📆 The Shortlist. Issue 6 - April 14-17, 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 a discount code for Pete the Cat, The Musical, opening this weekend). Short and sweet, every week.
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📌 On the agenda 📌
Things that we are pinning to do with our kiddos this week.
All Week
Tuesday 4/14
Say yes to digging in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
Enjoy a engineering themed playdate for kiddos under 5. (Merced)
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)
Have a family board game and LEGO night in Noe Valley.
Wednesday 4/15
Go to a development playgroup for babies. (Inner Sunset)
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)
Celebrate Earth Month with an Insect Discovery Lab. (Excelsior)
Explore air-dry clay during a handbuilding workshop. (Sunset)
Take a baby-friendly postpartum strength training class. (Sutro Heights)
Thursday 4/16
Attend a Postpartum Yoga class. (Mission)
Join a music and gardening class with your toddler. (SoMA)
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)
Play beginning-sounds and rhyming-words bingo with your little readers. (Eureka Valley)
Take a postpartum movement fusion (cardio+core) class (Sutro Heights) or a postpartum yoga sculpt class with your little one (Golden Gate Heights).
Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (SoMA)
Watch Skate Dreams, a film about a diverse group of female skateboarders whose pursuit of self-expression and freedom has created an international movement. (Western Addition)
Give your teen an opportunity to learn foundational cooking skills and discuss nutrition. (Visitacion Valley)
Party for the planet ahead of Earth Day at Cole Valley Nights. (Cole Valley)
Friday 4/17
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)
Join a book club for first and second graders and make a tic-tac-toe board inspired by the book Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken.
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)
Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
Take a parent & child art class. (Pac Heights)
Join a workshop for high schoolers navigating the process of applying for scholarships.
Celebrate the end of the week with your community at Castro Night Market. (Castro)

📆 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 runs until May 3.
Celebrate Earth Day all weekend long at San Francisco Zoo’s Earthfest.
Saturday 4/18
Experience live performances, special workshops, and hands-on activities with your family at Creativity Festival.
Sunday 4/19
Explore your creativity through dance at the LINES Ballet Family Experience.
Go to a Pink Pony Party with Rock and Roll Playhouse.

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Byeee! See you on Friday!
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