Healthy Kids Academy
A year-long online health education program for youth, teens, families, and lifelong learners.
Healthy Kids Academy helps students better understand the body, health, nutrition, stress, movement, environmental influences, and practical self-care through engaging, age-appropriate education grounded in both modern science and traditional wellness principles.
Originally designed for ages 6–18, the program is also welcoming to parents, homeschool families, educators, and adult learners who want a deeper understanding of health in an approachable, practical format.
Lessons include recorded teaching sessions, printable materials, hands-on activities, guided projects, and optional live Q&A opportunities.
Empowering the Next Generation for Lifelong Health
Healthy Kids Academy was created to help students and families better understand health in a practical, approachable, and meaningful way.
Through engaging lessons and real-world application, students explore topics such as anatomy, nutrition, stress, movement, sleep, environmental influences, food systems, and healthy lifestyle practices while building confidence, curiosity, and critical thinking skills.
Rather than simply memorizing information, students are encouraged to observe, ask questions, think critically, and better understand the connections between daily choices, environment, and overall wellbeing.
Our goal is to help learners develop a stronger understanding of the body and the many factors that influence health throughout life.
Designed for youth ages 6–18, the program also welcomes parents, educators, homeschool families, and adult learners seeking accessible, foundational health education presented in an engaging format.
Healthy Kids Academy was developed through years of experience teaching, working with families, and supporting community health education.
Why Choose Healthy Kids Academy?
Many children today grow up surrounded by highly processed foods, constant marketing, and limited practical health education. As rates of chronic health concerns continue to rise, many families are searching for better ways to understand nutrition, lifestyle, environmental influences, and overall wellbeing.
Healthy Kids Academy was created to help fill that gap by providing practical, approachable health education that encourages students to care for themselves, their communities, and the world around them.
Practical, Real-World Health Education
Students learn concepts they can apply in everyday life, including nutrition, stress, sleep, movement, environmental health, food systems, and healthy lifestyle practices.
Encourages Critical Thinking
Rather than simply memorizing information, students are encouraged to observe, ask questions, think critically, and better understand the connections between lifestyle, environment, and wellbeing.
Age-Appropriate and Family Friendly
Lessons are designed for multiple learning levels while remaining engaging and approachable for students, parents, homeschool families, educators, and adult learners.
Rooted in Experience
Healthy Kids Academy was developed through years of experience teaching, working with families, and supporting community health education.
Flexible Online Learning
The year-long program includes recorded lessons, printable materials, hands-on activities, guided projects, and optional live engagement opportunities that allow families to learn at their own pace.
Whole-Person Perspective
The program explores health through a broad lens that includes physical, emotional, environmental, and lifestyle influences on wellbeing.
Our Program
Healthy Kids Academy is a year-long online learning program designed to help students and families build practical, foundational health knowledge through engaging, real-world education.
The program is divided into three primary age groups:
- Ages 6–9
- Ages 10–13
- Ages 14–18+
Each level is designed to grow with the student, introducing concepts in increasingly deeper and more practical ways as learners mature. Parents, educators, homeschool families, and adult learners are also welcome to participate alongside students or independently.
Throughout the program, students explore topics such as:
- Human anatomy and physiology
- Nutrition and food systems
- Stress and emotional wellbeing
- Sleep, movement, and healthy habits
- Environmental influences on health
- Herbal medicine and traditional wellness concepts
- Home and community health practices
- Critical thinking and practical self-care
Lessons include recorded video teaching, printable resources, hands-on activities, guided projects, and optional live learning opportunities designed to encourage curiosity, observation, and real-world application.
Healthy Kids Academy is designed to support flexible learning for homeschool families, independent learners, community groups, and supplemental education programs.
Dr. Eli Camp, ND is a Naturopathic Doctor, educator, and internationally acclaimed author with 20 years of experience in family practice, specializing in children on the spectrum. She operates a teaching homestead farm, Longshadows Ranch, that serves over 100 children and families annually. Her mission is to nurture future generations who understand and embody lifelong health. “We have lost precious knowledge over the last 3 generations, and my goal with Healthy Kids Academy is to bring that back to give our children and humans in general the best chance for a bright and healthful future.”
Outside the Academy you will find Dr. Camp in the garden, foraging medicinal herbs and making medicine, hunting, fishing and preserving food and enjoying the land she and the Longshadows crew nutures and cultivates.
Learn more about Dr. Camp at The Art of Balanced Health and Longshadows Ranch.
Deborah Langheld, ND, MPH, CHES, LMT, PMP
Co-Developer, Healthy Kids Academy
Deborah Langheld is a passionate health educator, naturopathic doctor, and co-developer of Healthy Kids Academy. With a Master’s degree in Public Health and certification as a Health Education Specialist (CHES), Deborah combines evidence-based knowledge with a whole-child philosophy rooted in nature, curiosity, and self-awareness.
Drawing from over two decades of experience in natural medicine, engineering, and health curriculum development, Deborah has a unique talent for translating complex health concepts into engaging, age-appropriate lessons. Her goal is to help kids not just learn about health—but to live it, with confidence, compassion, and critical thinking.
Deborah’s approach blends modern science with timeless wisdom. Whether she’s designing interactive lesson plans, creating hands-on learning kits, or leading wellness workshops, her teaching is grounded in the belief that a healthy body and a bright mind begin with empowerment, not fear.
She brings both rigor and creativity to the Healthy Kids Academy curriculum—covering topics such as nutrition, pathology, environmental health, herbal medicine, emotional resilience, and the body’s innate ability to heal.
When she’s not developing classes, you’ll find Deborah tending to her herbal apothecary, hiking barefoot in nature, or mailing pop-up cards to her nieces and nephew. She believes the best education begins with wonder—and a deep respect for the intelligence of every child.
Learn more about Dr. Deb at Emergent Health.
Sample Lession: Foundations of Health 14-18 group
2025-2026 School Year
Cost
- $199 per student
- Discounts available for families with multiple children or in case of financial challenges. Contact us.
Teaching Times
- Sessions are recorded and released weekly by Monday morning. There are no new lessons released during break weeks.
- Instructors will hold 2 live 45-minute zoom sessions each week on Mondays. Students can attend for Q&A and group activities each week. These are optional and will only take place during the first year (2025-2026). There will be recorded zoom meetings in future classes.
Breaks (6 weeks total) – no live Q&A, no new material posted.
- Fall 2025 (week of 10/13/25)
- Holidays 2025 (12/22/25 through 1/4/26 return 1/12/26)
- Spring 2026 (week of 3/16/26)
- Mid-summer 2026 (week of 6/8/26)
Topics
| Topic | Weeks |
| The Foundations of Health | 2 |
| Anatomy | 5 |
| Physiology | 5 |
| Anatomy and Physiology Connection | 1 |
| Pathology | 5 |
| Creating Health | 2 |
| Treating Illness | 2 |
| Natural Therapeutics | Weeks |
| Physical therapeutics: exercise, breath, sleep | 2 |
| Environmental Medicine | 3 |
| Mental Emotional: prayer, thought, community | 2 |
| Stress Management | 2 |
| Nutrition: Food and Drink | 3 |
| Supplements | 2 |
| Homeopathy | 2 |
| Eastern medicine | 2 |
| Native American medicine | 2 |
| Herbal Medicine | 2 |
| Hydrotherapy | 2 |
| Total | 46 |