Looking for active summer classes for your little one?

Coach Val’s Tumblegym has just the thing in a safe, air conditioned, bug-free environment! Their experienced staff will keep your little one moving while having a great time.

Coach Val’s Tumblegym  provides fun, imaginative exercise programs for children walking through 10 yr olds. Their curriculum integrates physical skill acquisition with social and cognitive learning concepts. Basic gymnastics and tumbling, ball handling skills, strength, balance, and all around coordination activities part of every class.

Children “Build More Than Muscles” through group games, obstacle courses, music activities and more.

Testimonial:
“Coach Val,
You’re doing a WONDERFUL job with the kids! I did a lot of gymnastics and music classes with my boys when they were little, and your class is by far the best one I’ve seen. You do a great job of engaging the little ones while throwing in plenty of creative learning exercises. Ella absolutely loves the class, and I agree, she’s gained lots of skills in a short time!”
- Misty H. from Savannah

Please “like” Coach Val’s Tumblegym on Facebook here to keep up with latest news and specials.

Gift Certificates available: What great way for grandparents and family members to give child gift that invests in child’s future and development.

Classes available this summer:
Wiggle Worms: 30min classes ages walking – 2yrs
This “Parent and Me class” is designed to incorporate the earliest aspects of physical fitness, enhance fine and gross motor skills, body awareness, and muscle coordination while promoting physical, mental and social development. Music, basic gymnastics movements, and games create a fun and healthy atmosphere for you and your child.

Grasshoppers: 45 min classes ages 2-3yrs
This toddler class is open to children who enjoy having parents close by and are ready to learn to follow instructions from another adult. We ask parent/guardian to assist until their child is ready to participate on their own. This class continues to enhance your child’s fine and gross motor skills, social skills, strength and coordination through the activities and obstacle courses that emphasize eye-hand coordination, climbing, hanging, jumping, running, and rolling in a fun and safe environment.

Bumble Bees : 60 min classes ages 3-4yrs
This class continues to enhance and challenge your child’s physical, social and cognitive development. Basic tumbling and gymnastics skills, ball handling skills and preschool concepts are taught. Group activities, teamwork, and fun theme-based curriculum keep your child engaged and excited to participate.

See website here for schedule and rates. Registration online available by clicking here.  

Additional Programs Available for Summer (see website here for details)
Cartwheel basics: ages 5-8yr olds. Skills, drills, and strengthening to learn how to do a cartwheel! (Several other basic tumbling skills will also be practiced)
Sport Readiness Training: ages 6-10yr olds. This class is a perfect opportunity for your child to increase strength, speed and agility with this age-appropriate circuit training course. Ideal for kids who play (or want to join) football, soccer, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, and baseball.
Inclusion class: Adult, child with special needs (ages 5 – 10), and siblings – Contact for more information.

FREE TRIAL CLASSES available. Unsure your child will participate? Want to see Coach Val in action before you commit to class time? Fill out our free trial form here and try out a class at no cost.

Mention you saw on SouthernMamas.com site, and annual registration fee of $25 will be waived. New customers – register with a friend and both receive additional $10 off class or camp.

Coach Val’s Tumblegym, 310 Johnny Mercer Blvd in the Wilmington Island Shopping Center (with Dollar Tree, Ace Hardware, and Goodwill) Tel: 912-268-6003, www.coachvals.com, On Facebook here. Coach Val’s Tumblegym is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Bring the family to Lovin’ Spoons for a groovy Cosmic Night in Richmond Hill on Friday, May 11th from 7-11PM.

Lovin’ Spoons will be turning the lights down and cranking the music up with a fun party atmosphere that will be out of this world!

In addition to a cool cosmic vibe and party favors, you’ll get 20% off your yogurt all night! (may not be combined with other offers)

Lovin Spoons Richmond Hill frozen yogurt store is at 60 Exchange Street in the Kroger Shopping Center on Highway 144, next to Jalapenos, Richmond Hill, 31324 tel: 912.459.1490.  Lovin Spoons is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Have you taken your kids to see an Angela Beasley’s Puppet People show yet? It’s a Savannah tradition. Here are two upcoming Puppet People shows at  The Puppet Place in Thunderbolt .

