On the stage and in the air! The Savannah Cultural Arts Center’s performing art camp for rising 8th-12th graders will take campers to new heights July 5-8th 2022.
Teen actors will spend the week exploring all things theatre, developing skills in improv, script writing, stage production, choreography, and creative movement including an introduction to the aerial arts. The week will end with a mini showcase for friends and family.
This is a 4-day camp following the Fourth of July holiday. $120 ($80 City of Savannah resident rate).
Advanced Academics Academy in Pooler has extended their middle grades program to include half day mornings for homeschoolers and full day for all subjects.
Advanced Academics Academy in Pooler is offering a $25 discount on their weekly summer day camps for kids, tweens and teens. Use the promo code summercamp when registering for get the $25 discount.
Choose from fun learning themes, summer school, and SAT prep workshops.
Class size is limited for a great experience.
Shorter, smaller camps for busy families that want a fun, learning experience.
Join Kindermusik with 88 Keys in Savannah on Saturday, June 18 2022 at 11AM for a pretend musical trip to the beach, where we’ll see dolphins, crabs, beach balls and more! Each child will take home an instrument and a coupon for future classes.
Juneteenth Family Day at the Jepson Center returns with a libation ceremony, drumming and an appearance by the African Spirit at 1PM.
Artist demonstrations include Gullah/Geechee basket making by Gregory Grant and dollmaking by artist Theresa Martin. Storytelling by Jamal Toure, an African dance performance by Kwanzaa Collective 365, and a rousing musical performance by the Bailey Sounding Angels of Joy from the United House of Prayer will continue through 3PM in the Jepson Center’s Neises Auditorium.
There are still spaces left in Kindermusik Savannah’s monthly musical playdate Sat. June 18 @ 11AM (the 10AM filled and a new class was added).
Come with your 0-7 year old to enjoy movement, singing, instruments, books and more! Spaces are limited – enroll today at kindermusikwith88keys.com.
New Wednesday class, too
Kindermusik is also adding a brand new weekly class starting in July: Wednesdays at 11am, open for children ages 0-7! Enrollment opens this week! Text “NEW CLASS” 912-432-5885 to reserve your child a space.
Kindermusik Savannah’s Saturday June 18th 10AM Ocean playdate is full now, so they’ve added a 2nd playdate at 11AM.
Enrollment is now open for this second musical event for children ages 0-7 with their caregivers.
All enrollees receive an instrument to keep, and a special coupon for future classes! Spaces are limited – enroll today at kindermusikwith88keys.com. Sibling discounts offered.
Also, Kindermusik’s brand new June themes begin this Wed. June 1 for ages 0-7.
If you’ve never attended a weekly studio class, your first one is FREE. If you have a newborn ages 0-10 weeks, classes are ALWAYS completely free.
Text “FREE CLASS” to 912-432-5885 to schedule.
Kindermusik…a good beginning never ends.
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The Summer Programs at Royce provide supplemental, specialized educational and enrichment services to all families who request them regardless of income. Royce instructors address the academic and social needs of students from Savannah-area schools who require additional, often specialized academic support, to be successful in school.
Summer School is a five-week morning program designed to strengthen academic skills and provide an opportunity for academic learning which prevents “Summer-Slide.” It is an excellent opportunity to refresh skills and prepare for the new school year as small classes focus on reading, language arts, writing, math, and study skills.
Enrichment Camp is a five-week afternoon experience focusing on character building, communication and social skills along with time for summer reading lists, games, team building and more.
Study Skills is a program designed to help students in 6th – 12th grades learn to study efficiently and effectively, leading to greater success in school
Mon. June 13 – Thurs. July 14* 2022 *No Classes or Camp will be held Mon. July 4.
For more information, contact Sally Greenberg at 912-354-4047 or sgreenberg@roycelc.org.
Learn more about each of Royce Learning Center programs here .
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Join Kindermusik Savannah for a beach-themed June playdate @ 10AM Sat. June 18 2022.
Parents and children together will engage with instruments, singing, moving, dancing, story time, and more activities in this one-time Kindermusik class. Limited spaces. Claim your child’s spot.
Every enrolled child will get…
A 40-minute class packed with learning, love, and laughter
Tiny Tots Playtime @ Summit Gymnastics in Savannah will be offered on certain days during Summer 2022: June 14; July 5; July 19; Aug. 2; Aug. 16.
Tiny Tots is for children ages 5 & younger & their caregivers.
Kids can enjoy trampoline, foam in-ground pit, bars, balance beams & more.
Tiny Tots Playtime 9:30-11AM June 14; July 5; July 19; Aug. 2; Aug. 16 2022 Call ahead to confirm: 912.921.1034 $5 per child (Cash only) For ages 5 & younger
Questions? Email summit.frontdesk@yahoo.com
Summit Gymnastics, 74 W Montgomery Crossroads, Savannah, 31406, (912) 921-1034
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Advanced Academics Academy in Pooler is offering a $25 discount on their weekly summer day camps for kids, tweens and teens. Use the promo code summercamp when registering for get the $25 discount.
