Savvy Kids pulls together area experts and community leaders to deliver fun, interactive activities to build on core skills and promote fitness across the Savvy Kid Core Pillars:  Financial Literacy, Environmental Awareness, Community Involvement and Health and Fitness.

Conference Workshops* 

(Kids must be registered to attend, parents welcome to join)

 
Core SkillsCommunity & Core Skills
Host Title Description Time Grade
Operation Turkey Kids Operation Turkey – Get Involved 11am

2pm

K-8th
Destination Imagination Challenges Instant Team Challenges 11am

1pm

2pm

K-8th

All About Toys

 
Learn about the history of toys and toy making 10am

11am

K-8th

Philanthropy, Advocacy, and Community Service

Learn about A Legacy of Giving’s five step process: learn, internalize, advocate, act, and reflect 10am

11am

5th-8th

Family

Video Game Addiction: Redirecting the Virtual Generation

 

Kidventure – Camps Director, Patrick Biron.

Techniques to grow children’s interest in community service and real life.

11am

1pm

3pm

Parent

Bringing Summer Camp Home

 

Kidventure – President, Mike McDonell.

The timeless values of summer camp.

11am

1pm

Parent
Brain Fitness

Math is Fun

The importance of keeping your brain fit.  Fun, competitive games 2pm K-8th
Personal Health and FitnessPersonal Health and Fitness
Host Title Description Time Grade
Cook, Learn, Grown Kids cooking class by Lori’s Culinary Co. 11am

1pm 

K-5th
Serving Sizes and Ingredients Learn to identify serving sizes of foods and how to read food labels 1pm 3rd-5th

Why Do We Eat?

Learn to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy reasons for eating 10am  K-3rd
Born to Run  Exercises and drills for beginning runners. 11am

1pm

K-8
Financial LiteracyFinancial Literacy
Host Title Description Time Grade

Consumer Savvy for Kids

 
Learn how to read labels and comparison shop   10am

11am

4th-8th

Blast the Money Trap™ Game

 
Take a fun look at how you can use your money to become financially free 10am 11am 1pm 2pm 3pm 2nd-8th

Junior Achievement's Our Region

 

Introduces relationships between the natural, human, and capital resources.

12pm

1pm

2pm

4th-8th
Hands On Banking Learn the difference between credit and debit, and how to earn more money by learning new skills. 1pm

3pm

2nd- 8th
Environmental AwarenessEnvironmental Awareness
Host Title Description Time Grade

Animal Skulls, Scat, and Tracks

Learn what animals eat and examine their tracks 11am

2pm

K-8th

Countryside Nursery

Garden Insects: The Good & The Bad 1pm K-5th

How to Create a Butterfly Friendly Environment

Learn how to entice butterflies to your yard.  Interact with caterpillars, butterflies and plants. 11am K-8th
 

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* Workshops subject to change

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Pillar Focus Areas:

Across all of our programs, underlying core skills and values are promoted, including: responsibility, teamwork, creativity and critical thinking.

Core Skills

  • Brainstorming
  • Critical Thinking
  • Decision Making
  • Overcoming Obstacles
  • Planning and Executing
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork

Environmental Pillar

The Environmental pillar provides young learners with an understanding of the environment, natural systems, co-existence of human with nature, pollution, global warming, and similar concepts promoting responsible use of resources and harmonious co-existence with our environment.

Key Environmental pillar concepts include:

  • Conservation
  • Energy Sources
  • Climate Change
  • Green Concepts
  • Natural Resources
  • Pollution
  • Recycling

Financial Pillar

The Financial pillar introduces kids to: saving, earning, investing, responsible spending, credit, loans, debt, and a lot more critical financial concepts required as the foundation to financial understanding and success. 

Key Financial pillar concepts include:

  • Budgeting
  • Credit, Loans
  • Earning
  • Investing
  • Money Flows
  • Saving
  • Spending

Personal Health Pillar

The Personal Health pillar introduces valuable concepts for health through fitness, nutrition, and safety for kids.

Key Personal Health pillar concepts include:

  • Exercise through Play
  • Food Nutrition
  • Healthy Choices
  • Managing Stress
  • Personal Health
  • Physical Fitness
  • Preventing Injuries

Community Pillar

Finally, our Community pillar concentrates on global and local economies, trade, demand and supply, social behavior, and other socio-economic topics.

Key Community pillar concepts include:

  • Community Involvement
  • Consumers & Producers
  • Economic Systems
  • Global Markets
  • Governments and Society
  • Products & Services
  • Supply & Demand
  • Volunteering and Donating