Three professional Savannah Photographers have generously agreed to donate their time to shoot a limited number of Holiday Family Photos at a scenic Savannah spot to support the Montessori Education Society of Savannah.

That means you get a great deal on professional portraits just in time for your holiday cards & holiday gifts.

These portrait sessions are open to the public, but spaces are limited so please sign up now.

Professional photographers John Alexander of John Alexander Photography ; Rich Burkhart of Photos by Rich Burkhart and Yanir Yakabovits of YY Images will offer 10-minute mini sessions for families.

$100 session gets you digital delivery of all images taken during the shoot AND 100% of proceeds support of the Montessori Education Society of Savannah.

Portrait times are available Oct. 25 & 26 and Nov. 16 2019 and all photo shoots will take place at the grassy circle park at the intersection of Battey and 50th streets in Savannah’s Ardsley Park neighborhood.

Book your photo session online here. 

Start your day with art and history in Savannah.

Telfair Museums’ youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity related to the exhibition “Tea for Two: British and American Tea Traditions,” on view now at the Jepson Center.

Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome.

Register online here. 

Cost. $5 per child
Adult members free / Adult non-members $12

Art Start Toddler Tour
Thurs. Oct. 17, 2019
10:30-11:30AM
Jepson Center for the Arts
207 W York St.
Savannah, Georgia 31401

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Savannah Educational Consultants

Transition planning is essential for students with unique educational and life challenges associated with LD, ADHD, or ASD.

Savannah Educational Consultants comprehensive program is based on individual needs and provides coordinated activities in the areas of education, employment (supportive or competitive), community linkages, independent living skills, communication skills, social interaction, recreation, and leisure.

If you’re interested in services or want more information, please call 912-238-9552.

Savannah Educational Consultants
130 Tibet Ave., Suite 103
Savannah, GA 31406

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Looking for a smaller daycare setting in Savannah? Come see Soaring Stars Academy, a Christian Preparatory daycare, at an open house Sat. Oct. 12 2019, 1-6PM.

Free registration: If you register your child during Open House on Oct. 12, your SSA registration will be free. 

SSA provides breakfast, lunch and nutritional snacks throughout the day along with daily learning activities and a backyard playground-haven that any child would enjoy.

Now enrolling students ranging from 1 to 5 years old. Fee is $125 a week with a non-refundable registration fee of $50. Contact Mrs. Wells at 912-604-2065 to setup your initial childcare walk-through and consultation.

Soaring Stars Academy
Mrs. Wells
912-604-2065
Hours of operation:
(Monday-Friday)
7:30AM-6PM

Location:
In the heart of the Eastside Revitalization
1004 East 39th St.
Savannah, GA 31405

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Dr. Patricia P. Shapiro, who practices at SouthCoast Health Imaging’s Savannah and Hilton Head locations, asserts the benefits of mammography in response to nutritionist Carolyn Guilford’s “Toward True Health” column that ran on earlier this year, under the headline, “Thermography a better alternative.”

In this column, Guilford makes a number of incorrect assertions and provides questionable medical guidance with respect to the use of mammography and thermography in detecting breast cancer, writes Shapiro.

Read the article here.

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“Many people ask themselves how to know when anxiety has become a problem or at what point they should seek therapy. Read here to find out more about the symptoms of anxiety and when it is helpful to reach out for help.”

Click here to read the answers to these questions and more about anxiety in the first blog in the Water’s Edge Counseling in Savannah “All About Anxiety” series.”

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Water’s Edge Counseling in Savannah
912-319-5552
Email: christina@watersedgecounseling.com

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The Early Learning Academy in Savannah is an exciting new preschool featuring a fun and structured inclusion learning environment for all children—modeled on incidental learning through play.

Call today to schedule a tour! (912) 355-9098

Located on Savannah’s Southside
11500 Middleground Road

Visit The Early Learning Academy on the web:
Website
Facebook

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Pediatrician searching in the Savannah or Pooler area?

The above is a review of Coastal Pediatrics, which has offices in Savannah & Pooler. Learn more about Coastal Pediatrics here.

Coastal Pediatrics- Savannah
2 Wheeler Street
Savannah, GA 31405

Coastal Pediatrics- Pooler
1000 Towne Center Blvd
Building 1000B
Pooler, GA 31322

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Calling all toddlers.

