📆 The Shortlist. Issue 4 - March 31- April 3, 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 3/31
Say yes to digging in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
Join a storytime celebrating Sakura, Japanese Cherry Blossoms. (West Portal)
Enjoy a dance and creative movement class with JAMaROO Kids. (SoMA)
Spend more time with JAMaROO Kids at Music Magic Tuesday. (Mission)
Give your little one a chance to engage in hands on STEM activities at Tinker Tuesday. (Excelsior)
Cuddle up and enjoy stories, song and movement at pajama storytime. (Noe Valley)
Have a family night out at Noe Valley Night Market. (Noe Valley)
Wednesday 4/1
Paint and have fun at Ikea’s Spring Break Portrait Painting activity. (Union Square)
Practice communicating with your baby at a baby sign language class. (Mission)
Enjoy a free day at the zoo. (Sunset)
Join a Family Storytime at Salesforce Park. (SoMA)
Create dragon eggs with air-dry clay while watching How to Train Your Dragon. (Bayview)
Take a strength training class with your baby. (Sutro Heights)
Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
Build anything your imagination can dream up with Legos with the help of Lowell’s robotics team. (Bernal Heights)
Join community for the first night Passover Seder. (Laurel Heights)
Thursday 4/2
Have a baby and me spa day. (Mission)
Bond with newborn parents or parents of growing babies at a new parent circle. (Mission)
Join your neighbors for good vibes, free museums and activations downtown for Downtown First Thursdays. (Union Square)
Say yes to digging in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
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 4/3
Celebrate Toddler Friday with Music Together at Salesforce Park. (SoMA)
Make botanical prints with your little one at Play First Friday. (Inner Sunset)
Make free art in the park with Maker Studio. (Hayes Valley)
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)
Feel the rhythm and move with community at an Afro-Brazilian drumming workshop. (Ingleside)
Let your teen learn to create custom designs with a Cricut. (Main)
Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend.
All Weekend
LaunderLand Circus continues this weekend. Don’t miss a fun Pixar meets the Circus show that includes monster laundry, dancing pants and magic portals.
Celebrate Easter at Pier 39 with crafts provided by the Children’s Creativity Museum and photos with the Easter Bunny.
Saturday 4/4
Get ready for an egg-citing adventure at the Sana G Easter Egg Hunt.
Celebrate Spring Fling at Salesforce Park.
Celebrate Spring Fling at Crocker Amazon Park.
Sunday 4/5
Get a polaroid with the Easter Bunny at Tantrum.
Celebrate Easter in the Park: Love thy Neighbor at with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Join an Easter 5K at Mountain Lake Park.
Let your kiddo choose from over 10,000 Easter eggs and take a picture with the Easter bunny at Easterfest.
Celebrate a Easter with traditional Nordic Easter arts and crafts, an egg hunt and delicious treats.
Celebrate Easter with an egg hunt and photos at The Box Shop.
👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.
📖 Tabs We’ve Closed 📖
Things we’ve actually finished.
Unfortunately, all of our tabs are still open this week… so tell us what you’ve been reading.
Bye! See you on Friday!
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