Interested in expanding your child’s access to coding? Are they crazy about video games, and you want them to create something? Programming is a hands-on skill. Many coding classes and summer camps in Oakland, Berkeley, and nearby will support this goal.
Thanks to The Coder School Berkeley for sponsoring today’s post.
What’s offered at The Coder School in Berkeley?
The Coder School Berkeley is a year-round after-school coding school that offers personalized, project-based coding instruction for kids ages 7-18, both in-person and online. With a low student-to-coach ratio, students learn in a more immersive environment that develops their coding skills at a faster rate. The Coder School Berkeley also holds the East Bay’s most popular, fun, and educational week-long summer and holiday break coding camps that sell out every year.
East Bay Coding Classes for Kids
The Coder School Berkeley
With code classes for beginners and code coaching for kids ready to tackle projects, The Coder School Berkeley welcomes kids ages 7-18 to take a trial class to get started. They also host summer camps, Girl Scout workshops, and birthday parties.
Location: 1385 Shattuck Avenue, Suite C, Berkeley (across from CVS)
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Phone: (510) 679-2375
Families can sign up their children for a FREE 30-minute trial lesson to learn more.
CodeAtorium (San Leandro)
After school and weekend classes progress kids from Scratch to Python to Javascript. New students are matched with an ongoing weekly class based on age, experience, and interests.
Location: 1696 Washington Ave, San Leandro
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Phone: (510) 519-6960
Oakland Coders Club (Montclair Village)
Weekly after-school Scratch classes for ages 7-12 are available as a session or on a drop-in basis.
Location: 163 Pelton Center Way, San Leandro
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Phone: (510) 905-7636
theMADE (Oakland)
The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE) offers free Saturday classes in its fully playable video game space. What started as regular Scratch lessons has evolved into different video-game-adjacent lessons about animation, storytelling, and graphics. Some are more like coding than others. Appropriate for ages 8 to 13.
Location: 921 Washington Street, Oakland
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Phone: (510) 350-8857
If none of these is convenient for your location, wonderful online programs like The Coder School Online (ages 7 to 18), CodeWizardsHQ (ages 8 to 18), iDTech (ages 7 to 19), Berkeley Coding Academy (teens), or YoungWonks (ages 8 to 18) are available. CodeFu offers programming through local schools.
Summer Coding Camps for Kids
Summertime day camps and overnight camps offer kids — even with little or no prior coding experience — to learn and master computer programming, robotics, artificial intelligence, and video game design! Search our day camp guide for keywords that excite your kid, from Minecraft to VR.
These few camps are specifically focused on coding.
The Coder School Berkeley (North Berkeley)
Promising a solid week of coding fun, kids, age 7+, code throughout the week and then demo their creations. Programming languages/topics include Scratch, Python, Roblox, HTML/CSS, Micro:bit, Raspberry Pi, AI, and Mobile Apps. Most camp days include a daily hour of fun and outdoor activities at Live Oak Park. $100 early bird discount is available through the end of January 2026.
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Code Ninjas (Fremont, Union City, Walnut Creek, others)
Code Senseis lead code ninjas learning new tech skills such as Roblox, Robotics, or YouTube with a flat rate for the whole summer.
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iD Tech (UC Berkeley, others)
One and two-week sessions at university locations include coding, game dev, and robotics for 7-17.
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The STEM Collective (Albany)
Hands-on, applied knowledge camp that offers virtual reality programming, Arduino, and other STEM topics. 2026 details not available.
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TechKnowHow (Oakland, Fremont, and more)
One-week programs with a LEGO, Minecraft, Robotics, Roblox, or Coding focus for ages 5-10.
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Thanks again to The Coder School Berkeley for supporting {510} Families by sponsoring this guide.
