Rata2ee Summer Camps UPDATED

Rata2ee is a culinary academy offering hands-on instruction in cooking techniques, including: Knife Basics; Cooking Fundamentals, Food Science & Nutrition, Kitchen Safety, Proper Food Handling, Gardening 101 (very basics of gardening), and kids' yoga. This camp teaches a very holistic approach to healthy living. Children will eat 3 meals (making their own breakfast, a 3-course lunch, and dessert), so no packing snacks or lunches for parents! This camp teaches strong character-building skills and is meant for kids going into 2nd through 5th grades. Kids should be able to stand for 90 minutes at a time (with 2 small sit-down breaks), and should be ok with playing outside during non-cooking times of the camp. Items each child needs to bring to camp: a filled (non-glass) 64-oz water bottle labeled with first & last name, 2 8-oz Ziploc to-go containers labeled with first & last name; a full size beach towel, and sunscreen.

Camps run from 8:45 am until 3:30 pm (3 pm on Fridays); Camp Cost: $273 per child plus $175 materials fee ($448).

  1. Go to the location, below, to get the phone number and/or registration website information. For Birmingham, Lake Orion and Rochester Community House locations, you will need to enroll through them. For other Rochester locations, please enroll directly through us at the links provided for each location, below.

  2. AFTER signing up and paying, all parents must create a log-in and password (shown at each location below), and fill out ALL information (sign liability forms, and fill out allergy information) . Please note, child will be disenrolled if this information is not received within 24 hours of initial registration. These camps sell out quickly!

2025 SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULING & PRICING

*Please note, for those who would like advanced camps, but it is not offered at the location of your choice: if you have a child who is older (going into 6th grade) but needs to be in camp all day OR loves to cook and doesn’t care there are younger kids in the camp, it will be allowed, and we will give them extra duties; just talk with the admin at each location, and they will get you signed up.

Rochester Community House:

Call 248-651-0622 to enroll NOW

Week of 6/23

Week of 7/7

Week of 7/21

Week of 8/4

Montessori School of Rochester:

Enroll now at: http://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingClassesAndCamps

Call 248-219-5752 to make pmt arrangements

Week of 6/16

Week of 7/14

Week of 8/4

Montessori-Crystal Lake (Pontiac):

Enroll now at: http://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingClassesAndCamps

Call 248-219-5752 to make pmt arrangements

Week of 6/23

Week of 7/7

Week of 8/4

Birmingham Community Education:

Call 248-203-3800 to enroll (starts March 1)

Week of 6/23

Week of 7/14

Week of 7/21

Week of 7/28

Lake Orion HS:

Wk of 7/14, enrollment starts 3/1, call (248) 693-5436 to enroll

Enrollment info coming soon:

Novi MS: Wks of 7/7 & 7/14

Brighton HS: Wk of 7/28

A Typical Summer Session Day for Full-Day

Parents will drop off Rata2ee Rangers at 8:45 am. Kids will be divided into groups according to age, skill, and who they signed up with, and then will go to their stations. Please note, these are approximate timings and may vary per location:

8:45: Parents drop off kids

9-10: Make a healthy morning snack (kids should have breakfast before coming, as this is a snack, not a meal)

10-11: Nature walk

11-12:30: 90-minute Cooking Lesson; kids make a main dish, side dish and fruit salad

12:30-1:15: Lunch; kids take the lunch they just made outside for a picnic lunch and learn food nutrition

1:15-2: Make dessert

2-2:30: Learn Beginner's Gardening; Kids learn how plants grow

2:30-3:15: Yoga; Kids learn yoga poses, stretches, breathing, and discuss very important life lessons

3:15-3:30*: EOD Gathering; Kids gather their things and are brought to the parent pick-up area.

Pick-up time for all locations is 3:30 pm on Mon-Thurs*

*Parents come at 3 pm on Friday to pick up kids!

The all-day cooking camp is a well-rounded approach to healthy living and focuses on cooking, eating, nutrition, gardening 101 and yoga. The 1/2 day camp is for older kids interested in making food from scratch, and is focused completely on cooking, methods, plating.