page with your school or email us at support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com with your school’s name and contact information and let us know you’d like to get the curriculum!
We are awaiting approval for Florida’s Step Up for Students program, but in the meantime you can still purchase from us and submit an invoice for reimbursement.
If you live in this state, reach out to your ESA contacts and request our courses so they see interest, and thank you!
We are not approved by the Georgia Promise Scholarship program, but you can still purchase from us and submit a valid itemized receipt to Odyssey for reimbursement.
Odyssey accepts reimbursement requests for purchases made outside its marketplace when the receipt shows the vendor name, the date, itemized line amounts, and an order or confirmation number. Our emailed receipt includes all four.
If you live in this state, reach out to your ESA contacts and request our courses so they see interest, and thank you!
To purchase with your Empowering Parents account, email us at support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com to request an invoice. Make sure your email includes the student’s name, grade level, and items you would like to purchase. Once we send you your invoice, you can submit it to ClassWallet. Once ClassWallet approves your order, we’ll process it and send you a confirmation email.
We are awaiting approval for the Indiana Education Scholarship Account program, but in the meantime you can still purchase from us and submit an invoice for reimbursement.
If you live in this state, reach out to your ESA contacts and request our courses so they see interest, and thank you!
We are currently awaiting approval for the Iowa Students First Education Scholarship Account program.
If you live in this state, reach out to your ESA contacts and request our courses so they see interest, and thank you!
Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program
To purchase through the LA GATOR, log in to your Odyssey account to and search for “Kids Cook Real Food.” Choose your course(s) and add to your cart. Once you check out, we will process your order shortly.
We are currently awaiting approval for the Missouri Scholars program.
If you live in this state, reach out to your ESA contacts and request our courses so they see interest, and thank you!
Montana’s ESA program is a reimbursement program, so you purchase from us and submit an invoice for reimbursement.
New Hampshire Education Freedom Account
To purchase with your New Hampshire Education Freedom Account, email us at support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com to request an invoice. Make sure your email includes the student’s name, grade level, and items you would like to purchase. Once we send you your invoice, you can submit it to ClassWallet. Once ClassWallet approves your order, we’ll process it and send you a confirmation email.
Utah Fits All Scholarship Program
To purchase through the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, log in to your Odyssey account to and search for “Kids Cook Real Food.” Choose your course(s) and add to your cart. Once you check out, we will process your order shortly.
You can find step-by-step instructions for ordering through Odyssey’s UFA Marketplace here.
We are currently awaiting approval for the West Virginia Hope Scholarship.
If you live in this state, reach out to your ESA contacts and request our courses so they see interest, and thank you!
Wyoming Education Savings Account
We are an approved vendor in the Wyoming ESA Marketplace. To purchase, log in to your Odyssey account, search for “Kids Cook Real Food,” choose your course(s), and check out there. Wyoming only reimburses purchases that can’t be made through the Marketplace, so buy our courses in Odyssey rather than paying us directly.
How you pay depends on your state
Your state program decides how the money reaches us. Find your route below, and it tells you which button to use on the courses further down this page.
ClassWallet States
Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire. You never pay us by card. Request an invoice from us, upload it to ClassWallet, and ClassWallet pays us from your account.
Once ClassWallet approves the order, we process it and send you a confirmation email.
Odyssey States
Louisiana (LA GATOR), Utah Fits All, Wyoming. Your purchase happens inside the Odyssey marketplace, not on our site. Log in to Odyssey, search for “Kids Cook Real Food,” add your courses to your cart, and check out.
You can skip the buttons on the course cards below.
Reimbursement States
Montana, Georgia, and states where we are awaiting approval. Buy the course yourself with the Buy Now button on any course below, then submit your itemized receipt to your program for reimbursement.
Our emailed receipt shows our name, the date, each course as a line item, and an order number. This route also works in Florida and Indiana while we wait for approval. Check your state above for the details.
ESA and Education Freedom Account Questions, Answered
Yes. Kids Cook Real Food and Teens Cook Real Food are complete life skills and cooking curriculum with video lessons, accompanying recipes, and printable lesson plans or guides, which is what most programs require for an approved purchase. We are set up with ClassWallet for Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, and New Hampshire, we sell through Odyssey for Louisiana’s LA GATOR, Utah Fits All, and Wyoming’s ESA, and families in reimbursement states like Montana buy from us and submit the receipt. Find your state above for the exact steps.
