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Does your child love to cook?  Would they like to be more independent in the kitchen?  This camp will teach kitchen safety and sanitation procedures, equipment identification and use, measuring skills, kitchen math and recipe reading. Campers will leave camp with a personalized apron, their own cookbook and a full belly!



General Information
Breakfast Edition:
Does your child love to cook? Would they like to be more independent in the kitchen? This camp will teach kitchen safety and sanitation procedures, equipment identification and use, measuring skills, kitchen math and recipe reading. Campers will leave camp with a personalized apron, their own cookbook and a full belly! A $40 cash supply fee is due to the instructor on the first day of camp.

Let's Lunch:
Does your child love to cook? Would they like to be more independent in the kitchen? This class will teach kitchen safety and sanitation procedures, equipment identification and use, measuring skills, kitchen math, and recipe reading. Literacy will be incorporated into this fun, hands-on class as children cook their way through popular book titles such as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Dragons Love Tacos, Pizza! A Slice of History, and Everybody Cooks Rice. Participants will leave camp with a personalized apron, cookbook with the week’s recipes, and a full belly! A $40 cash supply fee is due to the instructor on the first day of camp.

Each camper should bring a hair tie, a Tupperware container to transport leftover and a water bottle.

***Please note, this class may not be suitable for those with allergies or sensitivities***

Instructor's Experience
  • Heather O'Keefe is a certified family & consumer sciences teacher.
  • She also has a master's in literacy and has taught lab style cooking classes for 17 years.

Transportation Information
  • Session 1 9:00-11:00AM - Bus Transportation Available both to/from camp.
  • Session 2 12:00-2:00PM - Bus Transportation available to camp only - campers must be picked up at the end of the program.
  • Registration is required for busing - see Transportation for Summer Camp program

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Cooking up Fun With Literature: Breakfast Edition 
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N/A 1 - 5 MTuWThF  08/04/2025 - 08/08/2025
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Farnsworth Middle School
$100.00 R, $100.00 NR
$40 materials fee due to the instructor on the first day of camp.
 
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Cooking up Fun With Literature: Let's Lunch 
98
N/A 3 - 7 MTuWThF  08/11/2025 - 08/15/2025
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Farnsworth Middle School
$110.00 R, $110.00 NR
A $40 materials fee is due to the instructor on the first day of camp
* Adjustments and discounts will be applied during checkout if applicable. *

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