Ms Crysta and Mr Hunter are so great with the kids and full of energy! my daughters confidence…read morelevel has increased so much and made so many close friends after doing two plays with spotlight. Everyone who works there pulls the performances together so beautifully!

Spotlight hosted a small birthday gathering for my 5 year old. They had a bounce house and plenty…read moreof tumbling equipment to crawl around on. They thought of everything! They had crafts and arm painted tattoos. The kids and parents had fun! Crysta and the other team were very helpful, patient and entertaining. I can't wait to host another event with them. We also came back the next weekend for a Cartwheel clinic and my son had a blast! We are going to check out the schedule to see what else we can do!

My son attended his first season at Camp Adventurewood in 2023 - it was his first experience at a…read moresummer camp and he was a little nervous and shy but all his counselors made him feel so welcome and comfortable and after the first day he was hooked! He loved the variety of activities and made so many new friends. He came home with fun stories each day. I loved that they offered a variety of options from 2 days/week to 5 days. We returned last summer and an unexpected and sudden medical event threw our summer for a loop. They were beyond kind and accommodating. Michael, the owner, personally made sure we were taken care of at a very scary time and was just incredibly kind and communicative. I can't thank him and his staff enough for the support. I would recommend this camp for any family. Its like a classic, old-school summer day camp experience!

My son attended Adventurewood camp for the first time this week. For the most part he enjoyed…read morehimself -- particularly the characters they introduce throughout the week. However, we decided to pull him out for next week because of a very disturbing situation. He shared that a counselor had pushed him with both hands on his shoulders during a capture the flag activity. He had dropped his flag and was putting it back on when a counselor (he didn't know her name) pushed him back hard enough to make him lose his balance and fall. She also barked "you need to reset!" She didn't ask if he was ok or help him up. You'd think if this was an accidental push and he fell over she would say something like "sorry bud are you ok? Here let me help you up" but nope, not a word. A friend he's attending camp with witnessed the whole incident. Since I pick them both up in the afternoons they both recounted this situation to me and both of them noted how inappropriate her behavior was. I immediately reached out to Michael, the owner of the camp. He said he wanted to identify this counselor and get her side of the story. Understandable. My son felt uncomfortable going back the next day but I reassured him it would be handled and offered to drop him off in the morning and stick around to talk to Michael and the counselor. I wanted him to feel safe. Michael identified her (her name is Carson) and said he wanted to talk to her first, which he did a few feet away from me. I heard her say she didn't push him. They then walked over to me and she again denied everything. So we asked both kids to come over and recount what happened. They both did -- in front of her -- and reiterated she pushed him. She denied even touching him. So Michael suggests at this point that perhaps it was an accident and my son responds by saying "how do you push someone like that by accident?!" No response. So I ask her, are you saying these kids are lying? She again said she didn't touch him and at this point we send the kids away. I'm incensed because not only does she gaslight both of them to their face but tells this bold faced lie to her boss in front of the campers and me. I tell her I believe them and I think she's the one lying. At this point she gives me this dirty look - angry, irritated and almost rolls her eyes at me. I turn to Michael and say "and now she's giving ME an attitude?!" Unbelievable. In a follow up call, he tells me how good of a person she is and that this is shocking for him to hear but that she doesn't seem like someone who would do something like this...that she's getting her teacher credentials and he knows her really well. I am getting the vibe he doesn't actually believe any of this and he sounds very skeptical. I respond by telling him that it's almost always surprising when people exhibit bad behavior and that even teachers do bad things...that doesn't make her any more credible in my eyes. He acknowledged that. In fact, it's worse because I would be really concerned to have someone like that teaching a kid. Lack of empathy, accountability, and integrity. I mean, I think it's great he's trying to have her back but there are moments in life when you need to draw a line and act swiftly...these are one of those moments. Because ultimately, this impacts the reputation of your camp. I told him that it would be good to offer training to his staff in case this ever happens again in the future and honestly he sounded baffled and asked me to clarify...I said well maybe tell your staff not to give dirty looks to a mom who's clearly upset that her son just got pushed by a grown adult at summer camp?? I told him that the response to this situation could've resulted in a totally different outcome. Had she said something like "I really don't recall pushing you but if I inadvertently did and made you feel bad I'm sorry - I didn't mean to do that" - I would've went home that morning feeling fine about the situation. When I told him this he said that he's not going to police all her reactions, that she's still young, that she's still learning and made all kinds of excuses for her. Exhausting. Apparently she got a "warning" and will sit out of the flag activity (umm, ok...). He seems like a smart guy and wish him nothing but success in the future and I was earnestly trying to offer advice for how to handle a situation like this better but it fell on deaf ears. I really hope that some kind of learning comes out of this for both of them. Oh and to top it off, my son's friend told her mom that Carson was giving her looks several times throughout the day today and when she asked what kind she said "side eye" looks. NOT COOL. My son also said she was kind of mean to him but wondering why they were even in close proximity when Michael said they'd absolutely be separated and would not see each other? Validates we both made the right choice by pulling them both out. He offered a refund but I'm still pissed about the situation.

