📆 The Shortlist. Issue 5 - April 7-10, 2026
Welcome to The Shortlist! It’s your Tuesday snapshot of what to do with your kiddo in SF this week, plus a few highlights for the upcoming weekend. Short and sweet, every week.
📌 On the agenda 📌
Things that we are pinning to do with our kiddos this week.
Tuesday 4/7
Say yes to digging in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
Enjoy a dance and creative movement class with JAMaROO Kids. (SoMA)
Spend more time with JAMaROO Kids at Music Magic Tuesday. (Mission)
Get expert support on your feeding journey at Lactation Support Circle. (Mission)
Give your little one a chance to engage in hands on STEM activities at Tinker Tuesday. (Excelsior)
Wednesday 4/8
Practice communicating with your baby at a baby sign language class. (Mission)
Go to a development playgroup for babies. (Inner Sunset)
Connect with Toddler Parents for a social playdate or a community craft night. (Mission)
Do bead art at the library. (Potrero)
Create a simple vending machine out of cardboard. (Chinatown)
Join a Family Storytime at Salesforce Park. (SoMA)
Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
Thursday 4/9
Attend a Postpartum Yoga class. (Mission)
Attend a baby and me yoga class. (Inner Sunset)
Bond with newborn parents or parents of growing babies at a new parent circle. (Mission)
Say yes to digging in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
Do paper mosaic art with your kiddo. (Sunset)
Take a postpartum movement fusion (cardio+core) class (Sutro Heights) or a postpartum yoga class with your little one (Golden Gate Heights).
Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (SoMA)
Friday 4/10
Celebrate Toddler Friday with Music Together at Salesforce Park. (SoMA)
Attend a children’s music class. (Inner Sunset)
Let your child’s creativity and imagination run wild at a Free Day of Play. (Mission)
Have your little kiddo learn through music at Little Bears music class. (Mission Bay)
Grab your family for a golf day. (Mission Bay)
Meet a therapy pet at the library. (Glen Park)
Feel the rhythm and move with community at an Afro-Brazilian drumming workshop. (Ingleside)
Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend.
Saturday 4/11
Celebrate an afternoon and night of ideas with SF Public Library and the Asian Art Museum.
See Elmo and friends at the Palace of Fine Arts.
Sunday 4/12
Explore your creativity through dance at the LINES Ballet Family Experience.
👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.
📖 Tabs We’ve Closed 📖
Things we’ve actually finished.
Be back on Friday!
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