See our Top Ten Ideas for 4th of July Family Fun  

 

For a list of fireworks around the greater Bay Area see the great list on sf.funcheap.com.

 

 Many regular programs and organizations are taking the day off for the 4th of July, but some are open for some family fun.

 

Here is a list of a few SFkids staff favorites: Alameda County Fair, Alcatraz Island Tours, California Academy of Sciences, Children's Fairyland, Exploratorium, Ghirardelli Square, Marin County Fair, Musee Mecanique, Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco Botanical Gardens, San Francisco Zoo, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Napa County Fair,
Asian Art Museum, Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Walt Disney Family Museum

With some camps costing up to $300 per week, in the current economy some families with flexible schedules have decided to forego camp altogether. Read about how SFkids.org Calendar Editor juggles her part-time job and her new job as director and camp counselor of Mom Camp.

 

"Which camp will your daughter go to this summer?" my friend asked me about a week ago. "In this economy?" I replied. "We're doing Mom Camp this summer!"

 

In defiance of strict San Francisco  parent law my family eschewed children's day camps this summer season in favor of something radical and exhausting. Entertaining the kids my own damn self. (read more)

DCYF provides free healthy lunches and snacks to everyone ages 18 years and younger, regardless of income, at over 100 sites throughout the City.  See a list of sites on SFkids.org or the Summer Lunch Brochure (pdf) (in Spanish, Chinese, and Russian in addition to English).

We heard Sunday Streets in the Mission was fantastic.  If you missed it you get another chance July 11th, 10am-3pm.   The next Sunday Streest is August 22nd on the Great Highway.