📆 The Shortlist. Issue 11 - May 19-22, 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.
All Week
Tuesday 5/19
Say yes to digging in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 6-36 months. (Excelsior)
Join tummy time for kiddos ages 0-18 months. (Visitacion Valley)
Find the traveling bookmobile at Helen Wills Playground.
Enjoy a dance and creative movement class with JAMaROO Kids. (SoMA)
Join Music Magic Tuesday with JAMaROO Kids. (Mission)
Join a lactation support circle for parents and pregnant people. (Mission)
Attend a children’s music class. (Inner Sunset)
Join a Pop n Play to support your kiddo’s learning and development. (Excelsior)
Join moms and caretakers for Yoga For Longevity. (Laurel Heights)
Give your little one a chance to engage in hands on STEM activities at Tinker Tuesday. (Excelsior)
Go to a developmental playgroup for toddlers. (Inner Sunset)
Go to a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-3. (Mission)
Connect with Black moms at the Black Mama’s Wellness Group. (Dogpatch)
Wednesday 5/20
Go to a development playgroup for babies. (Inner Sunset)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 6-30 months. (Portola)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-6. (Mission)
Join a toddler drum circle. (McCoppin Playground)
Join a Family Storytime at Salesforce Park. (Salesforce Park)
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)
Join SF Girl’s Chorus for their spring concert at Herbst Theatre.
Design beautiful and empowering affirmation art at a Watercolor Affirmation Art workshop.
Thursday 5/21
Attend a Postpartum Yoga class. (Mission)
Join a Pop n Play to support your kiddo’s learning and development. (Excelsior)
Bond with newborn parents or parents of growing babies at a new parent circle. (Mission)
Join the Mom Walk Collective for a group walk.
Bond with dads at a Fatherhood Group. (Inner Sunset)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 6-36 months. (Excelsior)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 18-36 months. (Visitacion Valley)
Go to a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-3. (Mission)
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)
Make spring zines at Crafternoons in Union Square.
Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (Salesforce Park)
Watch Cinema in the Valley at Cole Valley Nights.
Celebrate youth creators at BAYCAT Spring 2026 Media Showcase. (Yerba Buena)
Friday 5/22
Attend a morning music class for toddlers and preschoolers. (Chase Center)
Attend a children’s music class. (Inner Sunset)
Join a toddler drum circle. (McCoppin Playground)
Let your child’s creativity and imagination run wild at a Free Day of Play. (Mission)
Take a parent & child art class with your toddler or have your older kiddo do an art class solo. (Pac Heights)
Feel the rhythm and move with community at an Afro-Brazilian drumming workshop. (Ingleside)
Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
Celebrate freedom and culture at SF Juneteenth Pageant. (Bayview)
End the week with a family movie night. (Mission)
Celebrate Nature Discovery Day in North Beach.
Celebrate Harvey Milk Day in the Castro.
Start your long weekend at Fort Mason Night Market.

📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend.
All Weekend
Celebrate culture and community through dance, music and visual arts at the 2026 Carnaval San Francisco two-day festival and grand parade.
Celebrate the start of the summer outside all at The Whale’s Tail.
Saturday 5/23
Let your little kiddo get outside to make art, socialize, and have fun at Makerz Potion Play Playdate with Maker Studio.
Celebrate K-Pop Day at the Zoo with music, dance and festivities.
Let your tennis curious kiddo join the USTA NorCal for Red Ball for All Day at Spark Social.
Sunday 5/24
Celebrate the opening of Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal at the SFMoMA’s Free Community Day.

👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.

Can’t wait to go hiking for MDW.


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📖 Tabs We’ve Closed 📖
Things we’ve actually finished.

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