Start your day with art at this monthly parent & child program @ Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center in Savannah.
Once a month, Telfair Museums’ youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for Art Start, which includes story time, a special tour, and an art activity.
Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.
Come play and learn. Theme for Nov. 16 Art Start: Created Beasts: Sculpture by Ulysses Davis. (pictured below)
Nov. 16 Art Start, 10:30-11:30AM. Space is limited, pre-register online here to secure your spot.
Dec. 21 Art Start, 10:30-11:30AM. Space is limted, pre-register online here to secure your spot.
Scribble Art Studio in Savannah will offer three days of art instruction during the first part of Thanksgiving Week 2023 when Savannah-Chatham public schools are closed for fall break.
Participants will learn various art techniques. Materials are provided.
Projects include landscape, portraiture, and independent study.
TRIBE presents Zumbini- Music & movement for your baby.
Created by Zumba and BabyFirst TV, Zumbini is an early childhood education program that uses original music and movement for children 0-4, all while creating the ultimate bonding experience for you and your child.
Come check out this ultimate bonding experience for your child 0-4 years old & their caregiver. There are two opportunities to Demo a Zumbini class with TRIBE Savannah before the next session starting the week of Nov. 8.
TRIBE Savannah makes family wellness more attainable through high quality programs. Questions? Email tribesavannah@gmail.com or text 786-525-3850
Zumbini Demo Classes Thurs. Nov. 2, 10AM @ Frank G. Murray Community Center. Sign up here. Thurs. Nov. 2, 11:15AM @ Frank G. Murray Community Center. Sign up here. This is the perfect way to try a Zumbini class before committing to the 8 week session.
Already a Zumbini family? Come play with TRIBE Savannah on these dates to keep the fun going!
Friends of Oatland (FOO) and Oatland Island Wildlife Center are hosting a t-shirt design contest and your design could be chosen for a limited edition Oatland t-shirt available for the 2023 holiday season! The design should feature the animals, plants, or history of Oatland Island and can utilize as many as 4 colors. Submissions Open: October 20, 2023 Submissions Deadline: November 9, 2023 Find all details and submit your design online here.
This Savannah fall festival will feature Oatland’s 1800’s cabins, old-time demonstrations, games, music, open fire cooking, crafts, and more. Animal education and interaction table will be open from 10-11AM and 2-3PM.
Games, crafts, snack bar, and hay rides will require tickets (available for purchase on site on festival day). Sugar cane syrup will also be available for purchase.
Admissions into Oatland Island for this day only will be as follows Adults $7.00 Children $5.00
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Sign up your child for fun so you can enjoy a childfree night @ Summit Gymnastics, Savannah
Summit Gymnastics in Savannah will host a Parents Night Out, 5-9PM Fri. Nov. 10 2023 so you can enjoy a childfree night while your kid(s) have fun at Summit’s gym.
Kids from ages 4-12 are invited. (must be potty trained) Cost: $40.
Pre-register in advance because spots are limted. Register online here.
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Experience Maladies & Medicine at Old Fort Jackson in Savannah and learn how civilians and soldiers dealt with illness, injury, and boredom in 1860!
This Saturday, Oct. 28, Coastal Heritage Society costumed interpretive staff will lead programs along with volunteers from Bella Harmony Music and the Southeastern Coalition of Authentic Reenactors featuring medicine, dancing, live music, military drills, and historic weapons demonstrations.
There will be a firing of Old Fort Jackson’s largest cannon, an 1857 9-inch Dahlgren, as part of the fort’s 11am Cannon Firing Program.
This enhanced programming is included with site admission and is FREE for CHS members! Become a member here.
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You have three opportunities to come try a Zumbini class with TRIBE Savannah before the next 8 week session starts. Zumbini – designed for kids ages 0-4 and their caregivers – combines music, dance and educational tools for bonding, exercise and fun.
TRIBE Savannah makes family wellness more attainable through high quality programs.
Questions? Email tribesavannah@gmail.com or text 786-525-3850
Zumbini Demo Classes
Wed. Nov. 1, 10AM @ Lake Mayer Community Center. Sign up here.
Thurs. Nov. 2, 10AM @ Frank G. Murry Community Center. Sign up here.
Thurs. Nov. 2, 11:15AM @ Frank G. Murray Community Center. Sign up here.
This is the perfect way to try a Zumbini class before committing to the 8 week session.
Already a Zumbini family? Come play with TRIBE Savannah on these dates to keep the fun going!
Hero Fest educates families about local heroes, such as law enforcement, first responders, medical personnel, emergency organizations, military branches, and many other “heroes” who play an essential role in the Savannah community.
Several community partners will be on-site including Chatham County Police Department (plus a squad car!), Savannah Fire and Rescue (with a fire truck!), WSAV’s Weather Tracker Van, and more.
CHS Educators will lead special programming highlighting leaders, like nurses, soldiers, and teachers, and will include musket demonstrations, a cannon firing.
Tickets are included in admission ($10 per person; $7 aged 4-12). FREE for CHS members and active and retired military with ID. Become a CHS member here.
Tell them SouthernMamas.com sent you.
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Fun and learning go hand-in-hand here as students will be participating in experiments, hands-on learning, projects, and more!
These programs are for 1st-12th grade students. Sessions are 8:30AM-Noon @ Georgia Tech Savannah, 190 Technology Circle, Savannah. Price: $60/participant.
