About KidPlanr

The problem we're solving

The Bay Area has more than 500 summer camps — from city recreation programs to specialty STEM academies, from sports clinics to arts intensives. They're scattered across dozens of provider websites, city parks-and-rec portals, school district pages, and community organization calendars.

Most parents spend hours on this every spring: tabs open everywhere, spreadsheets to track deadlines, phone calls to check age cutoffs, and still a nagging sense that they've missed something better two towns over. Registration fills up fast, waitlists are common, and the whole process starts earlier every year.

What KidPlanr does

KidPlanr pulls camp data from across the Bay Area into one searchable database. You tell us your child's age and interests; we show you what's available, what it costs, and when registration opens. A built-in calendar lets you plan week by week so you can see gaps and overlaps before you commit.

The search is AI-assisted, which means you can describe what you're looking for in plain language — "outdoor science camps in the South Bay for a 9-year-old who likes building things" — and get relevant results without knowing the exact camp names or provider websites.

What we cover

• Summer camps across San Francisco, the East Bay, South Bay, and Peninsula
• After-school programs and enrichment activities year-round
• School application resources for private and charter schools in the Bay Area

Our database currently covers 500+ camps with verified details: age ranges, session dates, pricing, locations, and registration links. We add new programs continuously and update existing entries as providers publish their schedules.

Who we are

We're a small team of Bay Area parents who got tired of the camp planning chaos. We built KidPlanr because we wanted the tool ourselves. Our kids have been through the system — the waitlists, the sold-out sessions, the last-minute scrambles — and we figured there had to be a better way to do this.

We're based in the Bay Area and focused on making this work well for this specific region before expanding anywhere else. Local knowledge matters: knowing which districts run their own programs, which nonprofits offer financial aid, which camps fill up in January vs. April.

Our blog

The KidPlanr blog publishes practical guides for Bay Area families: city-specific camp roundups, age-based recommendations, planning timelines, and financial aid guides. Every post is written against our actual database — the pricing, age ranges, and program details cited in our articles come from verified sources, not guesswork.

Read more about how we research and fact-check our content.