Golf summer camp @ The Club at Savannah Harbor on Hutchinson Island next to the Westin looks like a kid’s dream.

Campers can either focus on golf only, honing in on full swing, short game, golf etiquette & golf instruction. Or they do golf and fun camp, combing golf with tennis, swimming, Frisbee football at the Westin.

2019 Sessions are 9 AM-Noon.
June 17-21
July 8-12
July 22-26
Aug. 5-9
For ages 4-12.

Cost:
$250 for Golf Fun Camp
$350 for Golf Focus (golf only)

Register

Call 912.201.2007 or email Fred Denton at fdenton@troon.com

Learn more here.

The Club at Savannah Harbor, Hutchinson Is., 2 Resort Drive, Savannah, 31421, 912.201.2240, email Golf.savannah@westin.com, On Facebook here,www.theclubatsavannahharbor.com  The Club at Savannah Harbor is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Join in Kindermusik Savannah with 88 Keys Piano for May play dates, where you’ll take your imaginations on a wild, zippy, flying, bouncy ride.

Up the ladder, down the slide, and always through music – you’ll be exploring one of the biggest highlights of your child’s world.
You and your child will get:

A 40-minute class packed with learning, love, and laughter
A Kindermusik instrument related to the theme
10 digitally downloadable Kindermusik songs of YOUR choice!
A $10 coupon for weekly studio Kindermusik classes

Kindermusik Savannah May playdates will be held three times, so feel free to enroll in one or more dates. Playdates are open to children ages 0-7 and their caregivers. Spaces in each playdate are limited and tend to fill fast, particularly the weekend dates, so hurry to enroll now and save your family’s spots.

Sat. May 18, Wed. May 22 & Sat. May 25 at 10AM.

Visit kindermusikwith88keys.com

Piano Lessons

88 Keys Piano has a few openings left for beginner piano lessons – wanting your 7+ year old to get a great foundation on the piano? Email info@88keyspiano.com or call 912-988-KEYS (5397) today. Just a few more 30 min slots available.

Kindermusik Savannah, kindermusikwith88keys.com,  email music@kindermusikwith88keys.com or info@kindermusikwith88keys.com, 912.988.KEYS (5397) Kindermusik is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

First week of Summer Camps at Maven Makers  in Savannah – EXTENDED DEADLINE to ENROLL – May 12 2019. Don’t wait. Sign up today!

3D Me! • Age: 7-10 • Date: May 20-24 • Time: 9AM-Noon •

Micro Drone/Quadracopter • Age: 11-13 • Date: May 20-24 • Time: 1-4PM •

Also be on the lookout for STEAM camps throughout the Summer from May 20 – August 2 2019.

The 2019 Maven Makers Summer Camp Lineup

3D Me!
Ages 7-10
Learn – 3D design, scanning, and printing.
Take home – print of themselves and a pendant of their design.
Enroll online here.

Micro Drones
Ages 11-13
Campers will build and fly their very own micro drones.
Enroll online here.

Underwater Robotics
Ages 7-10 & 11-13
Learn about buoyancy, electronics, and design in a super fun way.
Enroll online here.

Electric Guitar Making
Ages 11-13 & 14-16
Every camper will get the opportunity to build their very own electric guitar to take home.
Enroll online here.

STEAM planes
Ages 7-10 & 11-13
Build and fly airplanes through learning the principles of flight and methods of propulsion.
Enroll online here.

Fashion Design and Textile Making
Ages 7-10 & 11-13
Campers will make their own patterns from scratch and even make their own custom dyed fabrics.
Enroll online here.

Rubberband Race Cars
Ages 7-10 & 11-13
Making physics and engineering fun, design and race rubberband race cars.
Enroll online here.

Make Your Best Shot
Ages 7-10 & 11-13
Students build their own catapults, trebuchets, air cannons, and more.
Enroll online here.

Robot Rally
Ages 11-13 & 14-16
Students will build and program robots that race on tracks and through mazes.
Enroll online here.

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Maven Makers
415 W Boundary St.
Savannah, GA 31401
205.903.0489

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Calvary Day School in Savannah thanks you for voting Calvary the Best of the Coastal Empire in five categories!

The private Savannah school was recognized as best private school, best pre-school, best daycare, best college prep & testing, and best learning center/ tutor by Savannah Morning News & SavannahNow,com readers.