Right now: Arizona (Empowerment Scholarship Account), Arkansas (Education Freedom Account), Idaho (Empowering Parents), New Hampshire (Education Freedom Account), Louisiana (LA GATOR), Utah (Utah Fits All), Montana (ESA), and Wyoming (ESA). We are waiting on approval in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and West Virginia. In those states you can still buy from us and ask your program about reimbursement, and telling your program you want our courses helps get us approved faster.
It depends on your state. In ClassWallet states (Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire), email us for an invoice, upload it to ClassWallet, and ClassWallet pays us. In Odyssey states (Louisiana, Utah), log in to Odyssey, search “Kids Cook Real Food,” and check out there. In reimbursement states, buy with the Buy Now button on this page and submit your receipt to your program. Our emailed receipt shows our name, the date, each course as a line item, and an order number, which is what the programs ask for. If yours wants a different format, email us and we’ll send one.
The student’s name, grade level, your state program, the course or courses you want, and the parent email address we should use for the account. Send it to support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com, or use the Request an Invoice button on any product below, which fills that in for you.
Kids Cook Real Food is for ages 2 to 12. Teens Cook Real Food is for ages 13 to 21. #LifeSkillsNow workshops and mini-series cover kids and teens from about 5 to 18.
Every Kids Cook Real Food purchase includes step-by-step video lessons, printable lesson plans, recipes, and a curriculum map, so it can be logged as a life skills, health, home economics, or elective course. #LifeSkillsNow and Teens Cook Real Food also have video lessons and printable guides and recipes.
Both exist for Kids Cook Real Food. Most families choose online access with a 12-month or all-level plan. Flash drives are available only for Kids Cook Real Food, for families without reliable internet, and cost the same as online access. All other courses are online only.
Yes. Many families combine Kids Cook Real Food with a #LifeSkillsNow season or a Thematic SkillLab, and families with a teen add Teens Cook Real Food. List every course you want in one invoice request, or put them all in one Odyssey order, and we’ll handle the rest.
Probably. Email support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com with the name of your program and we’ll tell you whether we can invoice it. If your program has a vendor application, we’ll apply. Families asking for us is what gets us approved.
What you can buy with ESA funds
Reimbursement states: use Buy Now. ClassWallet states: use Request an Invoice. Odyssey states: buy inside Odyssey.
Kids Cook Real Food Video Cooking Class Options
Original eCourse
VIP All-Level Access
The full Kids Cook Real Food video course for kids ages 2 to 12, sorted by skill level instead of age. Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced each get 8 video lessons, and together they teach over 30 kitchen skills. You also get parent lesson plans, flash cards, a recipe ebook, and shopping lists. VIP adds Kids Cook Solo, 12 life skills video workshops, and Spanish and French voice-overs. Access never expires. Choose online streaming, a flash drive, or both.
Flash Drive OR Online Access for $197
Or BOTH Flash Drive and Online Access for $217
Note: If neither a flash drive nor online access is specified, online access will be assigned by default.
Kids Cook Solo Independent Training Program
Kids ages 8 and up work through 15 video lessons pulled from the Kids Cook Real Food course, arranged so they can do about 95 percent of it without you standing there. They learn 14 basic kitchen skills, which means they can hand you dinner instead of asking what’s for dinner. Access runs 12 months online, self-paced, streaming only. It comes free with VIP All-Level Access, or you can buy it on its own.
One year of online access for $49.95.
Single Level 12-Month Access
Pick one skill level of the Kids Cook Real Food course, Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced, and get 8 video lessons plus the parent lesson plans that go with them. Good for families who already know where their kid lands and don’t need all three levels. Kids ages 2 to 12 learn real knife work, stovetop safety, and recipes they can repeat on their own. Twelve months of online access.
