These camps were voted the Best Day Camps in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2024 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.

East Bay

Gold: Monkey Business Camp. Kids at this camp spend most of their time unplugged and outdoors, playing and exploring nature with a diverse group of campers and counselors. Berkeley. monkeybusinesscamp.com.

Silver: Springfield Montessori School. Walnut Creek and Dublin. springfieldmontessori.com.

 Bronze: Trackers Bay. El Cerrito and Oakland. trackersbay.com.

Peninsula

Gold: San Carlos Children’s Theater. School-age children learn acting, directing and stagecraft skills to showcase a performance at the end of camp. Multiple locations. sancarloschildrenstheater.com.

Silver: Camp Keff – Peninsula Jewish Community Center. Foster City. campkeff.org.

Bronze: Art Attack! Burlingame. artattack911.org.

San Francisco/Marin

Gold: AcroSports. Camps offer fun-filled weeks of jumping, bouncing, climbing and clowning around. San Francisco. acrosports.org.

 Silver: Terra Marin Camps. Mill Valley. terraschools.org.

 Bronze: Legarza. Multiple locations. legarzasports.com.

Silicon Valley

Gold: Silver Creek Academy. It has week-long academic
summer day camps in subjects like reading, writing, math, public speaking and leadership. San Jose. scaasanjose.com/summer-academic-camps.

 Silver: Summer @ Action Day. Multiple locations. actiondayprimaryplus.com.

Bronze: The Music Place. Multiple locations. musicplace.com.

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