Charter & Home School Programs
Tasty Tales Cooking is proud to be an approved vendor for State, Charter School, and other academic and instructional funding programs. We're committed to making award-winning books, cooking, and STEAM activities accessible to as many families as possible — and we're growing our list of partners every day. Because each program may have unique requirements and processes, we recommend that you always check with your school before submitting orders or requests for reimbursement.
Click the Homeschool and Charter School Programs FAQ board above and review Program details on this page for guidance.
Programs
State Funds Administered by ClassWallet
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Program
Tasty Tales is a ClassWallet Direct Pay Vendor. The Direct Pay process is as follows:
1. Visit our website at tastytalescooking.com and add your chosen products to a cart.
2. Proceed through checkout and fill in your name, email address, and shipping address.
3. When you reach the payment step, STOP—do not enter any payment information.
4. Take a screenshot of your checkout screen showing your order details and total amount due.
5. Email a copy of the screenshot to info@tastytalescooking.com. With the screenshot, also include the name of your student.
6. Tasty Tales Cooking will provide you with an invoice that you can submit to your administrator.
7. Upload the invoice as your 'receipt'/ documentation for the order.
8. Once the order is approved, and paid, we will mail the products via USPS Media Mail.
Please note that subscription orders will be delivered the first week of every month during an active subscription term.
Subscriptions will not auto-renew. You will need to execute the same instructions to renew the subscription after the term
Arkansas Education Freedom Account (EFA) Program
Tasty Tales is a ClassWallet Direct Pay Vendor. The Direct Pay process is as follows:
1. Visit our website at tastytalescooking.com and add your chosen products to a cart.
2. Proceed through checkout and fill in your name, email address, and shipping address.
3. When you reach the payment step, STOP—do not enter any payment information.
4. Take a screenshot of your checkout screen showing your order details and total amount due.
5. Email a copy of the screenshot to info@tastytalescooking.com. With the screenshot, also include the name of your student.
6. Tasty Tales Cooking will provide you with an invoice that you can submit to your administrator.
7. Upload the invoice as your 'receipt'/ documentation for the order.
8. Once the order is approved, and paid, we will mail the products via USPS Media Mail.
Please note that subscription orders will be delivered the first week of every month during an active subscription term.
Subscriptions will not auto-renew. You will need to execute the same instructions to renew the subscription after the term
Overture Learning
Details
Tasty Tales Cooking has been added as an approved vendor for Charter Schools using the Overture Platform. Please look for our profile in the Parent Portal. Requests submitted by Monday will go through approval and submission for ACH processing by Thursday for payment on Friday. Tasty Tales Cooking will fulfill subscriptions beginning the next calendar month. Single package orders will be fulfilled the following week.
Step Up for Students
Details
Tasty Tales Cooking has been added to the seller onboarding queue for consideration as a MyScholarShop Partner. We hope to join their new marketplace platform so please stay tuned. In the meantime, families may continue to purchase eligible products directly from Tasty Tales Cooking and submit those purchases for reimbursement, subject to program requirements.
For detailed eligibility guidelines, please review the program purchasing guides available here.
Charter Schools
Formally Approved With:
Taylion Homeschool
Ocean Grove Charter School
South Sutter Charter School
Sky Mountain Charter School
Granite Mountain Charter School
Yosemite Valley Charter
Monarch River Academy
Compass Charter Schools
Pacific Charter Institute (PCI)
Gorman Learning Charter Network