Join us for this special Saturday Playtime. Explore, play and build during an open-ended play session using natural loose parts to spark imagination and invite endless creativity. Exercise your imagination alone or with your friends. There are no instructions – just the freedom to stack, shape, move and invent in your own unique way. With no right or wrong, every idea is a great one. For ages 0-6. Connect: San Francisco Children and Nature – Website
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Storytime at Bernal Heights Library followed by playground play, with limited space and first‑come tickets at the door, for ages 5 and under.
Toddler and preschool-friendly toys and games shared at Glen Park Library, for ages 0–5.
Drop‑in art workshops in the Randall Museum’s Art Room feature instructors guiding a new hands‑on project each week, $5 per person, all ages.
Project‑based science workshops let participants build take‑home experiments at the Randall Museum, $10 per adult/child combo, $5 each additional, for ages 4 and up.
Mini-Makers at Merced, San Francisco Public Library offers hands‑on art projects, play‑dough, and floating experiments, rotating monthly, for ages 3 and under.
At Parkside Library, experiential art lets little ones explore materials and self‑expression; mess‑friendly dress encouraged, ages 2–4.
Free playgroup sessions at Children’s Council of San Francisco offer developmentally engaging, hands‑on activities led by a coach, with screening, feedback and education for ages 0–3.
A writing workshop led by award‑winning poet and SCW Institute founder Alexandra Kostoulas at the San Francisco Public Library Main, for ages 18 and up.
Cantonese tablet/smartphone tutorial at Sunset Library teaches camera focus, exposure, basic functions, and QR scanning; bring your own Apple or Android device; for ages 60 and up.
Hands‑on polymer clay workshop at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts teaches ages 8–10 shaping, color blending, texture and miniature sculpture techniques, providing all materials and take‑home pieces.
Watercolor painting at Glen Park Library, materials supplied, self‑guided, all skill levels welcome, 18+.
One-on-one tech help with phones, tablets, internet searches, email setup, and basic computer tasks at Ortega, San Francisco Public Library; space limited, ages 18 and up.
