Here are the 2025 Family Favorite Camps and Summer Programs as voted for by parents in Greater Boston and throughout New England:
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Academic Camps
TOP 10
Acera School
Camp Howe
Cotting School
French Library / Alliance Française
Hale Outdoor Learning Adventures
Natick Community Organic Farm
SELA: The International Private School
Russian School of Mathematics
WINNER
Animal & Nature Camps
TOP 5
Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm
Natick Community Organic Farm
NEOC (New England Outdoor Camp)
WINNER
Arts & Craft Camps
TOP 5
Danforth Art Museum & School
Hale Summer Camps
LINX Camps
Just Claying Around
WINNER
LINX Camps
Ballet Camps
TOP 5
All That Jazz Dance Studio
Arlington Dance Place
Boston Ballet School Summer Dance Program
Creative Steps Dance Studio
DanceFIT Studio
WINNER
Creative Steps Dance Studio
Culinary Camps
TOP 5
Boston Bakeology
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
Cooking Up Culture – BU
LINX Camps
The Maker Farm
WINNER
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
Dance Camps
TOP 5
All That Jazz Dance Studio
Boston Ballet School Summer Dance Program
Live Love Dance
Mass Motion Dance Boston
The Dance Academy of Saigel Productions (TDA)
WINNER
Mass Motion Dance Boston
Faith Based Camps
TOP 5
Christian Youth Conference at Ocean Park
Grotonwood Camp and Conference Center
JCC Camp
Lexington Christian Academy
Mount Hope Christian School
JCC Camp
Family Camps
TOP 5
Camp Howe
Grotonwood Camp and Conference Center
Mass Audubon’s Wildwood Camp
The Inn at East Hill Farm
WINNER
The Inn at East Hill Farm
Foreign Language & Cultural Immersion Summer Camps
TOP 5
Fleur de Lis Camp
French Library / Alliance Francaise
German International School Boston
Pine Village Preschool
SELA: The International Private School
WINNER
SELA: The International Private School
General & Traditional Day Camps
TOP 10
Chestnut Hill School Camp
Dedham Country Day Camp
Dedham Health & Athletic Complex
Einstein’s Workshop
Everwood Day Camp
Hale Day Camp
LINX Camps
Steve & Kate’s Camp
YMCA Camp Takodah
WINNER
Everwood Day Camp
Address: 125 Lakeview St, Sharon, Massachusetts 02067-2776
Phone: (617) 413-0196
Website: https://everwooddaycamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EverwoodDayCamp/
Gymnastics Camps
TOP 5
Broderick Gymnastics Academy
Energy Fitness and Gymnastics
Exxcel Gymnastics & Climbing
Gymnastics Academy of Boston
Planet Gymnastics
WINNER
Energy Fitness and Gymnastics
Health & Special Needs Camps
TOP 5
Applied Behavioral Learning Services
Barton Center for Diabetes Education
Camp Howe
MGH Aspire
Riverbend School
Applied Behavioral Learning Services
Horseback Riding Camps
TOP 5
Camp Marshall Equestrian Center
Dana Hall School – Karen Stives Equestrian Center
Orchard Hill Equestrian Center
Willow Brook Farms
Sweet Meadow Farm
WINNER
Sweet Meadow Farm
Leadership Development Camps
TOP 5
Acera School
Camp Howe
Everwood Day Camp
Hale’s Youth Leadership Development Programs
Lumos Debate
WINNER
Hale’s Youth Leadership Development Programs
Lego Camps
TOP 5
Acera School
Einstein’s Workshop
iCode of Wellesley
LetGo Your Mind
WINNER
iCode of Wellesley
Music & Singing Camps
TOP 5
Artbarn Community Theater
Camp Howe
Community Music Center of Boston
Powers Music School
Wellesley Theatre Project
WINNER
Performing Arts Camps
TOP 5
Charles River School
Chestnut Hill School Creative Arts & Sports Program
Kidstock! Creative Theater
LINX Camps
Wellesley Theatre Project
Wellesley Theatre Project
Preschool Age Camps
TOP 10
Chestnut Hill School Summer Program
Everwood Day Camp
Hale Day Camp (Kindercamp)
Lesley Ellis Summer
Address: 34 Winter St., Arlington, MA 02474
Phone: (617) 719-2076
Website: https://www.lesleyellis.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LesleyEllisSchool/
Lesley Ellis School Is one of the premier independent school in the Boston area. Lesley Ellis sparks curiosity, creativity, and confidence in students from Preschool–Grade 8. With small classes, dynamic teachers, and a bold anti-bias curriculum, kids are truly known—and inspired. From makerspace magic to Spanish in preschool, Lesley Ellis is where joyful learning lives. Come tour and experience the difference!
LINX Camps
Natick Community Organic Farm
PUDDLESTOMPERS Nature Exploration
SELA: The International Private School
Summer at Tobin
Wellan Montessori Summer
SELA: The International Private School
Robotics Camps
TOP 5
Edge on Science
Einstein’s Workshop
iCode Of Wellesley
iCode Of Wellesley
School Vacation Camps
TOP 10
Chestnut Hill School Summer Camp
Einstein’s Workshop
Everwood Day Camp
Exxcel Gymnastics & Climbing
Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass
Hale’s School Vacation Days
LINX Camps
Natick Community Organic Farm
SELA: The International Private School
WINNER
Sleepaway Camps
TOP 5
Camp Birch Hill
Camp Howe
Hale Adventure Camp
YMCA Camp Takodah
WINNER
Camp Birch Hill
Sports Camps
TOP 5
Camp Howe
Exxcel Gymnastics & Climbing
LINX Camps
The Chestnut Hill Summer Camp
WINNER
STEM Summer Camps & Summer Programs
TOP 5
LINX Camps
NuVu Summer
Russian School of Mathematics
SELA: The International Private School
WINNER
SELA: The International Private School
Teen Focused Camps & Summer Programs
TOP 10
Boston Leadership Institute
Camp Howe
Coastal Discoveries: Marine Education Program
Einstein’s Workshop
Everwood Day Camp
French Library/ Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge
LINX Camps
NuVu Summer
The Boston Architectural College
WINNER
Winter Camps
TOP 5
Einstein’s Workshop
Mass Motion Dance Boston
SELA The International Private School
WINNER
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About the Top Family Favorite Camps in the 2025 Boston Parents Paper Family Favorites
Boston Parent’s Family Favorites was born with the idea to give readers in Greater Boston and throughout New England a chance to voice their opinions on their personal ‘Family Favorite’ choices for Camps and all kinds of everyday categories. The program has evolved over the years, and hopefully, with a lot of input from our readers, we’ve been able to make it better and better.
The voting for Family Favorites Camps is conducted in a two-round process. The first round occurs in the month of February with open write-in nominations for reader’s favorite Camps taking place. Write-in nominations continue to be open until the middle of April.
As the nomination period for Camps in the first round comes to a close in mid-April, shortly after, the second round opens with the top nominee Camps being selectable in this final round of voting during the month of April and May. Write-in nominations are no longer available, and voters are open to select their favorite Camps from among those that are listed.
The final winners are posted in July.
We hope you enjoy! And we hope you cast your vote next year!