If all that good news inspires you to want to learn more about Calvary Day School, schedule a private tour of the school. Private tours are available throughout the school year from 9AM-2PM. To schedule your private tour, call Calvary admissions department at (912) 351-2299 or email admissions@calvarydayschool.com to schedule your tour.

To learn more about Calvary Day School, visit their website at www.calvarydayschool.com.

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Pediatric Associates of Savannah’s Waters Avenue practice is being remodeled. The office is still open.

Pediatric Associates of Savannah has offices in Savannah, the Islands and Pooler. Learn more here.

Pediatrics Associates of Savannah locations

Pediatric Associates in Savannah
4600 Waters Ave, Suite 100,
Savannah 31404
912.355.2462

Pediatric Associates of Savannah in Pooler
110 Medical Park Drive
Pooler 31322
912.330.5010

Pediatric Associates of Savannah on Whitemarsh Is.
1001 Memorial Dr
Savannah 31410
912.898.9800

Pediatric Associates of Savannah, 4600 Waters Ave, Suite 100 Savannah, 31404-6702, (912) 355-2462, www.pedsav.com On Facebook here.  Pediatric Associates of Savannah is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Sign up your little swimmer for a summer swim league for Summer 2019.

Savannah Coastal Swim League (SCSL) offers competitive youth swimming in Savannah/Chatham County, Wilmington Island and Pooler during early summer.

The league consists of eight teams, encompassing more than 800 swimmers, including: Grand Lake Sharks, Isle of Hope Sharks, Landings Lightning Bolts, Mayfair Marlins, Savannah Golf Club Stingrays, Savannah Quarters Sailfish, Savannah Yacht Club Commodores and Wilmington Park Barracudas.

Some of the teams do not require club membership to participate.

Swimmers of all levels are welcome.

The league includes regular practices as well as meets during which various teams compete against each other in late May, June & early July. The 2019 Meet Schedule is posted here.

For more information including a League Contact Directory, click here.  

Pool Party 2019
Sat. June 8, 2019, 5-7PM
YMCA of Coastal GA – West Chatham Branch

The West Chatham YMCA along with Thrivent Financial and Care Source will be hosting the LARGEST POOL PARTY EVER IN CHATHAM COUNTY on Sat. June 8 2019, 5-7PM. Come and enjoy a night of fun with music, pool games, pizza and more.

Dinner will be provided by Thrivent Financial
DJ provided by Care Source
Water Slide provided by Care Source
Pool party and games provided by West Chatham YMCA

Cost
$5 a person with a max of $20 per family

Contact
For more info or to donate your time and talents, contact Sarah Puente 912-748-9622 or by email at sarah.puente@ymcaofcoastalga.org

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Daily Drop-In Studio
Daily | 1–4PM
Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center
FREE with museum admission. Find museum admission cost & hours here. 

Unleash your creativity and join us in our studios every day for artmaking projects for all ages!

Work at your own pace and comfort level through an array of creative mediums such as watercolors, collage, calligraphy, origami, coloring books (for adults, too!), and much more. Each month features a special project designed to connect with a specific exhibition at the museum. A studio assistant is always on hand to answer questions and assist guests. Drop-In Studio is open year round and perfect for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.

Upcoming Drop-In Studio Projects
Each month, the Jepson Center offers fun new art projects @ the daily Drop-In Studio to relate back to the exhibitions on view in the museum.

May Katherine Sandoz: katniss
June Complex Uncertainties: Artists in Postwar America
July The Prints of Dame Laura Knight
August Suzanne Jackson: Five Decades

Jepson Center for the Arts
207 W York St.
Savannah, Georgia 31401

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Make connections while enjoying our many exhibits in a sensory-friendly way.

Savannah Children’s Museum will open early from 9-10AM Sat. for families with special needs or children who have autism to enjoy the site with less crowds and tailored sensory friendly programming.

Tickets: $8 for all guests and FREE for members.

Attendees are welcome to stay after 10AM for regular museum hours.

Savannah Children’s Museum exhibits can be enjoyed by all ages but are designed for children 12 years old and younger.

Pre-registration is required for this event as space is limited. Please contact Elisabeth Chappell at echappell@chsgeorgia.org or (912) 441-9106 to reserve a spot.

