6 Online Summer Camps for Kids Designed to...
- Keep your kids occupied this summer with fun activities
- Teach them real life skills
- Encourage them to take on new challenges on their own
- Help parents give more structure to an otherwise open schedule
- Get your kids off screens and into doing something real
- Be so affordable that any family can participate! (More on that below)!
Our first summer camp is starting Monday June 17th!
Once each lesson is posted, it will just stay there. So you can jump in anytime you want!
Cooking School for Kids
Join us June 17-21st or catch it anytime after that
Our 1 week Cooking School for Kids will give your children the confidence, the skills, and the safety knowledge to jump into the kitchen and whip up their own creations. Through a video series, your kids will learn: How to read a recipe, common cooking terms and items, and basic cooking skills like using a knife and how to measure. Each day they will also be assigned a recipe to cook alongside us in the summer camp.
Designed for kids 8+ to do independently. Kids 4-7 can join along with some adult supervision!
Here's what we are going to cover:
Each day at 6am EST a new lesson + video of us cooking the recipe will be posted. You can then work through the material at any time!
Here's the syllabus:
- Day #1 June 17th: Reading a recipe + Getting Started
- Recipes for Breakfast: Yogurt & Berry Parfaits + Overnight Oatmeal
- Day #2 June 18th: How to Become a Great Chef
- Recipes for Lunch: Cheese Quesadillas + Homemade Salsa
- Day #3 June 19th: Learning the kitchen lingo
- Recipe for dinner: The best homemade pizza (the simple way!)
- Day #4 June 20th: Essential tools you need in the kitchen & how to use them
- Recipe for Dessert: Chocolate Cake with homemade frosting
- Day #5 June 21st: Practicing kitchen skills: cutting with knives, cracking eggs, and more!
- Recipes for Drinks: Real Homemade Lemonade and Make Ahead Hot Chocolate Balls
We are going to have a terrific time together, come join the entire summer camp for less than $11!
The Sterling Family is an adventurous homeschool family who sold everything they had in 2020, moved in a renovated 32 foot RV and spent 2 years traveling around the United States visiting all 50 states and 63 National Parks.
Along the way, they began to write a children's book series called The Sterling Spectacles all about their adventures in the National Parks. So far there are 6 books in this series and each book follows a mysterious adventure into a different National Park. Books 7 and 8 will be out later in 2024.
After traveling, the Sterling Family decided it was time to put down deep roots and establish their homestead! Out of this new adventure came a 4 part homeschool curriculum called Hands-On Homesteading!
Now they are taking on their next family adventure:
Hosting a series of online summer camps for kids! The focus: All about learning real life skills and providing some terrific FUN structure for kids this summer!
Meet the REAL Sterling Family!
Hi, I'm Jami Balmet! And I'm actually the real Mrs. Sterling! My husband Jason came up with the Sterling family as he began writing the Sterling Spectacles book series.
The series closely follows our family's real life adventures around the United States but now they are a little bit ahead of us in their homestead plans!
My husband Jason and I run our business full time creating courses, cookbooks, homeschool curriculum, and so much more!
Can I introduce you to the greatest project we've ever worked on and then I'll let you know more about these awesome summer camps coming up (they are one in the same)!
Introducing the Joyful Home App - A one of a kind resource library for the whole family!
In addition to the summer camps, you'll get the eBook & Audiobooks of the Sterling Spectacles Series!
Books #1-6 are here! You can start a fun mysterious series about the National Parks and learn about our great country with a fun, safe family adventure series!
As part of the Joyful Home App, you get access to the ebook and Audiobook versions of all 6 books (and Jason's working on books 7 + 8 as we speak)!
PLUS get access to hundreds of other resources for families!
This is why I say that the Joyful Home App is the greatest project we've ever worked on. Here are just a few reasons we love it so much:
- Hundreds of hours of hands-on homemaking training & encouragement for women
- A growing library of Christian classic books for the whole family
- NEW men's Biblical resources coming in Fall and Winter 2024
- A growing library of kids audiobooks
- NO commercials, ads, popups, links, etc anywhere on the app! You never have to worry that you or your kids will come across something unsafe while using the app!
- All family members can access at the same time with one single subscription!
- A LOW fee to join everything we do! We want to make it affordable for family's to access terrific Christian resources!
Cooking School for Kids
Join us June 17-21st or catch it anytime after that
Our 1 week Cooking School for Kids will give your children the confidence, the skills, and the safety knowledge to jump into the kitchen and whip up their own creations. Through a video series, your kids will learn: How to read a recipe, common cooking terms and items, and basic cooking skills like using a knife and how to measure. Each day they will also be assigned a recipe to cook alongside us in the summer camp.
Designed for kids 8+ to do independently. Kids 4-7 can join along with some adult supervision!
Baking School for Kids
Join us June 24- 28th or catch it anytime after that
Our 1 week Baking School for Kids will give your children a crash course in all sorts of baking! We will cover the fundamentals such as important terms to know, how to crack eggs, how to measure liquids, and more. And together we will learn to bake some fabulous treats and breads!
Designed for kids 8+ to do independently. Kids 4-7 can join along with some adult supervision!
Nature Journaling for Kids
Join us July 8-12th or catch it anytime after that
Our 1 week Summer camp on nature journaling will take your kids outside (no matter where you live) to start their very own nature journal. We will cover what to look for, the beauty and wonder of God's creation, the benefits of nature journaling and your children will start their very own nature journal throughout the week!
Designed for kids 6+ to do independently. Kids 4-5 can join along with some adult supervision!
Growing Your Own Garden for Kids
Join us July 22-26th or catch it anytime after that
Our 1 week Summer camp on gardening will teach your kids the basics of gardening. We will dive into starting seeds, different types of soil, starting compost, and each day your child will be given an assignment to get them one step farther in creating their own mini garden (whether you live on property or in the city in an apartment)!
Designed for kids 8+ to do independently. Kids 4-7 can join along with some adult supervision!
Creative Writing for Kids
Join us August 12-16th or catch it anytime after that
Our 1 week Summer camp on creative writing will take your kids through the process of learning how to write a story. Jason will teach them how to come up with ideas, organize those ideas, and construct a story. Throughout the week, students will write their very first story!
Designed for kids 8+ to do independently. Younger kids who can write are welcome to join!
Filmmaking for Kids
Join us August 26-30th or catch it anytime after that
Our 1 week Summer camp on filmmaking will teach students the essential elements of creating a film. Jason will teach them everything they need to know to create their first short film including: equipment to use, story telling, editing, and more!
Designed for kids 10+ to do independently. Younger kids can join but may need more adult help with the editing process.
Equipment note: All that students need is a device to record video (such as an iPhone, tablet, or video camera) and a computer to edit on. Jason teaches them how to use free video editing software for their films.
