Local kid-friendly resources

FOR MORE KID-FRIENDLY LOCAL ACTIVITIES, VISIT THE SOUTHERNMAMAS.COM EVENT CALENDAR HERE.

 Coastal Discovery Museum
70 Honey Horn Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Educational natural history and animal programs at a venue that includes salt marsh board walks, open fields, gardens, trails and a 1200 square foot butterfly habitat that is home to some 13 species of native butterflies to the Lowcountry.
More info here.

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Lawton Stables at Sea Pines Resort
190 Greenwood Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
843.671.2586 or email info@lawtonstableshhi.com
Horse-back riding; pony rides; free animal petting farm; carriage rides. Pony ride birthday parties.
More info here.

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Live Oak Public Library branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties.
Free storytimes throughout the week as well as free puppet shows and other kid-friendly events year-round.
For storytime dates and times, click here.
For special kid-friendly events, click here.
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Oatland Island Wildlife Center
Wildlife and education programs
711 Sandtown Rd.
Savannah, GA, 31410
Toddler Tuesdays nature and animal programs Tuesdays. Click here for more info.
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• Savannah Children’s Museum

655 Louisville Rd.
Savannah, 31401
Find the museum’s daily programming information on
www.savannahchildrensmuseum.org/Calendar.html
$7.50 per person ages 1 and older
912-651-4292
www.savannahchildrensmuseum.org

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• Georgia State Railroad Museum
Explore historic railroad structures and see locomotives and rolling stock. Interpretive displays include a large model train layout of Savannah as well as exhibits explaining steam engines and belt-driven machinery. See a massive operating turntable in action. Occasional train rides are also available.
• 601 W. Harris St., Savannah
• Call for admission prices & hours
• 912.651.6823
• www.chsgeorgia.org/roundhouse/home.htm

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Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts
207 W. York St.
Savannah, GA 31401
Includes a two-level, hands-on gallery ArtZeum that encourages children to explore art using works from the Telfair collection, Savannah architecture building blocks, interactive media experiences, a magnetic sculpture wall and more.  Fun & educational programs for young children – babies, toddlers & preschoolers – to visit the museum, learn and make art together including Stroller Tours Stroller Tours 3rd Thursday of Every Month, 9:30-10:15am & Telfair Tots 3rd Thursday of Every Month 10:30-11:30am.  CLICK HERE TO PRE-REGISTER or contact Glenna Barlow at 912.790.8821. The Jepson also offers  WCWM (What Can We Make?) & FREE Family Days . Details here. 

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Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
14 Shelter Cove Lane
Hilton Head Is., SC 29928
Educational workshops and camps, theatre productions, visual arts and more.

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Beaufort County Library branches in Bluffton, Hilton Head Is. and more. Storytimes and more kid-friendly events. More info here.
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 The Sandbox, An Interactive Children’s Museum
18A Pope Ave.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Includes weekly Imagination Hour Storytime; Parents’ Night Out-Kids’ Night In; Family Fun Nights and more.
More info here.
843.842.7645

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The Center for Wildlife Education and the Lamar Q. Ball Raptor Center
on the Georgia Southern University Campus just off Georgia Highway 301
Statesboro, GA.
Features raptor program/flight show with birds of prey, reptile show, discovery trails with wetland preserve, eco-adventure camps, birthday party packages.
More info here.

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Museum of Science & History
1025 Museum Circle
Jacksonville, FL 32207
904.396.MOSH
Features the new Bryan Gooding Planetarium. More info here.

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 The Georgia Sea Turtle Center
214 Stable Rd
Jekyll Island, GA 31527
912.635.4444
Sea turtle rehab, research and education. More info here.

 

 

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FOR MORE KID-FRIENDLY LOCAL ACTIVITIES, VISIT THE SOUTHERNMAMAS.COM EVENT CALENDAR HERE.