One year of online access for $67
All-Level 12-Month Access
All three levels of the Kids Cook Real Food course, Beginner through Advanced, for kids ages 2 to 12. That’s 8 video lessons per level and over 30 kitchen skills, with parent lesson plans so you know what’s coming before you hand over a knife. A full year of online access, which covers a school year and gives a slower family time to circle back.
One year of online access for $147
Healthy Recipe Cooking Lessons for Kids
Thematic SkillLabs: Stand-Alone Units That Build Upon the Skills Taught in the Original Course
Healthy Breakfasts Kids Can Make SkillLab
A standalone breakfast unit that builds on the Kids Cook Real Food course, though your kid can use it without having taken that course. Four lesson videos cover every age group, with three step-by-step recipes and a skimmable lesson plan at each level. Beginners ages 2 to 5 finish with seven breakfasts they can make alone. School-aged kids ages 6 and up get harder ones. Online access only.
Online access for $30
Instant Pot/Slow Cooker Meals Kids Can Make SkillLab
Three step-by-step videos teach four recipes kids can make in an Instant Pot or slow cooker, including gluten-free mac and cheese. There’s a science-geek lesson on how a pressure cooker actually works, because somebody in your house will ask. Beginners ages 2 to 5 have their own level, and school-aged kids get a harder one. It stands alone or builds on the Kids Cook Real Food course. Online access only.
Online access for $30
Healthy Snacks Kids Can Make SkillLab
Three step-by-step videos, one per skill level, so siblings can each make a snack they’re proud of. Recipes include Crunchy Coconut Granola, Energy Bites, and Pumpkin Pie Bars, which is the Advanced one for kids ages 8 and up. Beginners start at age 2 and Intermediate picks up at 6. It works on its own or as an add-on to the Kids Cook Real Food course. Online access only.
Online access for $30
Thematic SkillLab Bundle
All three Thematic SkillLabs together at a discount: Healthy Breakfasts, Healthy Snacks, and Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Meals. Each unit has its own videos, recipes, and lesson plans written for every skill level starting at age 2. Buy it when you want your kid cooking more than one meal of the day. The units stand alone, so you can spread them out over months. Online access only.
Online access for $75
Cooking Challenges for Kids
Breakfast Challenge
One weekend, and your kid can make breakfast start to finish. It’s built for ages 4 to 14, with a Beginner level that suits 4 to 6 year olds and sometimes even a 3-year-old. You get four demo videos and two skills videos, short enough to watch and then go cook. Kids clean up as they go, so nobody dreads the aftermath. Self-paced online, and access never expires.
Online access for $35
Baking Challenge
Kids are going to bake anyway, so they may as well learn proper technique and pick up healthier ingredient swaps while they’re at it. Seven professionally filmed videos, three demos and four skills lessons, add up to over an hour of instruction plus three new recipes. It’s written for ages 5 and up, with more help needed under 8 and more independence after that. Self-paced online, and you keep your access.
Online access for $35
Teens Cook Real Food Video Cooking Lessons
Teens Cook Real Food
A full cooking course for teens ages 13 to 21, filmed with eight real teenagers and a professional chef, so it never feels like a course made for little kids. The 120 video lessons cover 35 recipes plus 12 Kitchen Science Bites that explain why food does what it does. The point is a teen who can feed themselves once they move out. Online access only. Public enrollment opens a few times a year, but charter school and ESA purchases go through anytime.
Online access for $299
Same Teens Cook Real Food course, all 120 video lessons, 35 recipes, and 12 Kitchen Science Bites, for a set stretch of time instead of forever. Good for a family testing the water, a single school year, or a teen who is about to move out and needs the skills now. For ages 13 to 21, online access only. Pick the length that matches your timeline.
6-Month Access
Six months of online access, about one semester.
6 Months of online access for $199
Kids and Teens Bundle
Buy Kids Cook Real Food VIP and Teens Cook Real Food together and stop trying to pick one. You get full unlimited access to both, which covers kids ages 2 to 12 and teens ages 13 to 21 in the same house. The younger ones learn over 30 kitchen skills across three levels while the teen works through 120 video lessons and 35 recipes. Buying both at once costs less than buying them separately.
Online access for $396
#LifeSkillsNow
Full Seasons
Each season of #LifeSkillsNow started out as a summer camp and is now available for purchase any time of year!