“Beyond the Moss Curtain”
OPEN SHOW TO THE PUBLIC -
Come see what the tourists are raving about!
This show takes you on a journey “BEYOND THE MOSS CURTAIN” straight to your heart! Comedic host, Miss Moscelyne, the “moss fairy” dishes out good gossip from way back when to the present day. This musical variety show, featuring people-size puppets, highlights some of Savannah’s most colorful characters. You’ll meet founder General Oglethorpe, pirate Captain Flint, Girl Scout founder, Juliette Low, songwriter Johnny Mercer, witchy Meter Maids, Palmetto Bugs and even Paula Queen! Ya’ll come to Thunderbolt and see the refreshing creativity of our local artists and performers for a truly unique entertainment experience.
Sneak Peek for Locals with a special price $15.00
Please call for Reservations-
912.355.3366
7 PM Saturday, April 21st
The Puppet People Party Place
3119 Furber Avenue
Savannah, GA 31405

MONTHLY PUBLIC SHOW on the National Day of Puppetry
Angela Beasley’s Puppet People Presents “3 Pigs of Huge Proportions & the Teeny Tiny Wolf!”
Bring the family and follow along as Puppet People tells the classic story of the 3 Pigs!
**Includes Studio Tour and Mom and Me Puppet Making**
Saturday, April 28th
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
The Puppet People Party Place
3119 Furber Avenue
Savannah, GA 31404
$10 per person

Angela Beasley’s Puppet People “The Puppet Place” in Thunderbolt, 3119 Furber Avenue, Savannah, GA 31405, 912-355-3366, http://puppetpeople.com. The Puppet Place is also an ideal spot to host children’s birthday parties! Puppet People is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Bopping Heads Dance & Entertainment Videos is absolutely the Hottest Entertainment Craze Utilizing “Green Screen” technology to superimpose the participants heads onto professional dancing bodies, up to four people at a time sit infront of the camera as they “Bop” their heads to hundreds of available songs!

The exclusive Bopping Heads Digital system can also capture the performance, which is then transferred to a DVD instantly with NO wait time ! Bopping Heads Videos are a Great Party Favor and the Birthday Girl/Boy gets a master DVD with all their friends videos included!

Bopping Heads s local and are proud to serve Southeast Georgia and the Lowcountry!

Mention SouthernMamas at the time of booking and 10% of your party booking will be donated to Hope for Savannah!

Having a FUNDRAISER? Give Bopping Heads a call! 912-704-7803 or email info@boppingheadsofsavannah.com.

Bopping Heads looks forward to making your next Party Super Fun with Non-Stop Laughter Guaranteed!

www.Boppingheadsofsavannah.com  Please “Like” Bopping heads on Facebook here to stay connected & updated about birthday deals, Bopping Heads is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Skirt! Savannah will spotlight SouthernMamas.com in the upcoming April issue! We so thrilled! You are invited to attend the April Skirt! release party to celebrate! All are welcome!

Be sure to “like” Skirt Savannah on Facebook here.

Great news: Starlight Pottery at 7070 Hodgson Memorial Dr. in midtown Savannah will open St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17 from 2-6 PM!

On Saturday March 31, Starlight Pottery  will host one of their extremely popular Kids Night Outs, from 6-8 PM. Kids will make some fun Easter projects. Cost: $25 + Tax. For ages 5 & older.

Call or email Starlight Pottery to reserve your child’s space. Email contactus@starlightpottery.com or call 912.303.9599

“Like” Starlight Pottery on Facebook here to stay updated about art classes & events.

Starlight Pottery, 7070 Hodgson Memorial Dr., Savannah GA. 31406, 912.303.9599, email contactus@starlightpottery.com , http://starlightpottery.com/ , On Facebook here. Starlight Pottery is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

The Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens pick-your-own strawberry fields are open, weather permitting!

Call 912-921-5897 to confirm the fields have not been temporarily closed due to being picked out.

Best time to pick is 9 AM, before it gets too hot and before the field is over-picked.

HOURS; 9 AM-4 PM weekdays & 9 AM – NOON Saturdays.

COST: $2 per pound.

The gardens have picnic tables scattered around the grounds if you want to make a picnic out of your strawberry picking.

Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens is at 2 Canebrake Road, Savannah, GA 31419. For directions, click here.

The Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, 2 Canebrake Road, Savannah, GA. 31419. Please call 912-921-5460 for information, http://bamboo.caes.uga.edu/, On Facebook here

The Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens pick-your-own strawberry fields will officially open Sat. March 3 2012. There also will be a strawberry breakfast 8-11 AM March 3 to celebrate the opening of the fields for the season. The fields will be open for picking until noon that day.

Menu: Pancakes with Strawberry preserves, cane syrup, egg and sausage casserole, biscuits, coffee, tea and orange juice

Cost: $10.00 Adults, $5.00 children 10 and younger.

The Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, 2 Canebrake Road, Savannah, GA. 31419. Please call 912-921-5460 for information, http://bamboo.caes.uga.edu/, On Facebook here

Get ready to celebrate Irish culture this upcoming weekend Feb. 17-19 at the Savannah Irish Festival at the Savannah Civic Center.

The annual event features traditional Irish music & Irish dancing. Four stages of continuous live entertainment bring fun for the entire family. For event details including a schedule of entertainment on the Children’s Stage & Main Stage, click here.

