Interpretive Center hours: Wednesday-Sunday 10 AM-5 PM
Come see the display of the Giant Ground Sloth replica, wildlife exhibits, live reptiles and birding station. Programs listed below meet promptly at the Interpretive Center unless otherwise noted. Programs are free. $5 for parking.

Skidaway Island State Park
52 Diamond Causeway
Savannah, GA 31411

Wednesday, February 22:
11:00 AM Interpretive Center Tour: Join a tour of the museum. See and touch fossils, reptiles, and more!
3:00 PM Coastal Reptiles: Learn all about lizards, turtles, and snakes… Oh My! See and touch live examples.

Thursday, February 23:
12:00 PM Big Ferry Trail Hike: Come for a 2-3 mile walk through a Maritime Forest. Meet at the Big Ferry Trail Entrance.
3:00 PM Fire Building: Come learn how to build a fire using different fire starting techniques.

Friday, February 24:
8:30 AM Bird Walk: Come and meet Mrs. Nell and join her on a walk to observe birds in the marsh and maritime forest. Bring binoculars and bird guide (also available to borrow. Meet at Interpretive Center.
1:00 PM Giants of Skidaway: Come learn about the amazing Giant Ground Sloth and others that roamed Skidaway during the Ice Age, more than 10,000 years ago. See and touch real fossils!
4:00 PM Invasive Species Program: Learn all about invasive plants and animals that are threatening our native plants and animals.

Saturday, February 25:
11:00 AM Interpretive Center Tour: Join a tour of the museum. See and touch fossils, reptiles, and more!

Sunday, February 26:
11:00 AM Feeding Show: Learn what our animals eat and watch as they enjoy their lunch.
2:00 PM Intro to Geocaching: Learn the basics of geocaching, the geocache program that GA state parks offer, and participate in a real live geocache!
4:00 PM Craft: Tissue Paper Butterflies

TBall Season is HERE.

Isle of Hope TBall will start March 20 & 22 2012. Tball is for girls and boys 3 to 4 year olds on Tuesday and 5 to 7 olds on Thursday nights. Email at edyannett@att.net  to request a registration form.

You are invited to the Kumon of Savannah Open House, 10 AM-2 PM March 3 2012.

The Kumon Math and Reading Center of Savannah assists students who are struggling in school and need to catch up, as well as those who want to advance.

Designed for students from pre-school to college level, Kumon helps children master skills in math and reading according to their own ability level.

Stay connected to Kumon of Savannah by liking them on Facebook here.

Programs for pre-K-12th grade.

Kumon Math and Reading Center of Savannah, www.kumon.com/savannah, open on Mondays and Thursdays from 3-7 PM, 10010 Abercorn Ave. in Savannah. For more information or to schedule a complimentary placement test, call owner and instructor, Janese Cooper at (912) 920-8899. Kumon of Savannah is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

The Sandbox Interactive Children’s Museum is open Mon. Feb. 20 on President’s Day
10 AM-5 PM
The Sandbox is dedicated to the positive development of young children through educational play with parents, grandparents, caregivers and friends.
18-A Pope Avenue, next to St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church.
843.842.7645 or email crinehart@thesandbox.org.
www.thesandbox.org

10 AM February 18, 2012

In partnership with our friends at the Savannah Tree Foundation, the Savannah Bicycle Campaign is leading a ride out of Daffin Park this Saturday. Go for about 10 miles and see some tree plantings carried out by Savannah Tree Foundation in their mission of maintaining and growing the urban forest of Savannah

WHO: Everyone! Probably not appropriate for kids under 8 to ride under their own power, but they’re welcome in kid seats, trailers, or tag-a-longs.
WHAT: Arbor Day Ride – 10 miles at a casual pace. Helmets are strongly encouraged.
WHEN: Saturday, February 18, 10am
WHERE: Daffin Park start. Meet on Waring Drive south of the circle.
WHY: The Lorax would want you to go.