Join Savannah Sharks Gym for their TODDLER PLAYDATES Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:30AM-Noon @ both their Savannah & Richmond Hill gyms. For ages crawlers to age 4 & their caregivers.

Savannah Sharks gym
1686 E. President St
Savannah GA 31404
912-308-3818

Richmond Hill gym
82 Longwood Drive Suite A
Exit 90 off of I-95
(912) 308-3818

Savannah Sharks Cheerleading and Tumbling, 1686 E President St, Savannah, GA 31404
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Kids are invited to make recycled haunted castles this Sun. Sept. 29 2019, 2-4PM @ Henny Penny Art Space & Cafe in Savannah.

The castles will be displayed @ Foxy Loxy Cafe in Savannah during October for Halloween.

Call to reserve a spot to ensure there are enough supplies. Call 912-328-5497 or stop in to reserve a spot beforehand!
Castles will be on display at Foxy Loxy for the month of October, then available for pick up.

Sun. Sept. 29 2019, 2-4PM
Henny Penny Art Space & Cafe
1514 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401

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Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy in Savannah will offer FREE  speech therapy, occupational therapy and autism screenings @ at their Pooler location on Fri. Oct 18, 2019, 9AM-Noon.

No appointments.  Screenings will be on a first come, first serve basis.

Frequently-asked questions:

*What is the difference between a screening and an evaluation?
-A screening is a tool used to determine whether there is a need for further, more comprehensive assessment. An evaluation uses formal, standardized measures to determine the presence and severity of a delay or disorder.

-*What happens if my child fails the screening?
If your child fails the screening, then a full evaluation will be recommended. You have the choice to complete that evaluation completed at Chatterbox or Joye Psychology or with a different provider of your choosing.

FREE Developmental Screenings: Speech/Occupational Therapy & Autism
Fri. Oct. 18, 2019, 9AM-Noon
Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy
110 Pipemakers Cir, Ste 115
Pooler, Georgia 31322

Learn more here.

Yippee! Cone Cake Co.  is now open in Savannah.

Perfect your next birthday party, Yippee! Cone Cake Co. in Savannah sells cone cake bases which are made of bake safe paper and are designed to keep cone cakes upright while baking, frosting, displaying & storing.

Yippee! Cone Cakes for birthdays, school events, sporting events, holidays. Check out the Fall 2019 Cone Cake menu here. 

Subscribe to Yippee! Cone Cake Co. monthly Newsletter here.

Yippee! Cone Cake Co.
912.484.8059
email leilani@yippeeconecakes.com
yippeeconecakes.com

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The Richmond Hill Garden Club’s 20th Annual Pumpkin Patch is Sat. Oct. 5 2019 @ J.F. Gregory Park in Richmond Hill.

There will be pumpkins and mums for sale. Games and face painting for the children. Free plants for kids. Baked goods for sale. Wreaths and home decorations, photo opportunities, and lots of family fun.

Admission is Free. Game tickets $1. Debit and credit cards accepted this year with a $25 minimum purchase.

Saturday at 9 AM – 1 PM

J.F. Gregory Park
521 Cedar St, Richmond Hill, Georgia 31324

Tickets giveaway: We’re giving away two family-four packs of tickets to Poppell Farms pumpkin patch, corn maze.

Enter to win: Just go to the giveaway announcement post on our SouthernMamas.com Facebook by clicking here & comment on it, telling us your favorite fall tradition, event, activity. (Need ideas? Check out our Savannah Fall Fun Guide 2019 here.) THEN SHARE THE FB POST. You have until 8PM Sun. Sept. 29 to enter to win, then we’ll announce the two winners soon after here; on our Facebook page & on Instagram. 

UPDATE: Winners are Julie S. & Courtney D. Congratulations! Please email us at anne@southernmamas.com

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Poppell Farms  opens for the 2019 Fall season this Sat. Sept 28. 

Poppell Family Farms pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides, farm fun, giant outdoor jumping pillows, barnyard & farm games & activities are open every Saturday & Sunday Sept. 28-Oct. 27 2019.