This camp is all about making money and giving your children the least amount of product for it…read more It's not a science camp it is having staff assemble things for students kind of camp. Camp lead teachers are only required to have high school diploma. Most of the activities the children do are not age appropriate (all ages do the exact same activities) and aftercare generally consists of children either coloring or trying to piece together a box of toys with missing pieces. The regional director for Ventura county must not have a background in education at all as she chose to refer to a child with Autism as "that autistic child" which as most people know that is not appropriate. She was at the location on her phone rather than greeting parents. Do not enroll your children in this program!

From the owner: The fun science day camp where kids ages: 5-11 experience "Aha!" moments of understanding,…read morecreativity and curiosity while engineering, building & experimenting with astonishing gadgets, and fantastic gizmos. Our top notch, enthusiastic educators and leaders make STEM learning an adventure! Topics include: -Science Makers & Inventors Camp! Build soccer-bots & Rube Goldberg-like contraptions. -Amusement Park Science Camp! Roller coasters, carnivals & marine explorers. -Transforming Robots Camp! Build & train 4 robots & engineer with techno toys. -Rovers Rocketing to Space Camp!Build a dinosaur roverbot & launch a rocket to a fantastical planet. -Minecraft 101: Mod Design Camp! for Southern CA campers entering 5th, 6th, 7th grade only .

Wonferful Camp Super fun and great activities. I highly recommend this place for kids.read more

This is my daughters 2nd year at Camp Carden. My daughter is one picky girl and she absolutely…read moreloves camp Carden. Every week is a different theme and everyday different planned activities. The camp is run by wonderful, friendly staff who have different backgrounds as educators during the school year which makes for a great mix of different personalities. I know my daughter is both safe and well taken care of. Thank you Camp Carden for being a great part of our summer!

My kids loved it so much Maybe more like daycare vs true…read morecamp but very well executed lots of playing toys and special events every Wednesday (bounce house, reptile petting etc) and the staff is actually rly sweet. They go to the pool every afternoon also (pack $ for your child to buy snacks there!). The hours are long we paid for full day but didn't do it but they honeslty would have stayed and the staff keep them out of the Sun whcih helps. They are basically outdoors but in shaded areas and the indoor area is all open. It's adorable and for my kids it was rly nice to make friends outside malibu and just be exposed to some different people it's a mixed group of people from the area which is rly nice

Withheld my daughter's snacks. I packed her extra food in case she got hungry after lunch, and a…read morecounselor named "Liv" said that she couldn't eat them because snack time was over. My daughter was so upset and scared to eat the food I gave her. I took her out of the camp because the manager "Raquel," was very rude to me when I asked her why my daughter wasn't allowed to eat her snacks. This is NOT a place to trust with your kids. It's expensive, they keep the kids outside all day, and I saw two camp counselors vaping around the kids. It's also a PUBLIC park, I picked up my daughter one time and there was a homeless MAN in the women's restroom! I saw HIM walk in, and three little girls wearing camp t-shirts ran out screaming!! I saw four teenagers smoking grass on the swings right by a the kids!! I don't get how this place is still open.

Very pleasant you don't feel poor. Large variety of foods and helpful volunteers. I enjoy my visitsread more

We have donated here a couple of times per year and very grateful that there is such an…read moreorganization. Some very nice volunteers and staffers, plus they don't just take food products - they take vitamin supplements and personal hygiene articles. It's very humbling to visit and drop off what is generally excess, but so necessary for some. Glad they are here in Coñejo Valley.