📆 The Shortlist. Issue 8 - April 28-May1, 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 (including information about our upcoming Pete the Cat, The Musical playdate). Short and sweet, every week.
🐾Pete the Cat Playdate🐾
We're organizing a Local Kiddo crew for Pete the Cat the Musical on Sunday, May 3 at the Children's Creativity Museum. The plan: meet at Yerba Buena playground at 12:30pm for around an hour of slides and sandbox, then head inside for the show at 2pm. Singing cats included. Don’t forget to use the code KIDDO10 for discounted tickets.
Grab your tickets here and fill out our interest form so we can coordinate. The more the merrier.
💬 THE GROUP CHAT 💬
📌 On the agenda 📌
Things that we are pinning to do with our kiddos this week.
All Week
Tuesday 4/28
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)
Attend a children’s music class. (Inner Sunset)
Give your little one a chance to engage in hands on STEM activities at Tinker Tuesday. (Excelsior)
Go to a developmental playgroup for babies or toddlers. (Inner Sunset)
Learn how to navigate the college application process as a parent. (Laurel Heights)
Have a night out with community at Noe Valley Night Market. (Noe Valley)
Wednesday 4/29
Go to a development playgroup for babies. (Inner Sunset)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 6-36 months. (Portola)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 2.5-3.5. (Portola)
Join a Family Storytime at Salesforce Park. (SoMA)
Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
Take a parent & child art class. (Pac Heights)
Take a baby-friendly postpartum strength training class. (Sutro Heights)
Learn how to potty train your little kiddo. (Inner Sunset)
Thursday 4/30
Attend a Postpartum Yoga class. (Mission)
Join a music and gardening class with your toddler. (SoMA)
Join the mom walk collective for a park picnic. (SF Botanical Garden)
Attend a baby and me yoga class. (Inner Sunset)
Bond with newborn parents or parents of growing babies at a new parent circle. (Mission)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 18-36 months. (Visitacion Valley)
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) and a postpartum yoga sculpt class (Golden Gate Heights).
Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (SoMA)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 6-36 months. (Excelsior)
Attend Hop Hop Hooray, a family arts and crafts event. (Visitacion Valley)
See Lord of the Rings with a live orchestra. (Civic Center)
Friday 5/1
Celebrate Toddler Friday with Music Together at Salesforce Park. (SoMA)
Attend a morning music class for toddlers and preschoolers. (Chase Center)
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 a night at the museum with your kiddos. (California Academy of Sciences)
Feel the rhythm and move with community at an Afro-Brazilian drumming workshop. (Ingleside)
Attend the "You Yoga" Book Signing Event with Award-winning Children's Author Maria Castellucci Moore. (Cow Hollow)
Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
Take a parent & child art class. (Pac Heights)
See Lord of the Rings with a live orchestra. (Civic Center)
📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend.
All Weekend
Join Pete the Cat for his groovy musical adventures. Use the Local Kiddo discount code: KIDDO10 for 10% off your tickets! The show closes on May 3.
Saturday 5/2
Have a build and play family day with Maker Studio Kidz.
Enjoy fun and games, prizes and more at the Japantown Children’s Day Festival.
Celebrate with your community at the Y for Youth Community Festival.
Join a family friendly community street fair with Mission Kids Co-op Preschool.
Start Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with an in-depth look at the creative work of animator, writer, illustrator, and director Sanjay Patel.
Sunday 5/3
Step into the world of Alice in Wonderland through puzzles, logic and imagination.
Enjoy carnival games, prizes and activities at Balboa Family Carnival.
End the weekend watching Zootopia 2 with your kiddo.
👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.
📖 Tabs We’ve Closed 📖
Things we’ve actually finished.
The impact of fathers in physical and mental health of their children
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