Choose from fun learning themes, summer school, and SAT prep workshops.
Class size is limited for a great experience.
Shorter, smaller camps for busy families that want a fun, learning experience.
Summer teen nights include boxed dinner, art supplies @ SCAD MOA
SCAD Museum of Art invites teens to special teen workshops this summer @ 4-6PM Thursdays in June and late July 2022.
Admission to the workshop is $10 each. All skill levels welcome. Materials are supplied. Boxed dinner provided.
To sign up, email Kristin Poitras, manager of museum visitation and programming, at kpoitras@scad.edu.
Upcoming summer teen workshops @ SCAD MOA include:
Thurs. June 2 2022: Transcend 2D self-portraiture. Hayv Kahraman’s images of Middle Eastern women are representations of the artist’s mind, body, and spirit. Tour her exhibition The Touch of Otherness, then give form to a 2D marionette that can be posed and positioned to represent your own life experiences. Learn more here.
Thurs. June 9 2022: Join SCAD photography specialists to learn hot techniques for high fashion photos. Bring a camera photo or digital camera. Learn more here.
Thurs. June 16 2022: Design experimental furniture with unusual materials. Discover the dexterous materiality of Sang Hoon Kim’s works in his SCAD MOA exhibition Soft Spot. Following a gallery tour and discussion of the artist’s alternative use of an unlikely material, create your own furniture works using — surprise! — newspaper and tape. Learn more here.
Thurs. June 23 2022: Chill and thrill at color theory. Tour Katharina Grosse’s exhibition Chill Seeping and discuss the many ways of looking at the work. Then experiment with an alternative dyeing method to create unique color field studies. Learn more here.
Thurs. July 21 2022: Explore Patrick Dougherty’s immersive, site-specific sculpture made of tree saplings. Then design your own whimsical creation to enliven our human desire to dream and imagine. Get immersed in land art. Learn more here.
Thurs. July 28 2022: Explore Southern history and vernacular. Watch A Thousand Miles and Counting, a SCAD-produced documentary exploring William and Ellen Craft’s historic journey to freedom. Then discover the revolutionary work of artist Beverly Buchanan, whose experimental “shack” structures explore the relationship between memory — personal, historical, or geographical — and place. Afterward, work with varied and uncommon materials to build your own model dwelling. Learn more here.
For more than a decade, Summit Gymnastics in Savannah has produced top-quality gymnasts by providing a safe & productive work environment that enhances physical and mental well-being.
Summer 2022 Gymnastics & Tumbling classes start June 2 and end July 27. Classes offered for ages 3+.
Call 912-921-1034 or email summit.frontdesk@yahoo.com
Learn more about Summit Gymnastics in Savannah here.
Summit Gymnastics 74 W. Montgomery Crossroads Savannah, Ga. 31406 (912)-921-1034
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Gymnastics is an entertaining and exciting way for kids to stay active and fit.
Join Summit Gymnastics in Savannah this summer for fun, flips and fitness galore. Summit Gymnastics’ week-long camps are full of organized gymnastics development, brain developing games and more. Your child will have a blast making new friends and learning all about the great sport of gymnastics.
Monday-Friday 9AM-1PM, weekly or daily sessions available May 31-July 29 Summer 2022
Sign up your budding potter for a week of clay this summer.
Clayer & Co. — a full service pottery studio in Savannah — is offering the following kids’ clay camps for Summer 2022. These weekly sessions are 9AM-1PM Mon-Fri:
Kiddo clay camp for ages 5-7. Starts June 13.
Super summer clay camp for ages 8-12. Starts June 27
Super summer clay camp for ages 8-12. Starts July 11
Super summer clay camp for ages 8-1. Starts July 18
Teen Clay Camp for ages 13-15. Starts July 25
Your child will clay the day away and use their imaginations to make funky and functional fun! Friday after class, grown-ups are invited in to see the weeks treasures and take a spin at the potters wheel. There will also be a special bonus day with a guest artist teaching their trade.
Start your day with art with Jepson Center’s new and combined programs.
Once a month, the museum’s youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.
$5 per child Adults: members free | non-members $12
Here are upcoming Art Starts with different themes each month:
Thurs. May 19 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: View and be inspired by the work of local artists in our #art912 CONVERGENCE exhibition. Register online here.
Thurs. June 16 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: Explore this year’s PULSE exhibitions and explore technology in art with LED throwies and floaties. Register online here.
Thurs. July 21 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: Explore BLOW UP: Inflatable Contemporary Art and create balloon art. Register online here.
Thurs. Aug. 18 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: Explore The Art of William O. Golding and make flags. Register online here.
$25 per parent child, $15 adult. All materials included.
Abayomi doll making workshop with Aisha Sinclair Abayomi is a Yoruba word for “precious meeting.” During the transatlantic slave trade from Africa, mothers would often take pieces of cloth from their skirts and make these dolls to help keep hope and remember their children.
Learn to make your own in this featured Juneteenth studio program open to all ages.