Sat. June 1, 2019
9-10AM
Savannah Children’s Museum

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St. Andrew’s School   in Savannah recently announced Alexus Parker will take over as the new Girls Varsity Basketball Coach for the independent school. Prior to joining the St. Andrew’s team, she taught and coached at other Savannah private schools. She will also join the Upper School science department.

A Savannah native, Parker received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Prairie View A&M University in Texas. While attending college, she played four years of Division I basketball. Parker was named Most Valuable Player, Player of the Year, BOXTOROW HBCU All American, and Best Female Athlete of the Year. She also led Prairie View in scoring and was second in rebounding.

Parker is creating a summer plan to include workouts, clinics, and camps. Conditioning for the Varsity team begins in October.

About St. Andrew’s 

St. Andrew’s School  is a private, independent International Baccalaureate World School in Savannah inspiring young people age 3 through grade 12. Find more information here.

Schedule a tour.

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St. Andrew’s School, 601 Penn Waller Rd, Savannah, 31410. 912.897.4941, www.saintschool.com , email admission@saintschool.com  On Facebook here.   On Twitter here. St. Andrew’s is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Registration is open for the well-established JEA Camp Savannah

Their full-day camp runs from 9AM-5PM, but you can drop off as early as 8AM and stay as late as 6pm for NO ADDITIONAL FEE.

They are also offering new and exciting Specialty Camps such as Travel Camp where campers will travel to Tampa.

The Specialty Camp rate allows your camper to participate in the regular camp activities after the Specialty Camp program is done for the day, allowing your camper to be engaged the entire day.

Spaces are limited and all Specialty Camps are subject to cancellation dependent on minimum enrollment.

For more information or to register, visit their website by clicking here!

Specialty Camps include:
Potions with Professor C (Science)
Travel Camp: Tampa
Nature’s Pantry: Multi-Cultural Farm to Table (Cooking)
Day Trekkers Travel
Magic Camp

JEA Camp Savannah
5111 Abercorn St.
Savannah, GA 31405
912-355-8111
Email: kids@savj.org

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Girls Golf of Savannah’s next event is Sat. May 18 2019 at Mary Calder Golf Course in Savannah, 3-4:30PM.

May Activity: The girls will learn more about chipping and will create a “golf flower” for mom for Mother’s Day.

Open to girls ages 7-17.

Girls will play a 9-hole Putting Contest.

Find registration info here or email thegolfswingstudio@gmail.com or call 912-704-8902 & ask for Coach Paul.

Cost: $15 per girl member; $20 per girl non-member

Upcoming Girls Golf events

There will be a Girls Golf event each month plus an extra Girls Golf Summer Camp in July.
The next events are on the following dates:
May 18
June 22
July 22-25 Summer Camp
July 27

Each event will cost:
Member event pricing $15 per event
Non-member pricing $20 per event
Year membership fee $25 for 2019
Membership fee helps us with costs for running the program. Each membership is based on per family, not individual, so if you have three girls, just one membership fee. Membership fee will entitle the girl(s) a goodie bag with gifts from Girls Golf.

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The Matthew Reardon Early Learning Academy in Savannah is scheduled to open in August of 2019 and will serve children between the ages of 18 months and five years.

The program will be an autism inclusion preschool, utilizing the Walden School curriculum. Based on incidental learning through play, Walden creates a language rich environment that promotes social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development.

For more information about the Early Learning Academy, please plan to attend an informational session on May 14 2019 at 6:30PM or learn more online at matthewreardon.org/early-learning-academy.

Matthew Reardon Center for Autism, Inc.
11500 Middleground Road
Savannah, GA 31419
P: (912) 355-9098
matthewreardon.org

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Legacy Irish Dance Camps
Summer 2019 Savannah

Your child can learn Irish Dance this summer @ Legacy Irish Dance Camps in Savannah.

Seahorse Irish Dance Camps listed below are for beginner dancers who haven’t taken classes at Legacy as well as for current Legacy dancers.

Each day will have a different theme for the campers. Each day an award will be given to the dancer with the most creativity to encourage campers to join in the fun. Details here. 

