Here are the 2022 Top Camps as voted for by the readers of Parents Press:

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Academic Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Ecole Bilingue
  • Junior Center of Art & Science
  • Monkey Business Camp
  • Montessori Elementary School of Alameda
  • Mr. D’s Music Club – Kids , Singing, Dance, Acting & Art Camps

Winner Reader’s Choice Academic Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Mr. D’s Music Club – Kids , Singing, Dance, Acting & Art Camps

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Animal Encounter Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • East Bay SPCA
  • Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
  • Oakland Zoo Camp
  • Sulphur Creek Nature Center
  • Tilden Little Farm Camp

Winner Reader’s Choice Animal Encounter Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Oakland Zoo Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Aquatic/Marine Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Alameda Community Sailing Center
  • Berkeley Recreation Sports – Sailing
  • Encinal Yacht Club
  • Lake Merritt Boating Center
  • Treasure Island Sailing Center

Winner Reader’s Choice Aquatic/Marine Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Lake Merritt Boating Center

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Arts and Crafts Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Go Girls! Oakland
  • Mocha
  • Monkey Business Camp
  • Mr. D’s Music Club
  • The Crucible

Winner Reader’s Choice Arts and Crafts Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Monkey Business Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Ballet Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Alameda Ballet Academy
  • Destiny Arts Center
  • East Bay Dance Center
  • Kids N’ Dance
  • Oakland Ballet Company Summer Intensive

Winner Reader’s Choice Ballet Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • East Bay Dance Center

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Circus Arts Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Bay Aerials Gymnastics
  • Camp Winnarainbow
  • Head Over Heels Gymnastics
  • Kids N’ Dance
  • Kinetic Arts Center

Winner Reader’s Choice Circus Arts Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Camp Winnarainbow

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Computer Science and Coding Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • codeAtorium
  • Coding Dogo Oakland
  • ID Tech
  • Integem
  • theCoderSchool Berkeley

Winner Reader’s Choice Computer Science and Coding Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • ID Tech

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Culinary Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Albany Recreation Department Teen Cooking and Teen Baking Camps
  • Bliss Belly Kitchen
  • Camp510
  • Cooking Round The World
  • Urban Adventure Camps

Winner Reader’s Choice Culinary Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Cooking Round The World

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Dance Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Alameda Ballet Academy
  • Destiny Arts Center
  • East Bay Dance Center
  • Kids N’ Dance
  • Mr. D’s Music Club – Kids , Singing, Dance, Acting & Art Camps

Winner Reader’s Choice Dance Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Mr. D’s Music Club – Kids , Singing, Dance, Acting & Art Camps

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Faith-Based Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Camp Gan Israel
  • Camp Kee Tov
  • Camp Tawonga
  • Frontier Ranch Camp
  • Jewish Community Center of the East Bay

Winner Reader’s Choice Faith-Based Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Camp Kee Tov

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Foreign Language and Cultural Immersion Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • East Bay German International School
  • Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
  • Escuela Bilingue Internacional
  • Shu Ren International
  • The Renaissance International School

Winner Reader’s Choice Foreign Language and Cultural Immersion Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • The Renaissance International School

Top 5 Reader’s Choice General and Traditional Summer Day Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Camp Edmo
  • Children’s Fairyland
  • Monkey Business Camp
  • Mr. D’s Music Club
  • The Renaissance International School

Winner Reader’s Choice General and Traditional Summer Day Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Monkey Business Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Gymnastics Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Bay Aerials Gymnastics
  • Bay Island Gymnastics
  • Cal Gymnastics
  • Head Over Heels Athletic Arts
  • Kinetic Arts Camp

Winner Reader’s Choice Gymnastics Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Head Over Heels Athletic Arts

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Holiday and Vacation Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Alameda Recreation And Park Department
  • Bladium
  • Jewish Community Center of the East Bay
  • Monkey Business Camp
  • Mr D’s Music Club

Winner Reader’s Choice Holiday and Vacation Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Monkey Business Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Horse Riding Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Castle Rock Arabians
  • Kenilworth Stables
  • Nola Giddings Peruvian Paso Horses
  • Roughing It Day Camp
  • Sienna Ranch

Winner Reader’s Choice Horse Riding Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Roughing It Day Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Leadership Development Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Camp Edmo
  • Camp Winnarainbow
  • Go Girls! Changemakers
  • Monkey Business Camp
  • Trackers Earth

Winner Reader’s Choice Leadership Development Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Monkey Business Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Lego Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Bricks 4 Kidz
  • Camp Galileo
  • Play-Well TeKnologies
  • Tech Know How
  • University Village

Winner Reader’s Choice Lego Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Tech Know How

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Music and Singing Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Berkeley Playhouse
  • Crowden Music Center
  • Kids N’ Dance
  • Mr. D’s Music Club – Kids , Singing, Dance, Acting & Art Camps
  • Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

Winner Reader’s Choice Music and Singing Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Crowden Music Center

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Nature and Outdoor Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Green Stuff Camp at UC Botanical Garden
  • Kids For the Bay
  • Legarza – Sarah’s Science
  • Monkey Business Camp
  • Oakland Zoo Camp

Winner Reader’s Choice Nature and Outdoor Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Oakland Zoo Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Overnight Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Camp Tawonga
  • Camp Winnarainbow
  • Cazadero Music Camp
  • Eden Village West
  • Frontier Ranch Camp

Winner Reader’s Choice Overnight Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Camp Winnarainbow

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Performing Arts Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Bay Area Children’s Theatre
  • Berkeley Playhouse
  • Crowden Summer Camps
  • Kids N’ Dance
  • Mr. D’s Music Club – Kids , Singing, Dance, Acting & Art Camps

Winner Reader’s Choice Performing Arts Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Mr. D’s Music Club – Kids , Singing, Dance, Acting & Art Camps

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Preschool Age Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Bladium
  • Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
  • Kids N’ Dance
  • The Child Unique Montessori School
  • The Renaissance International School

Winner Reader’s Choice Preschool Age Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Kids N’ Dance

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Sports Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Alameda Recreation And Park Department
  • Bladium
  • Footfire Soccer Camp
  • Legarza
  • Oakland Ice Center

Winner Reader’s Choice Sports Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Oakland Ice Center

Top 5 Reader’s Choice STEM Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Chabot Space & Science Center
  • Lawrence Hall Of Science
  • Oakland Zoo Camp
  • The Child Unique Montessori School
  • theCoderSchool Berkeley

Winner Reader’s Choice STEM Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Oakland Zoo Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice STEM Focused Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Chabot Space and Science Center
  • Lawrence Hall of Science
  • Oakland Zoo Camp
  • The Child Unique Montessori School
  • theCoderSchool Berkeley

Winner Reader’s Choice STEM Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Oakland Zoo Camp

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Teen Focused Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Berkeley Playhouse
  • Boys on the Go
  • Lawrence Hall of Science
  • Ohlone For Kids And Teens
  • The Crucible

Winner Reader’s Choice Teen Focused Summer Camps in Alameda County in 2022

  • Lawrence Hall of Science

About the Top Camps in the 2022 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!