📆 The Shortlist. Issue 12 - May 26-29, 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 5/26
Find the traveling bookmobile at Redwood Grove 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)
Listen to free live music in Civic Center.
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)
Let your teen learn how to sew at the library. (Civic Center)
Get free ice cream downtown at an ice cream social.
Connect with Black moms at the Black Mama’s Wellness Group. (Dogpatch)
Listen to live music and connect with community at Noe Valley Night Market.
Wednesday 5/27
Go to a development playgroup for babies. (Inner Sunset)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 6-30 months. (Portola)
Join a toddler drum circle. (McCoppin Playground)
Find a doula at this event if you’re expecting little one soon. (Mission)
Take part in magical outdoor activities with Salesforce Park's resident fairies from Happily Ever Laughter at Whimsy Wednesday. (Salesforce Park)
Learn to make 3D Paper Flowers at a free art workshop. (Yerba Buena)
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)
See SF Boys Chorus perform at the Giants Game. (Oracle Park)
Let your STEM loving kiddo construct simple periscopes with cardboard tubes and mirrors. (Potrero)
Thursday 5/28
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 a breastfeeding/chestfeeding workshop to help you get through the infant feeding journey. (Mission)
Bond with dads at a Fatherhood Group. (Inner Sunset)
Listen to free live music in Civic Center.
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)
Take a postpartum movement fusion (cardio+core) class. (Sutro Heights)
Listen to free live music at the Ferry Building.
Make spring zines at Crafternoons in Union Square.
Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (Salesforce Park)
See the Valkyries face off the Fever at Ballhalla. (Mission Bay)
Friday 5/29
Attend a morning music class for toddlers and preschoolers. (Chase Center)
Attend a children’s music class. (Inner Sunset)
Enjoy the weather at Storytime in the Park. (Francisco Park)
Join a toddler drum circle. (McCoppin Playground)
Join other LGBTQ+ families for a field trip to SFMoMA.
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)
Let your STEM loving kiddo make simple circuits on a flat piece of paper to create an illuminated flower themed greeting card. (Chinatown)
Draw, doodle and play in the park with Maker Studio. (Hayes Valley)
Feel the rhythm and move with community at an Afro-Brazilian drumming workshop. (Ingleside)
End the week with free live music in Golden Gate Park.
Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend.
Saturday 5/30
Grab your kiddos, snacks and drinks for a Kids Festival at Golden Gate Park.
Join other families for fun, games, activities and food at the Bayview Family Festival.
Cuddle up with a blanket and watch Jurassic Park at an Outdoor Movie Night.
Join a community row at India Basin.
Sunday 5/31
Join Family Connections Center to celebrate art, nature and community at the Bloom Shaboom block party.
Enjoy Balinese music, dance and puppetry at Gamelan in the Garden.
👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.
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📖 Tabs We’ve Closed 📖
Things we’ve actually finished.
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