This camp is incredible! My children (ages 9 & 5) liked that they could choose the activities they…read morewanted to participate in throughout the day. They especially enjoyed the sewing and baking rooms where staff could assist them in these experiences. My kids also liked the special activities for different days that were in addition to the activity rooms. They had a blast with the go karts and thought the reptile and birds special presentation was really neat. My son was thrilled to participate in some sort of game show-like competition where he was proud to win this multi-colored poop emoji hat. I like this camp because it's convenient for parents. All I need to do is send my kids with a water bottle; I don't have to pack snacks, lunch, or even sunscreen since it's provided. I appreciate that I can sign them up the day of camp and I don't need to plan ahead. I also appreciate the long hours of the full-day camp, but I can pick up my kids whenever it's convenient to me. I've always experienced prompt staff interaction with pick-up and drop-off. Lastly, the staff at the Manhattan Beach location were friendly and professional. Rachel, the camp director, runs an organized camp, responds to email quickly, and is very welcoming. Grand View is an ideal location to have Steve and Kate's Camp due to its ample space. We hope it's there next summer too because we'd all enjoy to go back!

I wish I could give no stars. My kids went and came home very upset, frustrated , and disappointed…read more All they did was wait in line all day for activities that they never even got to do. They allow more kids than they can manage to attend. My daughter didn't even get a second snack because the line for snack was too long. When I complained to the director, I was basically told that it was my kids fault that they didn't get to do any of the activities, as kids choose what they want to do. I will not be sending my kids to this camp ever again and I am telling my nieces and nephews, who were scheduled to go next week, to cancel.

My 4 year old had a great time playing at Champ Camp at the beach! The coaches ran games like…read moredodgeball and baseball but they also offered sand toys and arts/crafts for kids that didn't want to run in the sun. Pickup and dropoff was super smooth and easy and my 4 year old was well looked after from beginning to end. We will be back next year if not later this summer!

A friend recommended this camp for my son and we decided to try it out this summer. It was epic! My…read moreson had so much fun! The atmosphere at the camp is very positive. All coaches knew his name by end of day 1. He enjoyed playing games, Thursday tie-die and Friday talent show. He made some new friends and had a really good experience. I like that they post pictures and videos on Instagram throughout the day and they sent me couple of pictures of my son! The staff was responsive on text and Instagram and the counselors really seem to care about the kids having fun at the camp. He told me he wants to go back next year!

My 4 year old does piano lessons here and the experience has been great with Lindsay. After 4…read more30-minute lessons, he could read music rhythms (eight, quarter, half, whole note and rest), knew all the notes on the piano, learned about finger numbering/placement and was beginning to play short strings of notes. Pretty impressive for 30-minute lessons a week apart in a 4 year old who can barely concentrate on any task for more than a few minutes. The set up seems cool here. Music rooms with more of a rock music instruction focus. Some individual lessons and some whole bands of kids playing. Loungey area to hang out with snacks and air hockey. Really cool spot!

My 8 year old daughter went to camp at Coast Music this summer and loved it! She wasn't very…read morefamiliar with most instruments but the classes taught her and her band 3 of their favorite songs and they performed so beautifully! We brought friends and family to the show and everyone was blown away. We're starting keys next week! What a positive and warm experience!

Youth Soccer Should Build Dreams, Not Break Them…read more We are witnessing a devastating failure of oversight at Sand & Surf Soccer Club. One coach in particular has crossed the line from discipline into cruelty -- speaking to young, hardworking, impressionable players in ways that drain their stamina, crush their confidence, and drive them away from the sport they love. This is not just about one bad season. It is about a culture where bullying goes unchecked, promises of improvement are broken, and leadership fails to protect the very children they claim to develop. When a single coach is allowed to act this way, the damage spreads across the entire club. Every young player deserves encouragement, respect, and the chance to grow. Instead, we see dreams being killed by words and actions that have no place in youth sports. We call on: Club members to demand accountability and refuse to normalize toxic coaching International soccer leadership to recognize this oversight gap and enforce standards of conduct Coaches everywhere to remember: your words can either build futures or destroy them Silence is complicity. It's time to stand up for the players whose voices are being drowned out. Their dreams matter. Their futures matter. And we will not allow negligence to continue unchecked.

Great communication and excellent soccer training for our son. Very organized and detailed.read more

I think this would be a better place for kids to play at IF they cleaned the toys (play food,…read morekitchen, houses) I brought my grandson after this summer and the cars have no steering wheels and doors are missing to the kitchen cabinets. Like seven cabinet doors. Everything but the floors are dirty. I'd expect better being in Manhattan Beach. Please replace the old and bring in some new. Thank you!

My son and I used to love this place but the limited hours for drop-in play (plus you need a…read morereservation) just makes this more difficult. I definitely miss the pre-pandemic days. Employees seem more interested in socializing than monitoring the play structure so there's a lot of climbing up the slide and other general behavior that could use some reminders.

Great summer camp options in Manhattan Beach! Beach, Surf and Lacrosse camps have been super fun…read morefor our son. Every coach is awesome. We LOVE this camp and have been doing it for years. Lisa is also very responsive, professional and supportive with the logistics.

BeachSports was a no show!! They scheduled a skateboard camp, a ton of kids showed up, and…read moreBeachSports didn't! A lot of very sad kids and frustrated parents. Nobody from BeachSports, no coaches, nobody picking up the phone at every phone number that I tried for Manhattan, Hermosa, or Redondo. No way to actually get a hold of them if you need to. So disappointing!

We have enrolled our grandchildren two years in a row in various Planet Bravo camps at Manhattan…read moreBeach. They both have said this is their favorite camp experience. I love the organized program that is super fun for the kids. We will continue to enroll every summer.

By far, my daughter's favorite camp of all time! Quite…read morepricey but you get what you pay for! The staff they hire are all so genuinely happy to see the kiddos in the morning and are very engaging throughout the course of the week. This camp helped my daughter's school team come 2nd in Robotics Design in the Southbay! A great accomplishment! And my kiddo is only 10! They're onto the state finals! ~~Whoo-Hoo! I just signed her up for this Summer today, and got $100 off Early Bird Special! (: If your kids are into Coding, Robotics, or Gaming, like Minecraft and Roblox, they will absolutely love, love, Planet Bravo Camp! They have new courses like VR 3D, which of course I signed her right up on this one! If you are looking into Summer Camps with substance, definitely consider your kiddos signing up with Planet Bravo.

My daughter and her two friends attended camp this summer and came back each day with so many fun…read morestories to tell about what they had learned! It was a great experience and all three said they want to go back next year! It's a gift to be able to have our children in such a lovely park as Wilderness. They got to see a turtle laying eggs! Nature is the best teacher so we just loved this!

Eco Kids Camp exceeded our expectations. It was engaging, educational, and genuinely fun. The…read morecamp's setting offered the perfect environment for kids to explore nature and learn about protecting the planet. Through hands-on activities, children discovered practical ways to be more eco-friendly at home. Kathleen, along with the other counselors were outstanding, thoughtful, and inspiring. We created wonderful memories and left empowered to make sustainable choices in the future.

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.