#LifeSkillsNow Season One
The first season of #LifeSkillsNow: 65 online video workshops taught by expert content creators, for kids and teens ages 5 to 18. Topics cover skills for home, for school and social life, and for whatever comes after graduation. Eleven of the workshops are written for parents. Every workshop comes with a worksheet, sometimes a recipe, sometimes a checklist, sometimes fill-in-the-blanks, so kids do something instead of only watching.
Online access for $247
#LifeSkillsNow Season Two
Over 90 online video workshops from more than 50 experts, all of it new, with no repeats from Season One. Built for kids and teens ages 5 to 18, with plenty for parents too. Workshop teachers add bonus products on top of the videos, including eBooks, memberships, workbooks, and recipes. Everything lives in one membership dashboard a kid can navigate alone. Access never expires.
Online access for $297
#LifeSkillsNow Season Three
Nearly 100 online video workshops from expert content creators, for kids and teens ages 5 to 18. Workshops cover skills for home, for school and social life, and for their futures, all brand new with no repeats from earlier seasons. Workshop teachers include bonus products alongside the videos. Access never expires, so a kid who is 7 now can come back at 14 and find something new. Online access.
Online access for $297
#LifeSkillsNow Season Four
112 online video workshops, every one of them new, with no repeats from the first three seasons. Built for kids and teens ages 5 to 18. It includes a downloadable workbook covering all 112 topics with answer keys, so you can hand a kid a page instead of hovering. Seventy other adults do the teaching, which helps on the days your own kid tunes you out. Lifetime access, online.
Online access for $297
#LifeSkillsNow Season Five
107 online video workshops sorted into 14 tracks, so you can point a kid at the track that fits instead of scrolling one giant list. For ages 5 to 18. Twelve bonus workshops extend the learning once the main tracks are done, and everything is downloadable, videos included, which matters when your internet is unreliable. Nothing repeats from Seasons One through Four. Lifetime access.
Online access for $297
#LifeSkillsNow All Current Seasons
All five seasons of #LifeSkillsNow in one purchase, Season One through Season Five. That is hundreds of expert-taught video workshops for kids and teens ages 5 to 18, with no repeated content between seasons, plus the worksheets, workbooks, and teacher bonuses that come with each season. Buy it when you have a wide age spread at home, or when you want the whole library sitting there for years. Online access.
Online access for $897
Mini-Series
Smaller packages of themed life skills workshops
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Mastering Household Skills
The chore bundle, plainly. Seventeen video workshops for families who want kids helping around the house and do not know how to teach it without a fight. Kids learn specific jobs from other adults, which tends to land better than hearing it from you for the fourth time. Every workshop has a printable and a mission to go do the thing. New chore workshops get added at no extra cost.
Online access for $40
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Creative Gifts Kids Can Give
Ten video workshops that give kids something better to hand grandma than a dollar store candle. They make real gifts and offer real acts of service, wood shop projects and kitchen creations included. Bonus printables and videos come with it. Parents tend to prefer an actual car wash over a coupon promising thirty minutes of a board game. Kids end up proud of something they made themselves. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Celebration Essentials
Eleven video workshops of assorted skills that all come in handy around a birthday, a holiday, or a trip to see family. It is a grab bag on purpose, because December chaos calls for a lot of different small skills. Kids pick up things they can use the same week they watch. Good for families who want their kids contributing to the celebration instead of only consuming it. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Kid’s Guide to Party Planning and Hosting
Eleven video workshops that teach kids to host company like they have done it before. They learn to plan a party, welcome guests without hiding in their room, and cook seven recipes that feed a crowd. Bonus workshops come with it. The real win is your own mental load, because somebody else is finally thinking about the napkins. Works for holidays, birthdays, or a backyard cookout. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
Ultimate Holiday Skills Bundle
Four #LifeSkillsNow mini-series in one purchase: Mastering Household Skills, Creative Gifts Kids Can Give, Celebration Essentials, and Kid’s Guide to Party Planning and Hosting. Together they cover the skills that make the holidays survivable, cleaning and gift making and hosting and cooking for a crowd. Kids do the work and you get to sit down for a minute. One-time cost, no subscription, and the workshops stay there for next December too.
