510families.com (this here site) and @510families on Instagram Years is our ongoing love letter to parenthood and families in the Oakland/Berkeley area. Every year, we learn more about the favorite places that support raising our children and having fun doing it. We love to share what actually works for all of us!
Thanks to these fabulous (almost entirely local) businesses, we research, write, record, photograph, and exchange ideas totally free to you:
24 Hour Oakland Parent Teacher Children Center
9th Street Lab
Academic Talent Development Program(ATDP)
Action Arts Parkour and Gymnastics
Aguacate Music Kids
AIMS K-12 College Prep Charter District
Alameda Pediatric Dentistry
Alameda South Shore Center
Aloha Pediatric Dentistry
American Swim Academy
Another Planet Entertainment (APE)
Ants Sports
Art With Susan
Aurora School
Bay Area Book Festival
Bay Area Brain Spa
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Bay Area Festivals, Inc.
Bay Area Science Festival
Bay Area Soccer Academy
Bay Linguistic Advancement Center
Bay Street Emeryville
Bentley School
Berkeley Ballet Theater
Berkeley City Ballet
Berkeley High Crew
Berkeley Lacrosse
Berkeley Painting Club
Berkeley Playhouse
Berkeley Public Library Foundation
Berkeley Rep School of Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Rose Waldorf School
Berkwood Hedge School
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Black Pine Circle School
Bliss Belly Kitchen
Bloomers Preschool
Brains and Motion Education
Brian Scott Magic
Brick Tech
Bridges Rock Gym
Broadmoor Preschool
Broadway Children’s School Of Oakland
Brushstrokes
Busy Bee Activity Center
Cal Performances
California Berkeley Intercollegiate Athletics
California College of the Arts (CCA)
California Crosspoint Academy
California Historical Radio Society
Camp 510
Camp Augusta
Camp Galileo
Camp Gold Hollow
Camp Newman
Camp Reel Stories
Carrie Maultsby-Lute
Cazadero Music Camp
Center for Community Arts
Center for Early Intervention on Deafness
Chabot Space and Science Center
Children’s Clubhouse LLC Berkeley
Children’s Community Center (CCC)
Children’s Day School (CDS)
Children’s Fairyland
Children’s Theatre Association of San Francisco
Christ Central Presbyterian Church
Circus Center
Cirque du Soleil America
City Center Bishop Ranch
City of Berkeley PRW
Claremont Resort & Club
Coastline Christian Schools
Cole Arts Camp
Colorspace Arts Teen Studio
Commission Junction
CORE Academy
Corner House Studio
Corpus Christi School
Creative Art & Clay
Creative Community Alameda
Crestmont School
Culinary Artistas
CuriOdyssey
Curious Explorers Academy
Curran, an Ambassador Theatre Group venue
Dancing Paintbrush Studio
Deer Crossing Wilderness Camp
Dina Uretski Photography
Doodle
Downtown Alameda Business Association
East Bay Child Development Center
East Bay German International School
East Bay Innovation Academy (EBIA)
East Bay Montessori
East Bay Music Together
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley (EB)
El Cerrito Martial Arts
Emerge Berkeley Christian Academy
Escuela Bilingüe Internacional EBI
Esther Hearts Art Day Camps
Fad Pad Camp
Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble
Farm Camp
FireCracker Math
Fit4Mom
Five Little Monkeys
Footfire Soccer
Fourth Street
Francophone Charter School
Full Moon Acupuncture
G&S Farms
Gaia Guides Kids Camp
Game On Berkeley
Gateway Mountain Center
Get Away Today
Gilroy Gardens
Girl Scouts of Northern California
Golden State Warriors
Golestan Kids
Grand Lake Montessori
GrowFit Camp
Habitot Children’s Museum
Hanabi Judo, Inc
Head-Royce School
Henry J Kaiser Center for the Arts – Calvin Simmons Theatre
iD Tech Camps
Impact Radius
In Harmony Music
Inspire Behavioral Learning
International Child Resource Institute
Jack London Square
Jam Camp West
JCC East Bay
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund (JFED)
Jewish Gateways
Julia Morgan School for Girls
Jumpin’ Gymsters
Junior Center of Art and Science
Kairos Music Academy
Kidical Mass Bike Rides
KIDS for the BAY
Kids Go Mandarin Music Class
Kids Speaking Spanish – Spanish Immersion Preschool (KSS)
KinderGuitar Berkeley
Kula
Lake Chabot Marina & Cafe
Lawrence Hall of Science
Legarza Sports
Libra Pelvic Physical Therapy, P.C.
