Best STEM programs in San Francisco, CA

Mighty Minds is a K-5 program with age-appropriate interactive games and learning activities. It uses dedicated group sessions and includes concrete take-home strategies for parents. The program is a 5-week clinical group, and listed sessions run on...

Tinker Preschool is a Reggio-Emilia inspired early childhood program. The program includes daily outdoor nature learning, forest program time, bilingual English-Mandarin learning, Mandarin Immersion, and S.T.E.A.M. education. Programs Tinker...

Combat Krav Maga SF offers Combat Krav Maga classes with intro, intermediate, and advanced levels. The classes teach practical self-defense techniques, including defenses against guns, knives, other weapons, and realistic scenario training. The...

JCCSF Swim School offers swim lessons for children ages 6 months to 17 years. Water Babies includes parent or guardian participation and requires swim diapers under the child’s swimsuit. Other classes include Frogs, Puffers, Gobies, Stingrays, Tiger...

La Petite Baleen Swim Schools offers swimming lessons for infants, children, kids and youth, adults, and drop-in swimmers. The program includes baby swim lessons that start as young as two months old, free infant swim ages 2-5 months, and...

Aikido Institute of San Francisco offers Youth Aikido with age-appropriate movement, Aikido fundamentals, teamwork, focus, and safe falling skills. It also offers General Aikido for adults and teens, with all-level classes and advanced training,...

Nemo Swim School offers private swim lessons for all ages with one-on-one instruction. Lessons can be held at a home pool, apartment pool, community pool, or another pool used with permission, and instructors are CPR certified. The program also...

Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) Outdoor Adventures for Youth and People with Disabilities offers the Youth LEAD Program, Kayak the Bay, Raft Whitewater, and Adventure Beyond. The program names the specific activities available through ETC....

Forest Bloom Outdoor School offers a Reggio Emilia-inspired, play-based outdoor program in which children explore, discover, and build understanding in a living environment. The program includes a daily outdoor preschool and pre-K program, seasonal...

Salesian Boys’ & Girls’ Club offers daily activities that include sports, board games, ping pong, arts and crafts, cooking, and time with friends. It also offers arts activities such as acting in a play, sewing, baking cookies, singing, and making a...

Hapkido USA offers Hapkido, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Family Classes. Hapkido is listed for adults and kids, with beginner, intermediate, advanced, family class, black belt, and all-levels options. Muay Thai is listed for ages 12 and up...

The Unleashing Potential After School Program is a curriculum-based after school program with a STEM and STEAM focus. It is offered for K-8 grades and is described as a safe and educational option for parents as an enhancement to a child’s regular...

Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy Kids Classes offers specialized kids kung fu and self-defense classes. Children’s programs include step-by-step progression of self-defense techniques and kung fu skills, with classes for beginner, intermediate, advanced,...

Smuin Center for Dance Kids Classes & Retreats offers Dance Together! for children ages 2-3, PreBallet 1 for ages 3-4, PreBallet 2 for ages 4-5, Ballet Preparatory for ages 5-6, Ballet 1 for ages 6-7, and ConfiDANCE! for ages 6-8. PreBallet 1 meets...

Japanese Language Programs offers Japanese Group Classes, Private Tutoring, Language Workshops, and Corporate Classes. Japanese Group Classes are 12-week sessions of 2-hour classes, held once per week in three terms each year: Spring...

Alpha Kids Academy offers preschool curriculum that includes imaginative play, circle time, music and movement, outside play, learning centers, arts and crafts, table activities, science, story time, sports, music, STEM, art, dance, athletics, and...

Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy Kids Kung Fu and Self-Defense Program offers classes and seminars in martial arts, self-defense, and traditional Kung Fu training with step-by-step progression by level. Students practice lion dancing and learn weapons forms...

Mythik Camps features mythology-themed programs where campers take part in spirited swordplay that mirrors epic battles and spend time crafting ancient Greek arts and crafts. Campers engage in immersive and engaging lessons and activities inspired...

Musical Theatre Works includes theater games, improv, group voice instruction, acting, and song-and-dance excerpts from Broadway musicals. The program also runs Main Stage productions that produce two full-length Broadway musicals per year and...

Dnamo FC Youth Soccer Programs and Camps runs ball-mastery drills, distribution practice, fun tournaments, shootout games, small-sided games, fast-paced indoor or outdoor training, and imaginative Microsoccer activities. Training Camps are led by...