While Savannah Cultural Arts Center isn’t open, the staff there want to share some creative fun for kids to do at home.

Create a 3D Card to make at home

Learn how to turn paper hearts into a one-of-a-kind gift or work of art! This instruction sheet from the Savannah Cultural Arts Center will help you learn the basics, then you can let your imagination take it from there.

Learn how to make the 3D card with these online instructions here.

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With the end of this school year fast approaching,  Savannah Educational Consultants is busy planning for those students who will need to be evaluated or re-evaluated this summer in preparation for the 2020-21 school year.

Please ask about Savannah Educational Consultants’ COVID-19 policy statement, which will be shared with all clients as they work with Savannah Educational Consultants to move through the evaluation process.

Savannah Educational Consultants want all parties involved, including SEC professionals, parents, and school personnel, to be assured that they are conducting valid and reliable evaluations under the best and safest conditions possible. Savannah Educational Consultants believes these measures will keep us all safe and will ensure a productive test experience.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 912-238-9552 or email: info@savannaheducationalconsultants.com

If you are interested in services or want more information, please call Savannah Educational Consultants at 912-238-9552.

Savannah Educational Consultants
130 Tibet Ave.
Suite 103
Savannah, GA 31406

Find on Facebook here.

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Kindermusik Savannah with 88 Keys Piano offers virtual classes for ages 0-7, at 25% off during this stay-at-home season – first class is FREE.

Kindermusik also provides one-on-one virtual lessons for ages 6+ on piano, violin, guitar, ukulele and mandolin. First 15 minute trial lesson to meet your teacher is free. Text “MUSIC” to 912-432-5885 to give your child a lifelong gift today.

Visit kindermusikwith88keys.com for more info.

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Maximus “Max” Robertson of Richmond Hill died this Easter weekend 2020 in an accidental drowning in a relative’s covered pool.

He was two weeks away from turning 2 years old.

This week’s SouthernMamas.com column in Savannah Morning News on Sat. May 16 is about what happened and what his mother, Kaytee Robertson, wants people with home pools to do to prevent drownings. Read it here.

This grieving family has received a lot of community support including from Kaytee’s fellow members of First Baptist Church Richmond Hill MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), a group Robertson joined three years ago. FBCRH MOPS set up a public online fundraiser for the Robertsons. Donations can be made online here.

Burglar or Bandit? Or maybe neither….

We love this.

Coastal Pediatrics in Savannah staff had noticed more than usual timid and reluctant faces on their patients recently during visits.

They know it can be intimidating for your little one to have to interact with someone wearing a mask. So they posted photos of their physicians and nurse practitioners with and without their masks and suggested that parents take a moment to share the posted photos with them and let them see some of their favorite masked pediatricians or NPs.

See all the Coastal Pediatrics pediatrician and NP masked & unmasked photos here. 

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Learn more about Coastal Pediatrics here.

Coastal Pediatrics- Savannah
2 Wheeler Street
Savannah, GA 31405

Coastal Pediatrics- Pooler
1000 Towne Center Blvd
Building 1000B
Pooler, GA 31322

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Georgia State Railroad Museum and Old Fort Jackson – both in Savannah – will be open to the general public for tours and guided experiences on Wednesdays through Sundays 9AM-5PM.

Georgia State Railroad Museum

All tours will begin every half hour beginning at 10AM, so please plan accordingly. While the experience will be different from the museum’s usual offerings, tickets will include a rich guided experience and there will be a family activity led by a Savannah Children’s Museum educator for one family at a time every 30 minutes, first come, first served.

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Old Fort Jackson

While the experience will be different from the fort’s usual offerings, tickets will include a rich guided experience that will also incorporate a cannon firing and musket demonstration.

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Both locations are large, open-air historic site with plenty of space for safe social distancing. For the safety of all staff and guests, we will be observing social distancing protocols and implementing enhanced sanitizing procedures. Guests are strongly urged to wear masks and adhere to public health safety protocols. Staff will be also limiting capacity to 20 guests at a time, so please call ahead to check availability. No tours at either site from 12:30-1PM and last tour begins at 3:30PM at Georgia State Railroad Museum and 4:30PM at Old Fort Jackson. Visitors can purchase tickets in gift shops or online here.

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Below is a guest post from Scribble Art Studio in Savannah about their summer art camp 2020.

Dear Scribble Summer Camp Families,
Camp starts June 1 2020 and we are so excited to get that creative summer breeze flowing! Here are the steps Scribble is taking prior to camp and will follow each day of camp:
1. Clean all surfaces, furniture and materials.
2. Space out furniture to allow each camper safe social distancing.
3. Provide soap to wash our hands at the beginning, during and end of each class.
4. Provide masks if camper forgets.
5. Ensure each camp roster maximum is no more than 8 students per day with 2 instructors.
6. All materials are provided from the studio not brought from home in to use.

The photo above shows how Scribble Studio plans to spread out students. 

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Register online here. 

Questions? Call Geoff at 202-379-5643

Scribble Art Studio
212 E. 37th St.
Savannah, GA 31401

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Below is a guest post by Camp Moon River (CMR) at Savannah Country Day School

Dear SouthernMamas.com Family,

SCDS Summer Programs will be taking the next few days to review the most up to date GA guidelines as per Governor Kemp’s most recent Executive Order.  We plan (and hope) to have updates about June camps and activities by May 15.