Luna Dance & Creativity
Magnolia Music School
Maker Faire
Mannequin Madness / The Headdress Workshop
Mare Island Company
Meyerson Education Services
Micholiano Photography
Mika Scott
Millie, Inc.
MOCHA
Monkey Business Camp/Girls on the Go! Camp
Montclair Community Play Center (MCPC)
Montclair Pediatric Dentistry
Montclair Village
MOTHR
Mountain Meadow Ranch Summer Camp
Mr D’s Music and Arts
My Own Montessori Preschool
Napa Valley Wine Train
Natasha Shapiro, LCSW
Neologix Engineering Labs
New School of Berkeley
North Oakland South Oakland Little League Inc.
North Shattuck Association
Northern Light School
Oakland Ballet Company
Oakland Coders Club
Oakland Cubs
Oakland Enrolls
Oakland Feather River Camp
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) Marketing Department
Oakland Tri Club Splash & Dash
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
One Big Love
One Generation Camp
Outdoor Kids OT
Park Day School
Park Gymnastics
Patti’s Swim School
Peter Pan Cooperative Nursery School
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir
Piedmont Recreation Department
Prospect Sierra School
Putter’s Goat Track Miniature Golf
Radium Runway
Rancho Siempre Verde
Redwood Day School
Rhythm N’ Blooms
Rockridge Little School LLC
Royal Theater Company
Run for Fun Camps
Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery
San Francisco Bay Ferry
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
San Francisco Girls Chorus
San Francisco Symphony
School of the Madeleine
Sea Trek, LLC
Seele Stars Musical Theater Camp
Sees the Day Summer Program
Sequential Development Consulting,
Sequoia Nursery School
Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
Shef Inc.
Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center
Shoott
Skate Like a Girl
Skylake Yosemite Camp
Skyline Lacrosse Club
Small Steps ART Studio
Small Talk City
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
SoccerStars Contra Costa
Solano Avenue Associates
Soundwise Piano Studio
Sparkologie (Picassos at Play)
Spirited Play Labs
Spritz
St. Paul’s Episcopal School
St. Philip Neri School in Alameda
Stay22 Technologies
Step One School
Sterne School
Steve and Kate’s Camp
Sticky Art Lab
StopWaste
Su Yun’s Chinese Learning Center
Swings and Wings
Tara Layman Photography
Temple Sinai-Oakland
The ArtRoom
The Berkeley Chess School
The Berkeley School
The Branson School
The Coder School
The Crowden Music Center
The Lake School
The Laurel District Association
The Nurtured Seedling
The Omni Movement
The Renaissance International School
The San Francisco Boys Chorus
The Urban Edge Farm
Tilden Park Merry Go Round
Traverse Fitness
Treasure Island
UC Berkeley Youth Recreation.
Ultimate Sports Connection
United Capoeira Association – Hayward
Urban Adventure Camps
Walden Center & School
Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association
Way to Glow Kids Yoga
Whimsy Willow
Wild Child
Wild Ones Art Camp
Words In the Wild
Yama Kids Yoga, LLC
YMCA of Greater San Francisco
YMCA of the East Bay Camping Services
Zip Code East Bay
Thank you to the families and businesses who make up our beloved community.Â
