Here are the 2023 Top Camps in Alameda County as voted for by the readers of Parents Press:
Academic Camps
TOP 5
Academic Talent Development Program
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Junior Center of Art and Science
Monkey Business Camp
Montessori Elementary School of Alameda
WINNER
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Animal Encounter Camps
TOP 5
East Bay SPCA
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
Oakland Zoo Camp
Sulphur Creek Nature Center
Tilden Little Farm Camp
WINNER
Oakland Zoo Camp
Arts and Crafts Camps
TOP 5
Alameda Recreation and Park Department
Dancing Paintbrush Studio
Mocha
The Crucible
Monkey Business Camp
WINNER
Monkey Business Camp
Ballet Camps
TOP 5
Alameda Ballet Academy
Berkeley City Ballet
Destiny Arts Center
Kids N’ Dance
Oakland Ballet Company Summer Intensive
WINNER
Alameda Ballet Academy
Computer Science and Coding Camps
TOP 5
codeAtorium
Coding Dogo Oakland
ID Tech
Integem
theCoderSchool
WINNER
theCoderSchool
Culinary Camps
TOP 5
Albany Recreation Dept Teen Cooking & Baking Camps
Camp510
Cook! Programs
Cooking Round The World
Urban Adventure Camps
WINNER
Cooking Round The World
Dance Camps
TOP 5
Alameda Ballet Academy
Dance 10 Performing Arts Center
Destiny Arts Center
East Bay Dance Center
Kids N’ Dance
WINNER
Kids N’ Dance
Faith-Based Camps
TOP 5
Camp Gan Israel
Camp Kee Tov
Camp Tawonga
Eden Village West
Frontier Ranch Camp
WINNER
Camp Kee Tov
Foreign Language & Cultural Immersion Camps
TOP 5
East Bay German International School
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Escuela Bilingue Internacional
Shu Ren International
WINNER
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
General & Traditional Camps
TOP 5
Alameda Recreation And Park Department
Berkeley Day Camp
Camp510
Children’s Fairyland
Monkey Business Camp
WINNER
Monkey Business Camp
Gymnastics Camps
TOP 5
Bay Aerials Gymnastics
Bay Island Gymnastics
Cal Gymnastics
Head Over Heels Athletic Arts
Kinetic Arts Camp
WINNER
Bay Aerials Gymnastics
Holiday & Vacation Camps
TOP 5
Alameda Recreation And Park Department
Bay Aerials Gymnastics
Bladium
Monkey Business Camp
Mr D’s Music Club
WINNER
Monkey Business Camp
Horse Riding Camps
TOP 5
Castle Rock Arabians
Kenilworth Stables
Roughing It Day Camp
Sienna Ranch
Skyline Ranch
WINNER
Sienna Ranch
Leadership Development Camps
TOP 5
Camp Edmo
Camp Winnarainbow
Go Girls! Changemakers
Monkey Business Camp
Trackers Earth
WINNER
Monkey Business Camp
Lego Camps
TOP 5
Bricks 4 Kidz
Camp Galileo
Play-Well TeKnologies
Tech Know How
University Village
WINNER
Tech Know How
Music & Singing Camps
TOP 5
Berkeley Playhouse
Crowden Music Center
Kids N’ Dance
Mr. D’s Music Club
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir
WINNER
Mr. D’s Music Club
Nature & Outdoor Camps
TOP 5
Alameda Recreation And Park Department
Green Stuff Camp at UC Botanical Garden
Legarza – Sarah’s Science
Monkey Business Camp
Oakland Zoo Camp
WINNER
Oakland Zoo Camp
Overnight Camps
TOP 5
Camp Ember
Camp Tawonga
Camp Winnarainbow
Cazadero Music Camp
Eden Village West
WINNER
Camp Winnarainbow
Performing Arts Camps
TOP 5
Bay Area Children’s Theatre
Berkeley Playhouse
Go Girls! Oakland
Kids N’ Dance
Oakland Ballet Company Summer Intensive
WINNER
Kids N’ Dance
Preschool Age Camps
TOP 5
Alameda Recreation And Park Department
Dance 10 Performing Arts Center
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Kids N’ Dance
The Child Unique Montessori School
WINNER
The Child Unique Montessori School
Sports Camps
TOP 5
Albany Berkeley Soccer Club
Bay Aerials Gymnastics
Bladium
Footfire Soccer Camp
Legarza
WINNER
Legarza
STEM Camps
TOP 5
Camp EDMO
Camp Galileo Oakland
Chabot Space & Science Center
Oakland Zoo Camp
theCoderSchool Berkeley
WINNER
theCoderSchool Berkeley
Teen Focused Camps
TOP 5
Berkeley Playhouse
Berkeley Rep Summer Intensive
Lawrence Hall of Science
Ohlone For Kids And Teens
The Crucible
WINNER
Lawrence Hall of Science
About the Top Camps in the 2023 Best of Parents Press
Parents Press Best of the Bay was born with the idea to give readers throughout the Bay Area a chance to voice their opinions on their personal ‘Family Favorite’ choices for Camps and all kinds of everyday categories. The program has evolved over the years, and hopefully, with a lot of input from our readers, we’ve been able to make it better and better.
The voting for Best of Parents Press Camps is conducted in a two-round process. The first round occurs in the month of February with open write-in nominations for reader’s favorite Camps taking place. Write-in nominations continue to be open until the middle of April.
As the nomination period for Camps in the first round comes to a close in mid-April, shortly after, the second round opens with the top nominee Camps being selectable in this final round of voting during the month of April and May. Write-in nominations are no longer available, and voters are open to select their favorite Camps from among those that are listed.
The final winners are posted in July
We hope you enjoy! And we hope you cast your vote next year!