Dinner with General James Oglethorpe
7 PM Saturday, February 18, 2012, 7 P.M.
Fort King George, Darien
General James E. Oglethorpe, and the Garrison of Fort King George would like to invite members of the public to a quaint colonial dinner in the enlisted soldiers barracks. Evening entertainment will feature the arrival of General Oglethorpe, musket & cannon firings, as well as interaction between the fort officers, soldiers, and dinner guests. Come share time with the founder of the colony

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.

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

Pediatric Dentistry of Savannah dental assistant Kathryn Hoyt was named student of the year at Savannah Technical College. Congratulations! She will be representing Savannah as she competes for the title of ambassador for technical schools across Georgia.

Dr. Cara DeLeon of  Pediatric Dentistry of Savannah says Kathryn is “such a dynamic mother of two, wife of an army ranger, full time student and an integral part of our team.”

Read more about the student of the year honor here.

Pediatric Dentistry of Savannah, 310 Eisenhower Dr. Building #6 Savannah, 31406 tel: 912-349-4021 email: Drcara@pds-kids.com , www.pediatricdentistryofsavannah.com Pediatric Dentistry of Savannah is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Savannah’s Women In Business Expo  just made it easier for small business owners like you to participate in the September expo by offering Flex Pay options. Exhibitors can make a payment now & their final payment at a later date.

To accommodate working women in business, you can now split your booth space into two segments with Flex-pay!
Single Booth In full – $350 or Two payments of $175
Double Booth In Full- $500 or Two payments of $250

The Savannah’s Women In Business Expo is going to be held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency in Downtown Savannah. The expo currently has a one time special offer for the first ten (10) lucky ladies to purchase a booth for a very low price.

Visit the Expo’s Facebook Fan Page here.

The Women in Business Expo is a show for women in all stages of business. Whether it is pre-start, start-up, development and growth, self-employment, women managers and female professionals. The purposes of this expo is to promote awareness and increase women’s entrepreneurism. This expo supports start-up to enable women-owned businesses to develop and grow and promote their product or services.

Savannah’s Women in Business Expo, www.savwomeninbusinessexpo.weebly.com , 912-346-4928, email womeninbusinessexpo@yahoo.com. Savannah’s Women in Business Expo is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Weekend Event:
Children Under 14 are admitted FREE! A one day ticket for Saturday or Sunday costs $12 and a two day ticket is $16, plus service charges for both from the Civic Center Box Office.

You can purchase tickets the day of the event, or call 912-651-6556 or 800-351-7469, or purchase tickets online from the Savannah Civic Center’s website.

Friday Night Ceili: A $5 donation taken at the door for the Friday night Ceili in the Civic Center’s upstairs ballroom.

The Festival Main Stage and the Festival Pub Stage include some of the top Irish traditional acts and Irish Dancing.

The Children’s Area features bouncehouses, a free arts and crafts area for kids, facepainting, as well as on-going live entertainment geared towards the wee ones on our Children’s Stage!

The Festival Cultural Stage will provide discussions on various topics of Irish History, Irish Literature and Irish Music.

Attendees can also browse the vendor booths and enjoy food prepared by Savannah’s many Irish Organizations.

Children’s Stage Schedule
Saturday
12:00 – 12:45 Irish Dancers of Savannah
1:00 – 1:45 Mr. Magic’s Show
2:00 – 2:45 Na Fidleiri
3:00 – 3:45 Glor na Daire Dancers
4:00 – 4:45 Irish Turtle Races

SUNDAY
12:00 – 12:45 Glor na Daire Dancers
1:00 – 1:45 The Funny Bunny
Magic Show
2:00 – 2:45 Irish Dancers of Savannah
3:00 – 3:45 Silly Dilly the Clown and
Funny Bunny Magic Show

Throughout both festival days Silly Dilly will be roaming the Children’s Area making balloons.

There will be a special princess visit on Saturday.

The Chicken Dance will be at the end of the Sunday Magic Show.

