Video-Based Cooking & Life Skills Curriculum for Charter Schools
Kids Cook Real Food is a video-based cooking and life skills curriculum that charter school families can buy with instructional funds. We are on the approved vendor list at more than 60 charter schools, and any school can pay by purchase order or credit card.
All Our Kids Need Life Skills…
…And Families Need Kids Who Help Out.
Welcome, Charter School staff and members!
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.
Raising Healthy Families’ programs are designed to complement educational models by supporting the whole child, building executive function, life readiness, and family engagement.
Get The Course Curriculum With Instructional Funds
As a member of a charter school, you might be able to add our video-based cooking and life skills lessons to your student’s curriculum!
We’re already on the approved vendors list for these schools (possibly found under Kitchen Stewardship, Kids Cook Real Food, or Raising Healthy Families), so just ask your school to send a purchase order to support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com and we’ll take it from there, or if online payment is preferred they can access the order form linked below on this page.
- 7B Culinary Connections
- Academy of Arts and Sciences, Thousand Oaks, CA
- Blue Ridge Academy
- Bridges Virtual Academy
- Cabrillo Point Academy
- California Pacific Charter Schools
- Chireno Independent School District
- Clarksville Charter School
- Community Collaborative Charter School
- Compass Charter Schools
- Connecting Waters Charter Schools
- CORE Placer Delta Charter School
- Elite Academic Academy
- Everett Public Schools
- Excel Academy
- Feather River Charter School
- Gateway Academy
- Golden Valley Charter School
- Gorman Learning Center
- Granite Mountain Charter
- Hamilton Virtual School
- Heartland Charter School
- Heartwood Charter School
- Heritage Christian Online School
- Hickman Community Charter School
- Homeschool Buyers Co-op (HBCO)
- Horizon Charter School
- iLead Exploration
- Innovations Learning Academy
- Julian Charter School
- Lake View Charter School
- Mission Vista Academy
- Monarch River Academy
- National University Academy
- Niles Virtual Partnership
- Ocean Grove Charter School
- Pacific Coast Academy
- Pathways Academy
- Quilcene School District: P.E.A.R.L
- Raven Homeschool
- Regent Christian Online Academy
- Sage Oak Charter School
- San Joaquin County Charter Schools
- SCALE Leadership Academy
- Sky Mountain Charter School
- So Cal Scholars Academy
- Sonlight/InquisiCorp Corporation
- South Sutter Charter School
- Summit Academy
- Suncoast Preparatory Academy
- Taylion Homeschool
- The Cottonwood School
- Visalia Unified School District
- Visions In Education
- Winship Community Schools
- Yosemite Valley Charter School
- Yukon Koyukuk School District
- Many schools do not need approved vendors; they’ll just reimburse you. Check with your contact person!
Charter School Questions, Answered
Yes! We’re already on the approved vendor list at 60+ charter schools (look for Raising Healthy Families, Kids Cook Real Food, or Kitchen Stewardship). Ask your school to send a purchase order to support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com, or use the online order form on this page if your school prefers to pay by card.
If you don’t see your charter school on this list but you’d like to sign up using charter school funds, just share the link to this page with your school or email support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com with your school’s name and contact information and let us know you’d like to get the curriculum.
Click for an email request that’s ready to send to your school – all you have to do is fill in your school’s email address.
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 both kids and teens.
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, or elective course.
#LifeSkillsNow and Teens Cook Real Food also have video lessons and printable guides and recipes.
Both options exist for Kids Cook Real Food. Most schools 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. All other courses are only available with online access.
Two ways.
- Option 1: your school pays by credit card on our order form.
- Option 2: your school emails a purchase order to support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com and we invoice them. Purchase order instructions are at the bottom of this page.
Yes, in a growing list of states, but the steps are different from a charter school purchase. Some states pay us directly through ClassWallet or Odyssey, and some reimburse you after you buy. Our ESA page has the state-by-state instructions.
Spending ESA or Education Freedom Account funds instead?
If your family has an Education Savings Account, an Education Freedom Account, or a state scholarship such as Utah Fits All, LA GATOR, or Idaho Empowering Parents, the steps are different from a charter school purchase order. See the state-by-state instructions on our ESA page.
More Details for Educational Facilitators
If you are an educational facilitator with a charter school, and ready to set up your member’s family with access to the course you have two payment options.
Option 1:
Pay by Credit Card
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Option 2:
Submit a Purchase Order
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Charter School Product Offerings
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.
Purchase Order:
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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: One year of online access for $67
All-Level 3-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. Three months of online access, which fits a family that wants to work through it fast over one summer or one semester.
Purchase Order: 3 Months of online access for $97
All-Level 6-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. Six months of online access, which leaves room to cook a lesson every couple of weeks without anyone feeling rushed.
Purchase Order: 6 Months of online access for $127
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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
3-Month & 6-Month Access Coming Soon
12-Month Access
A full year of online access, so it covers a whole school year.
Purchase Order: One year of online access for $249
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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: 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.
Purchase Order: Online access for $40
Purchase Order Instructions:
To send a Purchase Order and receive an invoice, you can send your PO to support@raisinghealthyfamilies.com.
Please include this info on your Purchase Order:
- The first and last name of the parent or student,
- The email address of the parent or student (and if student, additionally include a parent’s email in case of technical issues)
- The mailing address for where we should send the flash drive (if choosing the flash drive option for our Kids Cook Real Food Original eCourse All-Level VIP Membership – this is not needed on orders for online access only).
- The product name and order amount should indicate which option the student shall have:
- Please make sure the product name and price matches our product offerings on this page exactly so we can fulfill in a timely manner.
Note: Sales tax does not apply to online access, nor does it apply to flash drives unless the billing address is in Michigan.
Please allow 7 business days for processing. At that point you’ll receive an email with the invoice. The student will receive access (if online) from the system immediately when we invoice.