Dates: October 21 2023 – Swamped by STEAM November 4 2023 – Rainforest full of STEAM January 13 2024 – STEAM warmth in the Artic February 10 2024 – Space Age STEAM March 9 2024– STEAM Waves on the Ocean
Youth who are blind or visually impaired are invited to the Savannah Cultural Arts Center for a guided tour of the center’s gallery exhibition, Beyond Sight. Beyond Sight is a multisensory exhibition that invites visitors to experience art on a deeper level through touching, hearing, and interacting with the artwork.
Following the tour, there will be an interactive workshop with one of the artists from the exhibition.
Siblings and friends of all abilities are welcome, space permitting.
This free event will take place at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center located at 201 Montgomery St.
Please register online here by 5PM on Thurs. Nov. 9 2023.
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Learn about one of Georgia’s earliest railroads. Exploration of Savannah Children’s Museum following the program is available to all participants.
This program is included in museum admission and is designed for students ages K-8th grades. Program is free for Coastal Heritage Society members. Become a member here.
RSVP to echappell@chsgeorgia.org
(Please note the museum may close due to inclement weather. Please check museums’ social media for up to date info.)
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In partnership with Savannah Cultural Arts Center through the Spotlight and Weave-A-Dream Programs, this ballet will be unique and inclusive rendition of the beloved holiday classic, The Nutcracker.
The performance will take place on Nov. 17 2023 at 7PM The Ben Tucker Theater in SCAC at 7PM at no cost to the public!
Seating is limited, but you can reserve your free ticket online here.
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Tybee Ballet will present Land of the Sweets as ticketed events on Sat. Nov. 18 2023 @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center @ 3 & 7PM as well as Sat. Dec. 9 2023 @ 3 & 7PM and Sun. Dec. 10 2023 @ 3PM at The Tybee Post Theater. Purchase online here.
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Play date schedule: Savannah Location Mondays 10:30-12:00 *only ONE session; Fridays 9-10:20AM AND 10:30AM-12:00
Richmond Hill: Monday AND Fridays 10:30AM-12:00
Mommy & Me CLASSES *Sav location only Monday 9:30-10:15AM; Wednesday 1:15-2:15PM
These “play dates” are unstructured playtime with age-appropriate toys, swings, slides, a bouncy house, and more. It is a great way to get your child out of the house and around other children in a safe, clean and fun environment.
An adult is required to be present to supervise your child at all times as supervision is not provided.
Questions? Please text 912-308-3818
Savannah Sharks gym is @ 1686 E. Presidents St.
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Each season Soccer Shots uses a different curriculum covering new skills and character words while having fun! They’re kicking off the Late Fall Season the week of Nov. 4 2023 and want your child to join in on Soccer Island!
We are so excited to invite you to be a part of the first ever Soccer Shots Savannah Late Fall Public Park Season!! Visit Soccershots.org/savannah to learn more about this program!
Or go straight to the enrollment page and sign up for a location near you that meets at a time that fits your schedule at savannah-macon.soccershots.com.
Soccer Shots has locations all throughout Savannah, Wilmington Island, Pooler, Richmond Hill, Rincon and Bluffton!
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Toddler Tuesday is a program @ Oatland Island Wildlife Center in Savannah for 1-4 year old children and their caregivers that focuses on one of Oatland’s animals, or a relevant nature theme. The program meets at the picnic pavilion and includes singing, finger play, a story, and a possible encounter with one of Oatland’s furry, feathered or scaly residents.
Occasionally the program ventures to an exhibit, so dress appropriately and bring your stroller and walking shoes. Toddler Tuesday is weather dependent and in case of extreme weather and a cancellation is called for, attendees will be emailed at the address you registered your child with.
Sessions are offered twice on Tuesdays from 10AM-10:30AM & 11AM-11:30AM and registration is not required, but it helps us speed up check in and if there is a cancellation you will be the first to know.
Program Cost:
$5 for adults / free for adult FOO members
$3 for military adults/ free for adult FOO members
$5 for children participating in the program (FOO members and non members must pay program fee)
$3 per class if you buy a multi pass punch card (6 class minimum purchase)
You can purchase a punch card for your child’s admission for repeat visits at the class sign-in table, or at the front desk lobby anytime! Find out more information here!
If you are a preschool or day care you will need to call 395-1510 or click here to book a private program as this program is designed for the general public.
Find links to the registration forms for each session here.
The December 19th Polar Express Party is a special program. It will be inside Oatland’s conference room and will include a typical Toddler Tuesday program about polar animals; followed by train play (large and small train sets), a holiday craft, hot chocolate and cookie snack, and winter snow play.
This program is a special fundraiser for Oatland. Reservation is required due to limited space inside.
After Dec. 19, there will be a short break in Toddler Tuesday programs for the holidays, and will reconvence on Jan. 2, 2024.
Let your little ones explore their creative side in these exciting art classes at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center! In Discovering Art and Adventures in Art, young artists are invited to expand their creativity with a variety of fun art projects! Both 2-D and 3-D mediums will be covered, including working with clay, pastels, paint, and collage.
Discovering Art is a class for ages 6-8. Adventures in Art is a class for ages 9-12.
These classes will begin on Oct. 21 2023and run Saturdays from 9-10AM 5 Sessions: 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 and 11/18.
These classes take place at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center located at 201 Montgomery St.
Start your day with art at this monthly parent & child program @ Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center in Savannah.
Once a month, Telfair Museums’ youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for Art Start, which includes story time, a special tour, and an art activity.
Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.
Come play and learn. Theme for Oct. 19 Art Start: Created Beasts: Sculpture by Ulysses Davis.
Oct. 19 Art Start, 10:30-11:30AM. Space is limited, pre-register online here to secure your spot.
