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Business, Culinary Arts & Hospitality

Explore careers. Try three different activities. Earn your exploration degree.

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  • Cooking and grocery markets
  • Entrepreneurship and retail
  • Real estate and hospitality

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2026 Kiddie College sponsor recognition

2026 station sponsors connected with this college

These community partners helped bring our original Kiddie College discovery areas to life. Their support continues to be celebrated as we grow into Kiddie College University.

Sierra Van · ERA King Real Estate

Home Life and construction areas — helping with a home sale or a new build

PaperPie · Melissa Slowik

Materials sponsorship across all areas: donated books and learning materials helped equip each discovery area

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Explore this college

Choose from field trips, classes, books and hands-on activities. Complete three different activities and have your parent or caregiver confirm your work. Dates and materials vary; check the details before making plans.

Book and kit suggestions count through the learning you complete. Read, build, investigate, draw or explain what you learned. Cross-college connections count when your actual work fits that college.

37 opportunities in this college

Field trips & experiences (17)

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Redstone Federal Credit Union

money management, banking careers, financial literacy. Listed in the saved calendar.

Calendar / program experience — check current schedule

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Chick-fil-A restaurant/behind-the-scenes and teen employment tours

food service, operations, customer service, hiring. Active planning in recent program context.

Planning idea — check availability

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Publix, Food City

grocery operations, food systems, customer service. Planning-list opportunities.

Planning idea — check availability

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Piper and Leaf Tea

food/beverage business; agriculture if plant production is taught. Planning-list opportunity.

Planning idea — check availability

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Rock N Roll Sushi; Sam and Greg’s pizzeria and gelato

restaurant operations and food preparation. Planning-list opportunities.

Planning idea — check availability

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Pizzelle’s Confections and a chocolate factory near Nashville

food production and entrepreneurship. Planning-list opportunities.

Planning idea — check availability

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Unclaimed Baggage

retail, logistics, customer service. Planning-list opportunity.

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Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Maker’s Market / young entrepreneurs

pricing, products, sales, and entrepreneurship. Established program context.

Calendar / program experience — check current schedule

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

World of Coca-Cola

business/branding and manufacturing; Communication & Media for advertising activities. Atlanta planning possibility.

Planning idea — check availability

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Rock N Roll Sushi — behind the scenes

Explore restaurant roles, preparation, operations or customer service as covered by the host.

Program opportunity — confirm current dates and arrangements

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Donatos Pizza — behind the scenes

Explore restaurant roles, preparation, operations or customer service as covered by the host.

Program opportunity — confirm current dates and arrangements

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Parlor Doughnuts — behind the scenes

Explore bakery production, business roles and service as covered by the host.

Program opportunity — confirm current dates and arrangements

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Pizzelle’s Confections — behind the scenes

Explore confectionery production, business roles and service as covered by the host.

Program opportunity — confirm current dates and arrangements

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Food City tour

Explore grocery operations, food systems and customer service as covered by the host.

Program opportunity — confirm current dates and arrangements

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Family Savings Credit Union — financial literacy

Complete a money-management activity and explain a saving or spending decision.

Program opportunity — confirm current dates and arrangements

College and career campus visits

Jacksonville State, UTC, UNA, Troy and Wallace State are planning leads. Choose a department relevant to this college, then record a career question and what you learned.

Planning pathway — department and visit must be arranged

Also connects with Skilled Trades & Technology, Health & Wellness, Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, Public Service & Community Leadership, Science, Space & Discovery, Arts & Design, Communication & Media

Classes (1)

Mrs. Emily’s Field Trips & More

Cooking classes with Rosie (planning-list opportunity)

Health & Wellness for nutrition

Class or program pathway — check current schedule

Career stations (1)

Home life and household skills

Choose a defined task: wellness and care, household budgeting and food preparation, or repair and practical making. Record the actual task in its matching college.

Career pathway — activities vary by event

Also connects with Health & Wellness, Skilled Trades & Technology

Books (9)

PaperPie · Kane Miller

Grocery Day Sort & Play!

Sort items and follow a shopping list at the pretend grocery. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Preschool; adult-led

Resource option — check edition and availability

PaperPie · Kane Miller

Chef

Introduce restaurant and food-preparation careers. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Toddlers / preschool; adult-led

Resource option — check edition and availability

PaperPie · Kane Miller

Cat Goes to the Bakery

Connect a bakery theme to a pretend shop. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Toddlers / preschool; adult-led

Resource option — check edition and availability

PaperPie · Kane Miller

Sheep Goes to the Farmers Market

Connect farm products to buying and selling. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Toddlers / preschool; adult-led

Resource option — check edition and availability

PaperPie · Usborne

Wipe-Clean Money

Practice exchanging, spending, and change. Concept practice, not a US coin-identification resource. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Early elementary

Resource option — check edition and availability

PaperPie · Usborne

Start to Cook

Choose a recipe or cooking skill to practice with appropriate adult help. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Elementary / middle school; teen beginner cooking

Resource option — check edition and availability

PaperPie · Usborne

Managing Your Money

Extend a credit-union visit into a money-management discussion. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Upper elementary / middle school; teen introduction

Resource option — check edition and availability

PaperPie · Usborne

Understanding Business

Connect entrepreneurship and business vocabulary to a Maker’s Market project. Choose a section, then explain, draw or write what you learned.

Suggested level: Upper elementary / middle school; teen introduction

Resource option — check edition and availability

Rainbow Resource

Abeka Culinary Life Skills Lab Manual

For older students: choose an appropriate practical cooking assignment after a restaurant or bakery tour. Check course materials needed; manual is a course component.

Suggested level: Grades 9–12 listing

Resource option — check current contents and availability

Curriculum & activities (9)

RightStart Mathematics

Activities for the AL Abacus

Use the supplied abacus activities to practice quantity or calculation, then apply the skill in a pretend business.

Suggested level: Elementary skills; placement-based

Provider resource — match the title and edition in your collection

Also connects with Science, Space & Discovery

RightStart Mathematics

RightStart Mathematics sample lessons

Select an appropriate official sample, then add a program-related application such as measuring a model.

Suggested level: Choose by readiness, not age alone

Provider resource — match the title and edition in your collection

Also connects with Skilled Trades & Technology, Science, Space & Discovery

Rainbow Resource

Pretend & Play Calculator Cash Register

Practice purchases and change in a pretend shop. Extend a Food City tour or financial-literacy visit; use realistic age-appropriate amounts.

Suggested level: Preschool listing

Resource option — check current contents and availability

Rainbow Resource

Playful Chef Deluxe Cooking Kit

Measure and follow a simple recipe with adult help. Resolve the age-range difference against the current package before purchase.

Suggested level: Retailer K–5; maker age 3–6

Resource option — check current contents and availability

Rainbow Resource

Abeka Culinary Life Skills Homeschool Student Kit

A broader teen culinary-course option; review scope and required teacher materials before ordering.

Suggested level: Grades 11–12

Resource option — check current contents and availability

Ivy Kits

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Explore ingredients, geography, fractions and flight models. Actual baking would be your separate extension, not a promised kit activity.

Suggested level: Ages 3–9; adapt with adult help

Catalog listing; verify stock

Also connects with Science, Space & Discovery, Arts & Design

Ivy Kits

Dinner at the Panda Palace

Pretend restaurant menus, chef dress-up, play-dough food and customer role-play. Strong companion to the restaurant and bakery tours.

Suggested level: Ages 3–9; adapt with adult help

Archived listing; page reported not currently for sale

Also connects with Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Communication & Media

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