This past weekend’s welcome sun and warmth served as a reminder that spring is around the corner – thankfully.

Have you signed up your little ones for a spring sport? Thanks to our SouthernMamas Facebook fans for these suggestions on Savannah-area sports leagues.

Savannah

Savannah Celtic Soccer (sessions include toddler and youth soccer): http://www.savannahceltic.com/
Isle of Hope Tball (coed teams) for ages 7 and younger and baseball: http://www.isleofhopetball.com/
YMCA of Coastal Georgia, registration starts at age 3: http://www.ymcaofcoastalga.org/metro/news/spring-youth-sports

Pooler
Pooler Rec: http://activenet5.active.com/poolerrecdept /

Effingham
Effingham County Recreation and Parks has registration under way for baseball ages 5-17, softball ages 5-16, tball for 3 1/2 and 4 year olds; soccer for girls and boys ages 8 and up. Visit www.effinghamrec.org  

Statesboro
Bulloch Recreation offers t-ball for ages 4 and up: http://www.bullochrec.com/
Upward Soccer in Statesboro starts at 4: www.upwardstatesboro.org

Make A Joyful Noise starts a new semester of early childhood music education classes! SouthernMamas readers who register (postmark) before Jan. 22 can waive the $15 registration fee. Classes are open to the public. The Make A Joyful Noise studio is on the campus of Savannah Country Day School.

Family Music: Babies – 3 year olds: Starting Mon. Jan. 31, from 10:15 – 10:55: Sing, dance, move and play! Develop your own musical sensibilities right alongside your child! ($185 includes CD and 15 sessions. Only 4 openings remain!)

At the Keyboard: Current 1st and 2nd graders: Starting Tues. Feb. 8, from 5:30 – 6:40. ($365 includes 2 CDs, student workbook and 15 sessions.) This unique approach develops the skills needed to begin a successful musical journey toward piano playing and musicianship. The group setting allows for musical interactions with peers for music games and activities, and the aural approach has children playing folk tunes within the first couple lessons. Parents join for the last 10 minutes of every session!

Saturday classes include:
All Together Now: Mixed Ages Babies – 5 year olds:: Saturdays starting Feb. 12: 9:45 – 10:25 ($170 for 12 sessions, includes materials)

At the Keyboard: 7 – 9 year olds: Saturdays starting Feb. 12: 10:30 – 11:40. ($315 includes 2 CDs, student workbook and 12 sessions.) This unique approach develops the skills needed to begin a successful musical journey toward piano playing and musicianship. The group setting allows for musical interactions with peers for music games and activities, and the aural approach has children playing folk tunes within the first couple lessons. Parents join for the last 10 minutes of every session!

Contact Vicki Mills at 920-6542 or MakeAJoyfulNoiseMusicStudio@comcast.net for a registration form or more information. SouthernMamas readers who register (postmark) before Jan. 22 can waive the $15 registration fee! The Make A Joyful Noise Music Studio is located on the campus of Savannah Country Day School.

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Attention Savannah-area parents of children ages 0-7.

The Spring 2011 Kindermusik semester in Savannah, Wilmington Island and Richmond Hill starts the week of Jan. 23.

Kindermusik has a wide array of parent-and-me music classes offered in various locations. Click here, then click on the Kindermusik link at the top top to see the exact days, times and details of the classes.

Online enrollment is available now. Class sizes are all limited to 12, so register today to reserve a space for you and your baby!

If you’re new to Kindermusik and would like to schedule a free trial class, contact Kindermusik by email/phone to arrange a free trial class sometime in the next two weeks, before the Fall 2010 semester ends.

For the Spring, Kindermusik plans to be in Savannah on Mondays and Saturdays, Wilmington Island on Tuesdays, and in Richmond Hill on Wednesdays. If you live in W. Chatham/Effingham area and have an idea for a location for Thursday mornings, Kindermusik is willing to host classes in the Pooler area.

Contact Kindermusik in the Savannah area. Call 912.988.KEYS (5397) or email music@instrumentalinks.com.