Discounts/Incentives

*Receive $25 credit off your total price of camp when you refer another camper. There is no limit to how many referrals you make
* Family packages are available for those with multiple campers and those attending multiple camps. Please e-mail legacyofthelowcounry@gmail.com or call 912-484-7038 to find out what family discount is available for you.
* Campers will receive a 10% discount for registering for any additional camps.

Day passes

Can’t commit to an entire week? Day Passes are available for campers who can not make the full week of camp. Cost: $50 per camper per day.

Legacy Irish Dance Summer Camps in Savannah

Seahorse Irish Dance Camp, Savannah June 3-7 2019
9:30AM-1PM for boys & girls younger than 8; option of half day or full day (9:30AM-2:30PM) for ages 8 & older
Register online here. 

Seahorse Dance Camp, Savannah June 17-21 2019
9:30AM-1PM for boys & girls younger than 8; option of half day or full day (9:30AM-2:30PM) for ages 8 & older
Register online here

Summer Camps are @ Legacy Irish Dance Academy
7210 Skidaway Rd
Savannah GA 31406

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In honor of National Nurses Week, SouthCoast Health in Savannah is celebrating all of their incredible nurses.

First up is Nurse Practitioner Dawn Mace. NP Dawn Mace started working at SouthCoast Health in 2008 as a part-time registered nurse for Dr. Richard Hightower. When she received the full-time position for this role, Dawn began to realize how much she loved being a nurse and also being a force of change in her patients’ lives.

Learn more here.

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Ready for lazy river, spray pads & waterslides?

Water park season is here.

The Pooler water park – Surf Lagoon – is closed.

However, there are the following water parks in Statesboro, Jekyll Island & Charleston.

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Water Parks Near Savannah

Splash In The Boro opens for the 2019 summer season May 18 & 19
45 miles from Savannah in Statesboro, Ga.
Water Slides – 2 body slides and 1 inner tube slide wind around each other and finish with a plunge into a common wave pool. The park has a double flowrider , a 5-lane mat racer, a spray pad and slides for toddlers, 3 tube slides, a lazy river.

2019 Summer Season
Weekends only: May 18 & 19.
Open daily starting May 25. For hours click here.

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Summer Waves opening weekend May 11-12; opens daily for 2019 summer season Wed. May 15.
75 Miles from Savannah on Jekyll Island.

2019 Summer Season
Weekends only: May 11-12; Aug. 10-Sept. 15.
Daily: Wed. May 15-Aug. 7. Open Memorial Day & Labor Day.
For hours, click here.
Summer Waves Water Park located on Jekyll Island with 11 acres of splashing summertime fun for the whole family. Nine exciting attractions including six water slides, wave pool, lazy river, splash zone and kiddie area.

Opening dates & hours are subject to change. Please call ahead to confirm Summer Waves is open.  912.635.2074

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Charleston, SC Water Parks

Splash Zone Waterpark
at James Island County Park
871 Riverland Drive
Charleston, SC 29412
79 Miles from Savannah in Charleston, SC
2019 Summer Season Schedule
10AM-6PM
Open Weekends May 11-12, May 18-19, May 25-26
Open Daily starting May 27
Weekends Only Aug. 17-Labor Day.
Schedule here.
200-foot tube slide – 200-foot open slide – Caribbean play structure with slides, wheels, and sprays – 500-foot lazy river with an adventure channel featuring sprays and a waterfall – Leisure pool – open seasonally

Whirlin Waters Adventure Waterpark
87 miles from Savannah in North Charleston, SC
2019 Summer Season
10AM-6PM
•Weekends Only: May 5-June 2. Open on Memorial Day May 27. Aug. 17-Labor Day
•Daily: Starting June 8.
Fun for all ages, Whirlin’ Waters Adventure Waterpark is located within North Charleston Wannamaker County Park and offers seasonal, island-style water play packed into over 15-acres.
Rip Tide Run mat racer takes riders on an exciting head-to-head competition over gut wrenching bumps, accelerating riders towards the finish line. (minimum height of 42”)

Splash Island Waterpark
91 miles away in Mount Pleasant, SC
2019 Summer Season
10AM-6PM
•Weekends Only: May 5-June 2. Open on Memorial Day May 27. Aug. 17-Labor Day
•Daily: Starting June 8.
200-foot water slide – 16-foot otter slide – Sprays, geysers, and raindrop waterfalls – The Cyclone, a 10-minute swirling water ride – Recreational pool