For more local kid-friendly events, check out the SouthernMamas.com Events Calendar here.

You’re invited to watch the FREE annual Georgia Day Parade, which kicks off at 10:30 AM Fri. Feb. 10 and follows Bull Street from Forsyth Park to City Hall, in Historic Savannah.

Thousands of costumed local elementary school children march behind their hand-made banners in commemoration of Georgia’s founding in 1733. A colorful parade of students, musicians, local dignitaries, and costumed characters is preceded by a military color guard and marching band. Beginning at Forsyth Park and continuing around all five squares of Bull Street, the procession culminates with a program in front of City Hall, where the mayor and other officials bring greetings and present awards for the annual Banner Competition.

For more kid-friendly events happening in Savannah & the Lowcountry, visit the SouthernMamas.com Events Calendar by clicking here.

Bring your kids to the SCAD Soccer Clinic Sat. Nov. 19 or Sun. Nov. 20 or both days at Daffin Park, Savannah.

The womens SCAD soccer team is raising money to go to Barcelona over spring break. To help raise money, the team is holding a soccer clinic for the kids of Savannah. THE DAY(s) WILL INCLUDES BASIC DRILLS, TECHNIQUES, GAMES AND TRICKS.

4-6 years old pay $15 per day
7-12 years old pay:
$30 for one day
$50 for both
**$5 dollar discount per sibling**

Ages 4-6 will go for 1 1/2 hours, 10am-11:30am. All players bring soccer ball, shin guards and water bottle.
Ages 7-12 will go for 4 hours, 10am-2pm. All players must bring a sack lunch, soccer ball, water bottle and shin guards.

Parents are encouraged to leave the children with us and enjoy their free time!!!

You can sign up by clicking here and putting your child/children’s names and your phone number. You can also sign up by calling/texting Shelby Dieckamp at 317-363-5531 or Ciara Thomas at 859-321-0727.

Bring cash or checks to Daffin the day of camp!

Jacob G. Smith Elementary and TailsSpin Pet Supply Store are joining forces to hold the Second Annual Savannah PAWrade featuring pet costume parade and contest, on Lamara Street, adjacent to Habersham Village,11 AM-3 PM Sat. Oct. 29.

Events - which are open to the public - include Pet Costume parade and contest, Celebrity Judges, Music and Food, Children’s Carnival, Local Artists, Dog Wash, Pet Nail Trimming and TailsSpin’s signature Low-Cost Pet Microchipping and Vaccine Clinic.

The Savannah PAWrade and costume contest will boast a line of exciting prizes for first, second and third placed winners, from Blue Buffalo, Dublin Georgia’s Hitek Rations, and Natural Balance Pet Food Manufacturers, engraved Pet ID Tag and Gift Certificates from TailsSpin Pet Supply Store.

Fourteen of the Greater Savannah Pet Rescue Agencies are scheduled to participate. Savannah Kennel Club will join the festivities with Doggy Derby; Jamison Murphy, Savannah teenage folk singer sensation will be performing, and the Jacob G. Smith’s PTA will host many kid activities throughout the day.

For every pet adoption, TailsSpin Pet Supplies will assist new pet owners by giving them a free small bag of dog food, an engraved ID tag, and 10% off their purchase that day.

100% of the money raised from the event will be divided among Jacob G. Smith Elementary and the participating pet rescue agencies.

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

Savannah-area Chevrolet dealers now have a new Facebook page called Southern Charm Chevy Girls that is going to feature daily giveaways/contests starting this week!

Please  “like” Southern Charm Chevy Girls Facebook here.

You don’t want to miss out on the upcoming giveaways all this month to celebrate Chevy’s 100th Birthday!

Southern Charm Chevy Girls will have 14 days of daily prizes as a countdown to Chevy’s 100th Birthday on Nov. 3.

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, SC has lots of events planned for Fall 2011. Read all about them on the new Riverbanks page on SouthernMamas.com. Click here for details.

Kid-friendly events at the zoo include Animal Enrichment Day when zookeepers give animals special treats designed to encourage and stimulate natural behaviors: Boo at the Zoo, a spook-fest for costumed children 12 and younger that includes a trick-or-treat trail with candy and more; a Pumpkin Smash when the zoo’s mammals, birds, reptiles and fish enjoy their own trick-or-treats, a form of animal enrichment designed to encourage and stimulate natural behaviors; free admisison for active duty and retired military personnel on Veterans Day; Lights Before Christmas, when the Zoo shines with nearly one million twinkling lights and more than 350 handcrafted images. Take your photo with Santa, roast marshmallows at the Jingle Bell Bonfire and be sure to wear your hat – it snows nightly during the Lights Before Christmas.