2019 Events @ Poppell Farms

Grand Opening Weekend & Military Appreciation Military Appreciation ($2 per ticket discount w/military ID): Sept. 28, 2019

Camp Sunshine (A portion of proceeds for the day will be donated to Camp Sunshine): Sept. 29, 2019

Collegiate Football Day. Wear your favorite team shirt to be entered into drawings for prizes all day. Oct. 5, 2019

Girl Scout Day ($10 each, girls & leaders, all others in party pay discount admission rate of $ 12 ages 4 & older plus sales tax; 3 & youger are free): Oct. 12, 2019

Mattie’s Mission (Mattie’s Mission will be at the farm & a portion of proceeds for the day will be donated to their cause.): Oct. 19, 2019

Local Heroes Day (Poppell Farms welcomes Law Enforcement, Emergency Personnel & Teachers from Odum & surrounding area to the farm this weekend. Visitors in these career categories will get a $2-per-ticket discount with valid ID. Poppell will honor Hunter Higgenbotham, a 2-year old battling cancer. Poppell Farms will donate a portion of proceeds from admissions on this day to Hunter’s family) : Oct. 26, 2019

About Poppell Farms

Take a hayride to the pumpkin patch, get lost in the maze, ride the cow train, feed animals in the petting farm, try steer roping, Spyder Slyder and the all-time kids’ favorite, crop hoppers for big kids, which are giant jumping air pillows that have kids giggling upon their first bounce.

PICNIC AREAS are available for use, so bring your own food or visit Poppell Farms’ CALF-A CONCESSION STAND for hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage dogs, chicken sandwiches & fries. Candy, popcorn & treats available.

Poppell Farms, email  here, (912) 586-2215, 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, 31555 . On Facebook here. Poppell Farms is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

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 FOR MORE SPECIAL FALL FUN , VISIT THE SOUTHERNMAMAS.COM FALL FUN GUIDE 2019 HERE. 

Calvary Baptist Temple in Savannah invites you to the 2019 TRUNK OR TREAT on Sun. Oct. 27, 4-7PM.

This is a free event for the whole family. Come out and enjoy a variety of fun including:
– Trunk or Treat
– Games
– Inflatables
– Door Prizes
– Free Snacks
– Available concessions

Be sure to register for this free event online here for an opportunity to win door prizes.

For more information, contact the church office at info@cbtsavannah.org or 912-351-2288

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Trick or Treat on River Street

Trick or Treat your way down River Street on Saturday, October 26 2019, 2-5PM.

Get your best halloween costume on and come join in trick or treating with some River Street merchants.

Sat. Oct. 26, 2019
2-5PM
Savannah Waterfront
322 E Factors Walk,
Savannah, Georgia 31401

Horizons Savannah’s seventh annual charity luncheon and purse auction, Grab a Bag for Kids, will take place at 11AM Fri. Oct. 25 2019, at The Plantation Club at The Landings.

The auction will include gently-used, vintage and new designer handbags, bags from local designers, and special new silent auction packages that include trips, tickets to events and other local and regional items. Pop-up shops from vendors Kendra Scott, J. Parker Ltd. and Charleston Shoe Company will also be at the event, with a portion of all sales donated back to Horizons.

The silent auction will begin at 11AM with lunch and a live auction to follow at noon. Guest speaker Lorna Smith, Horizons National CEO, will share more about Horizons’ national effort to close the opportunity gap for low-income students. Tickets are $40 apiece or $350 to reserve a table of ten.

“This annual event is a wonderful opportunity for guests and supporters to shop for unique items, enjoy the good company of friends and learn more about our work—all while giving back in a big way,” said Christy Edwards, Horizons Savannah executive director, “This is a great way to get together with friends over lunch and be a part of something positive in our community.”

Grab a Bag for Kids offers sponsorship opportunities for businesses as well. The levels include $250, $500, $1,000 and $2,000. Horizons is still accepting donations of new and lightly used designer handbags, as well as gift cards or other experiences for the silent auction.

For more information on the Grab a Bag for Kids charity luncheon and purse auction, or to learn more about sponsorships and donations, visit www.horizonssavannah.org or call 912-961-8854.

ABOUT HORIZONS SAVANNAH

Recognized as one of America’s best summer learning programs, Horizons Savannah at Savannah Country Day School, Savannah Christian Preparatory School, Bethesda Academy and St. Andrew’s School welcomes over 250 low-income students each summer to a six-week summer enrichment program that helps prevent “summer slide”: the loss-of-learning that occurs during the summer.