Online access for $95
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Teen’s Guide to Planning for the Future
Thirteen video workshops for teens deciding what happens after high school. They look hard at their own interests, set goals they actually care about, and hear expert advice on college, career paths, financial responsibility, leadership, and bouncing back when something flops. Individual workshops are tagged for ages 10 and up, so a motivated tween fits too. Every workshop includes a printable and an action step. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Communication Basics
Ten video workshops that teach kids how to talk to people. Starting a conversation, making an introduction, ordering their own food at a restaurant, speaking up for themselves, and the basic manners that make adults notice them. These are the skills underneath good friendships and problem-solving, and kids need them long before the teen years. Hearing it from another adult means less eye-rolling. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Fuel Your Brain with Smart Snacks
Ten video workshops that get kids making snacks worth eating instead of grazing on crackers. Recipes include no-bake granola bars, homemade salsa, and gluten-free chocolate donuts, all hands-on and all kid-doable. Experts explain how food affects focus and energy, which is more convincing coming from them than from you at three in the afternoon. Kids end up feeding themselves better without a lecture. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Thriving With ADHD
Ten video workshops for families living with ADHD brains, whether that is your kid’s or your own, discovered somewhere along the way. Professionals and real parents share what works for motivation, emotional regulation, and executive function, plus systems that hold up at home and at school. The aim is more independence and better focus without costing you the relationship. Parents and kids can watch together. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
#LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series: Money Management Basics for Teens and Tweens
Ten video workshops that teach your teen how money actually works before an expensive mistake teaches them instead. Paychecks, taxes, budgeting, spending, and banking basics, in short sessions they will sit through. Experts and real people share what they wish they had known earlier. By the end your teen can open an account, read a pay stub, and think twice about that purchase. Online video workshops.
Online access for $30
#LifeSkillsNow Summertime Boredom Busting Mini-Series
Sixteen video workshops aimed straight at the kid standing in your kitchen announcing they are bored. Hands-on projects in cooking, gardening, entrepreneurship, and creative work, each with a clear next step so nobody stalls out. They might run a lemonade stand, start a small business, or finally deal with that room. Best used the week school lets out, before the whining sets in. Online video workshops.
Online access for $40
About Raising Healthy Families
Raising Healthy Families is a mission-driven organization dedicated to equipping families with practical, real-life skills that help kids thrive at home and in the real world. Since 2016, founder Katie Kimball has been supporting families through engaging, research-informed education that builds independence, confidence, and lifelong healthy habits.
Our mission:
To connect families around healthy food, change kids’ relationship with food for the better, and help parents instill life skills to raise healthy, independent future adults.
Our programs and offerings:
- #LifeSkillsNow (Virtual Workshops & Summer Camp)
A large-scale, engaging online program for kids and teens that teaches real-world skills like cooking, money management, entrepreneurship, organization, and communication through expert-led workshops. - Kids Cook Real Food (Cooking Course)
Step-by-step cooking education that teaches children age 2-12 over 30 essential kitchen skills through video lessons, recipes, and adult engagement. Available via flash drive, VIP lifetime access, 12 months all 3 levels, 12 months at one level or Kids Cook Solo, 12 months of child-driven lessons for ages 8+. - Teens Cook Real Food (Cooking Course)
Video lessons for youth age 13-21 teaching over 70 cooking skills and techniques, 35 recipes, and 12 Kitchen Science Bites. Lessons are filmed with 8 real teens and some with a professional chef. - #LifeSkillsNow Mini-Series
Targeted, bite-sized workshop bundles focused on specific life skills such as chores, celebrations, and independence, designed for flexible learning. The video workshops are pulled from our larger #LifeSkillsNow seasons and re-packaged for age or theme targeting. - Kids Cook Real Food Thematic Skilllabs
Smaller sets of videos tackling snacks, breakfasts, or Instant Pot and slow cooker meals. Designed to be used after taking Kids Cook Real Food or independently. Videos are NOT part of the main KCRF course.
Buying for a charter school instead? Our charter school page has the approved vendor list, purchase order steps, and payment options for school staff.