Registrations remain open and continue to fill if you would like to secure a spot.   Rest assured, we will provide you with a complete refund if we are forced to cancel due to covid-related issues.

If we are in a position to modify an SCDS Summer Program, our registered families will have the first opportunity to accept the modified camp spots.

We know summer camp is important to you. It is to us as well. Our priority is the wellbeing of our staff, campers, and their respective families.

Visit www.savcds.org/campus-life and click summer programs for more information.

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Telfair Museums in Savannah will have a Virtual Art Start featuring William Kwamena-Poh on Thursday May 21 2020.

Parents and children are invited to this online version of Telfair’s Art Start, for pre-K children and their parents and caregivers. This month’s program is based on the exhibition The Journey is Mine, Chapter One by William Kwamena-Poh. The online program will include a downloadable activity, and the artist will give a brief video welcome to families and tell one of the stories he heard growing up in Ghana.

To register, please email Carey Daughtry at daughtryc@telfair.org.

Download other Telfair Museums’ kids’ activities to do at home here.

Telfair Today is the museums’ new digital hub that  features blog posts about local artists, a video archive of lectures and exhibitions, educational resources for kids, a virtual tour of the Owens-Thomas House, and the Telfair’s art collection. Find it here. 

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Social-distancing family, (almost) free fun: Amazon is launching its original thriller The Vast of the Night (PG-13) at select drive-ins across the country including Hwy. 21 Drive In in Beaufort, S.C. this Friday and Saturday May 15 and 16 2020 ahead of the movie’s Prime Video debut May 29.

The drive-in will charge $0.50 admission for anyone 4 years and older in celebration of Vast of the Night’s 1950s theme.

For directions & showties, follow the Drive In on Facebook here.

Hwy 21 Drive In, 55 Parker Dr, Beaufort, South Carolina 29906, tel (843) 846-4500, Email hwy21drivein@embarqmail.com, hwy21drivein.com

Benedictine Military School in Savannah is a “School with a Soul”.

Benedictine Military School has a plan for the 2020-21 school year and their top priorities are keeping their students safe without interruption to their academic progress; regardless of the challenges presented.

Benedictine’s small school size of 400 students, combined with their mission’s focus on grades 9-12 in an all-male environment provides BC the unique ability to be nimble and adjust in a swift manner.

Benedictine is currently re-enrolling Cadets and accepting applications for a limited number of spaces for the 2020-21 academic year. Come join THE 400! 

Founded in 1902, Benedictine Military School is an all-male, Catholic, college preparatory day school educating young men in grades 9-12.

Benedictine Military School
6502 Seawright Drive
Savannah, GA 31406
(912) 644-7000

Learn more about Benedictine’s admissions process here. 

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St. Andrew’s School on Wilmington Is. is pleased to announce the selection of Teri D. Scott as the new head coach for Girls Varsity Volleyball.

Coach Scott recently moved from Petaluma, California, bringing 16 years of year-round volleyball coaching experience to the position in addition to classroom teaching experience at the high school level.

Scott is an All-American Division I full scholarship collegiate volleyball player with a degree in Art History from UC Berkeley. After graduation, she moved to Paris France where she played professional volleyball for the Racing Club de France. She competed in the Euro and French Cups, winning the French Cup with an impressive undefeated season.

Scott will also serve as the Middle School Director of Athletics and assist with teaching physical education classes in the fall.

St. Andrew’s is an independent International Baccalaureate World School for students in Pre-K3 through grade 12 located on Wilmington Island in Savannah. Learn more here. 

SouthCoast Health Family Medicine Physician Dr. Leslie Sizemore and her patient were recently featured in articles for the Savannah Morning News and Bluffton Today on May 2 and May 3, respectively. These articles called attention to the increase in telemedicine exams amid social distancing constraints due to the coronavirus pandemic.

SouthCoast Health had the needed telemedicine technology to implement Virtual Visits services, a medical visit without coming into the provider’s office. Some SouthCoast Health physicians already offered this opportunity and they worked to add their remaining SouthCoast Health providers to the roster to offer this service with the outbreak of COVID-19.

Learn more here.

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Kindermusik Savannah with 88 Keys Piano is giving away a full month’s scholarship to one special needs child in June! Ages 0-7 can apply! Deadline to apply is May 31, 2020. Visit kindermusikwith88keys.com for more info or text “scholarship“ to 912-432-5885.

Kindermusik…music now, skills for life.

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The original Broadway production of Hamilton Musical, filmed LIVE onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, is now coming exclusively to Disney Plus this July 3 2020.

Disney announced Tuesday May 12 that it plans to stream a filmed version of the stage production beginning July 3 on Disney Plus, featuring the entire original Broadway cast. The Hamilton movie was slated to premiere in 2021. It just got moved up by 15 months.

In addition, Hulu is planning to stream a documentary feature about Freestyle Love Supreme, the rap improv group co-founded by Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda beginning June 5. The documentary, titled “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme,” is directed by Andrew Fried.

School searching can still continue with social distancing.

Calvary Day School in Savannah is now booking social distancing safe tours and online meetings for those of you searching for the right school.

Email admissions@calvarydayschool.com to schedule your tour or fill out an inquiry form online here.

Learn more here. 

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