Hands-on artmaking and inflatable art demonstrations from 1–4PM. Telfair offers a back-to-school family event with activities based on the museum’s exhibition of large-scale inflatable art.
The event will include balloon and sculpture activities, inflatable art by local artists, and bouncy house fun in Telfair Square.
Here’s a chance for your child to have a Savannah swim team experience in a laid-back summer atmosphere.
The Mayfair Marlins summer swim team in Savannah is open to ages 4-18. No swim team experience necessary. First practice is May 23 2022 @ Chatham County Aquatic Center. Practices eventually move to Mayfair neighborhood pool. Pool membership is NOT required to join the team.
Summer swim teams have meets with other members of the Savannah Coastal Summer League (such as Isle of Hope; Wilmington Park; Savannah Golf Club; Savannah Quarters; Savannah Yacht Club.
• No swim team experience necessary (Ages 4-18) • Morning/Evening practices • One meet per week (June) | Final Meets June 29-30 • For those unable to swim 25 yards – our team offers pre-swimmer clinics ($75) Saturdays in June • All swimmers receive a t-shirt, latex cap, and award • Team suits are available for purchase/pre-order • Member of the Savannah Coastal Summer League
Children ages 4-6 are invited to the Savannah Cultural Arts Center to make the most famous fairytales come to life. Children will explore their stories through beginning ballet, playing imaginative games, making crafts, and reading their thrilling tales.
Put on a crown and let our imaginations create magic on the dance floor.
Students also will learn a royal ballet dance and perform on the last day for family and friends.
Fairytale Week Details June 6 – 10, 2022 10-11AM Ages: 4-6 years Instructors: Kristin Mueller and MiKeshia McPhaul Price: $50 / $40 City of Savannah Resident Rate On Friday, June 10, students will perform a final showcase for family & friends.
Fairytale week will take place at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center at 201 Montgomery St. Questions? Call (912) 651-3677 or email scac@savannahga.gov.
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Tormenta FC Academy summer camps are fantastic experiences for both veteran and new soccer players. Tormenta’s dynamic coaches will provide fun games that will promote soccer development, learning, character building, and exercise.
Numerous locations available throughout the summer to work with your family members between the ages of 4 and 13. Register online here.
Soccer specialty camps include opportunities for goalkeepers and players between the ages of 13 and 19 preparing for their fall season.
Attention all families with children ages 2-3: Kindermusik with 88 Keys Piano in Savannah is offering an ENTIRE MONTH of free classes for the first eight families to respond!
Classes will be Wednesdays June 1, 8, 15, and 22 2022 at 11AM. This class is open to 2-3 year olds who have NOT been enrolled in the Kindermusik program in 2022.
Hurry and save your child’s spot today: text “FREE JUNE” to 912-432-5885, or email info@kindermusikwith88keys.com today. Only 8 families will be accepted.
Welcome to the new Sandbox Children’s Museum Tanger 2 Manager Tajanea White.
Taj has a background in Early Childhood Education and is looking forward to providing exciting programming for children and families and networking with local businesses.
Learn more about Sandbox Children’s Museum @ Tanger 2 Outlets here.
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This will be a collaborative edutaining adventure in homesteading, interactive presentation, and educational performance FOR ALL AGES.
Activities include: from how to prepare your soil, proper watering, how to plant and care for seedlings, when and how to harvest your crops and multiple ways to prepare your harvest from garden to table. In addition, arts and crafts, food trucks, and vendors will be available.
The SoilFamily, LLC is designed to help create healthier, happier, wealthier families as the building blocks for better communities.
Admission to SoilFamily Expo is included in the cost of regular admission to Savannah Children’s Museum, $10 for all guests 18 months and older. This event is FREE for Coastal Heritage Society members. Find info on how to become a member here.
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Did You Know? Cows have been shown to prefer smells like lavender, and while they prefer self grooming brushes over a simply putting lavender on a fence post, they do show interest in that scent and this can be used to encourage the use of brushes.
Enrichment Saturday this Sat. May 14, 9:30-10:30AM @ Oatland Island Wildlife Center in Savannah allows the public to see some of the special work that often goes on behind-the-scenes at Oatland.
This is an opportunity to witness how the Animal Care Staff provides special treats and activities to help hone the animals’ natural behaviors. Adults and children will participate in creating enrichment material for Oatland’s barnyard residents and will watch the cow, donkey, and pig experience their special creations.
Tickets are limited to 10 people per session
$20.00 per person, for all ages. All attendees must have a ticket. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Purchase tickets online here.
All participants must be at least 4 years of age. Minors must be accompanied by a paid adult.
Your ticket price includes admission to Oatland for the day, so feel free to stay and see the other animals after your program.
All of Kindermusik Savannah classes are completely free for babies under 10 weeks. Your little one will get to be immersed in music from the very beginning, and you’ll get to meet a community of wonderful parents, grandparents and caregivers, who make up the Kindermusik family.
Text 912-432-5885 to set up your free trial today.