Main Stage Schedule

SATURDAY
10:15 – 11:30 Opening Ceremony with St. Vincent’s Academy Chorale
11:45 – 12:30 Glor na Daire Dancers
12:45 – 1:30 Na Fidleiri
1:45 – 2:30 Morning Star
2:45 – 3:30 Ennis
3:45 – 4:30 Irish Dancers of Savannah
4:45 – 5:30 Harry O’Donoghue
6:00 – 7:00 Seven Nations

SUNDAY
12:00 – 12:45 Irish Dancers of Savannah
1:00 – 1:45 Seamus Kennedy
2:00 – 2:45 Harry O’Donoghue
3:00 – 3:45 Glor na Daire Dancers
4:00 – 4:45 Ennis
5:00 – 6:00 Morning Star and Finale

Southern Women’s Show is returning to February 17-19 to the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center.

There’s so much for busy moms – from makeovers to pampering to (free) health testing to cooking demos to seminars on balancing life…

Southern Women’s Show brings three days of shopping, fashion shows, celebrity appearances, food sampling, pampering, and more to Savannah International Trade & Convention Center.

From savvy shopping to creative cooking ideas, healthy lifestyle tips. Plus, you won’t want to miss the trendy fashion shows, celebrity guests & fabulous prizes.

Southern Womens Show, One International Drive, Savannah, 31402, 1.800.849.0248 www.SouthernWomensShow.com Hours: Fri Feb. 17 10 AM-8 PM; Sat Feb. 18 10 AM-7 PM; Sun Feb. 19 11 AM-5 PM

Studio S.P.A.C.E. invites preschoolers ages 4 – 6 to experience the Youth Workshop, Preschool Caterpillar. This educational workshop is Sat. Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Cultural Affairs Department at 9 W. Henry St.

Preschool Caterpillar is inspired by the popular children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. For only $10, preschoolers will create a 3D caterpillar and butterfly utilizing a variety of mediums. Instructor Layla Mayville will instruct students about the lifecycle of a caterpillar to a butterfly.

“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” follows a caterpillar as it eats its way through a wide assortment of food before pupating and emerging as a butterfly. The book also features educational themes that correspond with counting, metamorphosis, and art. It has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and has been described as one of the greatest childhood classics of all time.

For more information, please call 912-651-6783 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts .

FOR MORE KIDS ART CLASSES OFFERED AT S.P.A.C.E., click here.

About S.P.A.C.E.: S.P.A.C.E. is Savannah’s Place for Art, Culture and Education. Located at 9 West Henry St., Savannah 31401, S.P.A.C.E. houses the offices of the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs as well as a public gallery, a 100-seat black box theatre and art and ceramics studios. For more info, visit www.savannahga.gov/arts .

Bilingual Speech Therapy & Language Center  is offering two free classes to parents with children ages 4 1/5 thru 9 years of age (after school group). Classes are held Friday’s 4:30 to 5:15p.m.

Those parents interested in taking advantage of the promotion need to “like” Bilingual Speech Therapy & Language Center  Facebook page here & then submitt their RSVP thru the center’s Facebook page.

Promotion ends March 1, 2012.  Parents need to register before March 1 to take advantage of the promotion.

To register, call 912.335.8486. For more info, click here.

 Bilingual Speech Therapy & Language Center, 9100 White Bluff Road Suite 201, Savannah, 31406. On Facebook here. 912.335.8486, www.bilingualspeechtherapy.net/ Bilingual Speech Therapy & Language Center is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Fun for the kids on Presidents’ Day Holiday
Angela Beasley’s Puppet People Presents “Dancing Jukebox”
Includes Puppet show and interactive studio tour
11:00 AM
$6.00
Reservations preferred.
912.355.3366
www.puppetpeople.com

Check out these upcoming kids’ shows at The Puppet Place in Savannah:

10 AM Sat. Feb. 11 2012
Angela Beasley’s Puppet People Presents “Little Richard’s Big Adventure- Open to All”
Includes Puppet show, interactive studio tour, and “Mom & Me” Mardi
Gras mask making.
@ The Puppet Place
3119 Furber Ave.
Savannah, Ga 31404
$10.00
Reservations preferred.
912.355.3366
www.puppetpeople.com

11 AM Mon (Presidents’ Day Holiday) Feb. 20 2012
Angela Beasley’s Puppet People Presents
“Dancing Jukebox”
Includes Puppet show and interactive studio tour
11:00 AM
The Puppet Place
3119 Furber Ave.
Savannah, Ga 31404
$6.00
Reservations preferred.
912.355.3366
www.puppetpeople.com

Check out the student performance of “Grease” this upcoming weekend at St. Andrew’s School,

Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m.
Friday, February 10 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 11 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 12 at 3 p.m.

Open to the public. $5 for students and $10 for adults.

Open House classes for adults Saturdays are open to everyone! Classes are at 9am and 10am at Crossfit Hyperperformance, Savannah. The 10am class runs at the same time as the kids class so parents are able to particpate in the adult workout at the same time their kids are taking the kids class. 

Saturday Open House Classes
These classes are fun, dynamic, and move quickly. This is your opportunity to get a taste of Crossfit gym, coaches, community, and workouts. The movements are kept simple and weight relatively light, but intensity is high. Any can join in for Saturday Open House classes. Movements 101, 102, and 103 are NOT required

DISCOUNT: 10% discount on the registration fee if you mention you read about the classes on SouthernMamas.com.

Questions? Please Call or E-mail Crossfit. Coach Eileen: 630-624-0613
To register and to make a reservation, call 912-335-3615.
Crossfit Hyperformance: 904 East 70th St. Savannah Ga  www.crossfithyperformance.com  

Skidaway Island Preschool Open House 2012
10-11 AM Friday February 10, 10:A.M.-11:00 A.M.
For new and returning children
Skidaway Is. Preschool has been providing early childhood learning in a loving Christian environment for over 25 years
Visit www.skidawaypres.org and click Preschool tab at top of the home page
For more information contact Maria Rogers, Director, at 912 598-0151

For more school open houses in the Savannah area, click here.

Make It & Take It: Valentine’s Day at various Live Oak public library branches
Celebrate Valentine’s Day by making a Heart Art Card! Ages 4 and up.

Bull Street Library, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 4:30 p.m.
Port City Library, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 4:30 p.m.

Scent of a Magnolia: A tribute to Billie Holliday, Her Life and Music
Southwest Chatham Library, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m.
Actress/singer Nickki Rich, author Trisha Sugarek, and project manager Ronald Hazzard present a tribute to Billie Holiday. This one-woman show portrays the life of a black jazz singer in America during the 1930’s. As Billie tells us not only her story, but the nation’s story, she injects her tale with her most famous music as well as some of her more obscure songs. Her triumph was her music and her songs that will live on forever.

On Sat. Feb. 18, there will be a Mardi Gras parade at 3pm down Butler Avenue and a street party with music and festivities on Tybrisa Street. Join the fun, listen to authentic Zydeco music featuring Brad Randell and the Zydeco Ballers, All American All Star Dixieland Review and Jeff Beasley Band. The music starts already at noon. Admission to the street party and parade viewing is free. www.mardigrastybee.com

Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra Benefit Concert
AASU Fine Arts Auditorium
11935 Abercorn Street at Science Drive
3 PM Sun. March 4, 2012
Featuring Soloist
Julia Sellman, winner of the AAYO Jr. Division Concerto Competition Concert and Gallery Reception
$25 per person
Tickets: available at the door
Advance reservations for the Reception requested.
Please email: savaayo@yahoo.com (RE:RESERVE)

“Lego Day” at the Hilton Head Branch Library, 4-5:30 p.m. 11 Beach City Rd. (843) 255-6529 or www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.