At JAX Cooking Studio, kids are taught to cook with whole foods from scratch. All classes are hands-on, and each child participates in preparing the food. At the end of each day, the kids eat what they have cooked. Yum! Kids also learn about kitchen safety and cleanliness, proper food handling, knife safety, how to read and follow recipes and make up your own recipes, how to accurately measure ingredients, how to arrange the kitchen workplace for success, how to reuse or repurpose ingredients already on hand, and how to keep your body healthy through proper nutrition.
Our Healthy Kid Camps are designed for children that may exhibit selective/picky eating habits, or just want to become more adventurous and healthy eaters! The camp is developed by a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and Feeding Therapist/Specialist with various certifications in Nutrition. Through diverse empirically valid techniques such as the Responsive Feeding Method and SOS (Sequential-Oral Sensory) Approach to Food Chaining/Shaping children learn how to engage with healthy ingredients, stretch beyond their comfort zones, learn about nutrition, and even discover nutritious ingredients they learn to enjoy eating. Camp “counselors” are Registered Behavior Technicians that provide feeding therapy through Bloom’s Rehabilitative Practice. All participants must be able to follow directions and work within a team with other children.
Below is the outline of activities for each camp:
Harvest Heroes: Participants use a variety of vegetables including broccoli, peppers, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, etc. to create silly superhero characters. This activity facilitates making contact with vegetables using their hands. Physical external contact can be a significant precursor behavior toward becoming comfortable tasting and even consuming new foods.
Wellness Warriors: This fun activity encourages “playing with food”! This is another step toward external comfort prior to trying new foods. The participants use “warrior paint” (a variety of condiments such as nut butters, hummus, avocado, etc.) to paint their faces. Once their warrior paint is on, they take polaroid pictures in front of the “warrior wall”!
Secret Savor: In this fan favorite activity, children take turns being blind folded to touch, smell, taste, and eat secret ingredients to guess what they are. Secret ingredients include typical child-friendly items such as pineapple, marinara sauce, watermelon, cucumber, banana, etc. Although the ingredients may be within a lot of children’s current dietary repertoires, the act of trying something unknown paves the way for more adventurous eating!
Novice Nutritionists: After learning about essential vitamins and minerals found in various produce, this play on a scavenger hunt provides participants with nutrition clues about assorted fruits and vegetables to find the wholesome bounty. They “forage” through the clinic searching for items based on the nutritional content clues. This activity helps build confidence as participants work in teams, as well as learn more about why we should eat certain foods.
Ramen Races: Participants are divided into teams and race to the tables to choose what interaction they will have for each ingredient. Interaction choices include touch, smell, taste, or eat each ingredient. Points are commensurate based on the level of interaction (e.g., touch vs. eat). The ingredients include ramen noodles, scallions, bell peppers, rice vinegar seasoned cucumbers, mushrooms, and carrots. The winning team members take home a special prize.
Culinary Creations: The day ends with participants making their own pizzas! They start from scratch by rolling out the dough and adding toppings of their choice. The pizzas are taken home to bake and enjoy with their families.
Participants will be able to enjoy healthful snacks throughout the day provided by the camp. They may bring their own lunch or eat the camp lunch for an additional charge. Camp lunch includes popcorn chicken and pizza roll-ups from Publix. Each child needs to bring their own water bottle with their first and last name on it.
Each participant will take home a Healthy Kid Camp packet to further their healthy adventure at home. They will also take home a Bloom Nutrition Academy chef’s apron to continue their nutritious culinary journeys!
***This is NOT an allergy friendly camp. Individuals with nut allergies should not participate. Allergy friendly camps will be coming soon!
Cancellation Policy: All ingredients are purchased, and staff scheduled based on registration. If your child is unable to attend, refunds will be provided for notice of a cancellation 7 days prior to the camp date. If you are not able to provide notice within 7 days, credit will be given for future camp dates.
Sweet Pete’s can make your summer extra sugary and sweet! Become an official Sweet Pete Confectioner, learn the science behind candy, Sweeten up your art skills, design candy packaging and more.
Campers will learn to make four different candies during the week. Depending on age group they will design and draw packaging or work with a graphic designer to design packaging. Older campers will learn public speaking and giving tours of our building.
Ages 1st thru 4th Grade.
Weekly Camps are Tuesday- Friday 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
$215.00 per week.
Hola! Looking for a fun and educational Summer Camp? FALA’s Spanish Summer Camp is the perfect one for you.
Your child will travel the world without leaving home! Immerse your child this summer in Spanish Camp for a week of fun, learning, and adventure. Children will discover one different country each week. Imagine your child discovering the lifestyles, customs, artists, musicians, and inventors of major Spanish-speaking countries. FALA Spanish Camp offers age-appropriate activities that uniquely incorporate different subjects. At FALA’s Camp, your child will learn Spanish and about different countries through fun activities such as:
• Soccer
• Fun STEM projects
• Lego Bots
• Cooking
• Art
• Music / Dance
• Sports, Games and much more!
Our program teaches your child the value of embracing different cultures, serving their community, and reflecting God’s love so they will become Global Citizens.
All levels of Spanish are welcome!
Classes are taught by native Spanish-speaking instructors and give your child the opportunity to authentically learn a second language.
Give your children the gift of a lifetime and watch them take Spanish to the next level!
Convenient Locations: Southside, Beaches, Mandarin, Riverside/Ortega, and St. Johns County
For Locations, Registration, and Payments go to https://www.falalanguage.com.
Kids will learn cooking basics – chopping, whisking, measuring, blending, etc. They’ll work both individually on the morning snack recipes and as a team to create the main recipe of the day and sample their creation.
Classes are open to all children, they need not attend Christ’s Church Academy. Early Bird price is $275.
Duval County 4-H camping opportunities provide great summer experiences for both 4-H members and prospective 4-H youth! Summer experiences include residential camps, day camps, and state-level sponsored teen programs. Camps are affordable, educational, and experiential for boys and girls ages 5 -18. and range in topics and prices
The LaVilla School of the Arts is proud to offer a summer camp that combines the arts, academics and physical play that ensures a wonderful summer! There are programs available in visual arts, dance, film, theatre, arts and crafts, instrumental music, cooking science, and early reading. New this year: Fantastic Beasts & other Artful Things. There is also a Jr. Counselor program for rising 9th and 10th graders.
Things that are important for you to know:
The LaVilla School of the Arts programs are designed to accomodate your family’s summer schedule. Campers may attend the entirety of the 6 weeks or weekly – whatever fits your needs.
Contact: Community Education Dept. (904)633-6069 ext. 1008
Registrations paid in full that are 4 weeks or longer will have the $50 registration fee waived. Full payment must be made at time of registration. Additional weeks may be added but will be charged a $50 registration fee. Extended care may be paid for separately.