By providing a safe and nurturing environment, recreational and cultural activities, nutritious meals and snacks, caring professional teachers and creative, challenging instruction, we unlock a student’s potential to achieve. During the program, students gain an average of two months’ growth in reading and three months’ growth in math. For more information, please contact Horizons Savannah Executive Director Christy Edwards at 912-961-8854 or info@horizonssavannah.org .

SouthCoast Health medical experts share Five Key Health Tips for Women on National Women’s Health and Fitness Day here.

As women, we need to focus on our physical health, particularly as we reach our 40’s and 50’s. Often, at that time in many our lives, we are so focused on the health of those around us. But in addition to managing the health of our kids and partner, it’s important for us to remember to take care of ourselves as well.

Check out the five key health tips for women here. 

About SouthCoast Health

Whether you are looking for a primary care doctor or a pediatrician, or another medical specialist, SouthCoast Health has you covered with its wide range of world-class healthcare services, available throughout the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry. SouthCoast Health has 120 physicians and medical professionals in 18 locations in Savannah, Richmond Hill, Pooler, Rincon, Baxley, Bluffton, Hilton Head, and Hinesville.

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Looking for a smaller daycare setting in Savannah? Come see Soaring Stars Academy, a Christian Preparatory daycare, at an open house Sat. Oct. 12 2019, 1-6PM.

Free registration: If you register your child during Open House on Oct. 12, your SSA registration will be free. 

SSA provides breakfast, lunch and nutritional snacks throughout the day along with daily learning activities and a backyard playground-haven that any child would enjoy.

Now enrolling students ranging from 1 to 5 years old. Fee is $125 a week with a non-refundable registration fee of $50. Contact Mrs. Wells at 912-604-2065 to setup your initial childcare walk-through and consultation.

Soaring Stars Academy
Mrs. Wells
912-604-2065
Hours of operation:
(Monday-Friday)
7:30AM-6PM

Location:
In the heart of the Eastside Revitalization
1004 East 39th St.
Savannah, GA 31405

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Savannah Educational Consultants

How is academic coaching different than tutoring?

Academic Coaches focus attention on empowering students by helping them understand how they learn, who they are, what their values are, and how they can step into leadership in school, and in life. Coaches with specialties in Specific Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders work to maximize strengths and compensate for weaknesses that affect school, work and home lives.

If you are interested in services or want more information, please call 912-238-9552.

Savannah Educational Consultants
130 Tibet Ave., Suite 103
Savannah, GA 31406

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Kindermusik Savannah with 88 Keys has limited spaces available for private lessons on various instruments! Email info@88keyspiano.com or text 912-713-7899 to get your child started!

Giveaway

Kindermusik Savannah  is giving away a month of free classes and materials in October, and YOUR 0-7 could be the winner! Deadline to enter is Sept. 28 2019, and winner will be chosen on the 29th! Visit kindermusikwith88keys.com to enter!

Kindermusik…a good beginning never ends.

Kindermusik Savannah, kindermusikwith88keys.com,  email music@kindermusikwith88keys.com or info@kindermusikwith88keys.com, 912.988.KEYS (5397) Kindermusik is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Do you find yourself feeling anxious, worried, or overwhelmed about the future?

When does anxiety become a problem? How is anxiety best treated?

Click here to read the answers to these questions and more about anxiety in the first blog in the Water’s Edge Counseling in Savannah “All About Anxiety” series.”

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Water’s Edge Counseling in Savannah
912-319-5552
Email: christina@watersedgecounseling.com

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Savannah Fall Fun Guide 2019

Pumpkin-spice latte-fueled Fall Fun in Savannah & the Lowcountry.

Here are 50 things to do this fall – festivals, pumpkin patches, hayrides, corn mazes, Halloween fun, seafood fests, county fairs, pig races, free kids’ happenings & more.

See the Savannah-area 2019 Fall Fun list here. 

Enjoy!

Family Fun Night this 6-8PM Sat. Oct. 19 2019 @  The Sandbox Children’s Museum at Tanger 2  in Bluffton is open to ALL families

Held from 6-8PM on the third Saturday of each month (unless otherwise noted). Designed to bring families together, for a cost free evening of fun activities. Come enjoy face painting, a special Makerspace and S.T.E.A.M. activity in our program room as well.

2019 Schedule

October 19
November 16
December 21

The Sandbox at Tanger 2
Tanger Outlets Hilton Head
1414 Fording Island Rd, Bluffton, SC 29910

Learn more here. 

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