Visit the SouthernMamas.com Riverbanks page here for more information.

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES include Behind-the-Scenes Adventure Tours; Homeschool Mondays; Overnights and Night Howls; and two new 30 minute, 3-D movies:
TURTLE VISION
From the warm waters of the tropics to the icy Antarctic, join Sammy the sea turtle and his friends on an exciting journey through the ocean. Swim through colorful coral reefs and enjoy a dazzling ride on a fun-loving octopus. Dive into icy polar waters to meet a friendly whale and learn the importance of protecting our oceans.
DINOSAURS
If it weren’t for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could still be the domain of dinosaurs. Deeply rooted in science, the film will carry you back in time to witness these amazing beasts come to life. Meet the largest living animals to have ever walked the Earth; the titanesque plant-eating Argenitsaur and its nemesis the Gigantosaur, a bipedal carnivore that could easily challenge the T-rex!

Admission: $3 for one show, $5 for both, in addition to regular Zoo admission.

Visit the SouthernMamas.com Riverbanks page for more information. Details here.

Here’s a fun family bike ride suggestion: the I-Spy-a-Critter Bike Ride on Hilton Head Is.

This creature feature ride is a 10-mile route perfect for kids because it’s a treasure hunt for the island’s collection of permanent “creatures” – an alligator statue, a peacock stained glass window, a giant pelican, dolphin door, heron and horse statue as well as a few live critters – a trio of macaws, a Clydesdale, ponies, goats and a deer.

To make the bike safari adventure semi-educational, have your little ones complete the nature rhymes we paired with “animal” sightings. Check out the ride here:

The popular Toddler Tuesdays nature & science program will be back on September 6 at Oatland Island Wildlife Center.

Programs at 10 AM & 11 AM Tuesdays. Pre-registration required. Call 395-1500

Toddler Tuesday Program Fees for 2011-2012: General: $5 per child $5 per adult; Friends of Oatland Members: $5 per child, up to 2 adults FREE!

Program fee includes program and entrance to Oatland Island Wildlife Center and trails.

To read the Toddler Tuesday Topics September –December 2011, click here.

Mommy & Me Play and Fitness in Richmond Hill offers Classes; Birthday Parties; Mommy’s Morning Out & More!

Enroll Now for September. Classes Filling Fast at Mommy & Me Play and Fitness.

2552 US Highway 17, Richmond Hill
912.756.2828
Any new student who mentions you read about Mommy & Me on SouthernMamas.com will have the Lifetime Membership Fee waived!
Military & Multi Child/Class Discounts
www.mommyandmeplayandfitness.com
email: mommyandmeplayandfitness@live.com

Like Mommy & Me Play and Fitness on Facebook here.

Charlene R. Ford, EdD
Owner/Program Director

Story Time w/ Make and Take every 1st Thursday @ 1 PM
COST: FREE!
Reservations Required. Call 756.2828

Hours: Mon: 9 am-2 pm
Tues – Thurs: 9 am -2 pm & 5-6:30 pm
Fri: 9 am – 2 pm
Sat: 9 am – 12 pm

Mommy & Me Play and Fitness, www.mommyandmeplayandfitness.com, 2552 US Hwy17, Richmond Hill, 31324, 912.756.2828, email: mommyandmeplayandfitness@live.com Mommy & Me Play and Fitness is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

September will be here soon. And September in Savannah means the return of the Savannah Ocean Exchange Public Exchange activities.

SouthernMamas.com has the 411 on all the Savannah Ocean Exchange activities specifically geared toward families and children including:
Boat Building workshop for adults and children;
“Sailabrate the Sea” Savannah Ocean Exchange Boat Parade (FREE);
“Oh Say Can You Sea Savannah” Children’s Ocean Art & Music events;
Gray’s Reef Ocean Children’s Film Festival: National Geographic short films specifically chosen for children (FREE);
Savannah Ocean Exchange Family Ocean Experience at Lazaretto Creek (FREE);
Family Pond Yacht Workshop & Regatta.

Many of the events are free. For details & locations of all those kid-friendly activities and more, visit the SouthernMamas.com Savannah Ocean Exchange Family Activities page by clicking here.

The hot weather will subside someday. We promise.

And when it does, you want to be ready to explore Georgia State Parks. We’ve got all the info on September events happening a state parks and historic spots across the state. Gorge hikes, group hayrides, outdoor music festivals, full moon hikes, Labor Day festivities, butterfly safari, fishing rodeos, even a couple of special days when you can actually swim in the waters at Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site in Warm Springs, Ga. (which are normally kept empty for preservation).

To find out details about all that and more, visit the new SouthernMamas.com Georgia State Parks Events page by clicking here. You can also find it listed as Georgia State Park Events on our home page left sidebar under Pages.