Savannah Children’s Museum’s EXPLORATION STATION, made possible with support from Newman’s Own Foundation, will open Saturday June 9, 2012 at 9 a.m.. Exploration Station is an outdoor venue and water and sunscreen are strongly encouraged.
Exploration Station is a 1 acre, two level, outdoor exhibit area built in the ruins of a Central of Georgia building. Exploration Station’s goals are to connect children with nature, encourage learning through outdoor play emphasizing the importance of daily activity for a healthy lifestyle, and planting the seeds for preservation of historic buildings.
PATRON PARKING
Parking is shared with Georgia State Railroad Museum at 655 Louisville Rd., Savannah, GA 31401 and will open at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Parking is free for patrons, but limited. There is plenty of additional parking in the surrounding area.
MUSEUM ADMISSION & MEMBERSHIP COSTS
General admission: $7.50 per person, ages 1 and older.

Artist Uncorked  – a bright, cheerful art studio in Bluffton/Hilton Head Is. – is offering week-long fun & creative summer camps for kids.

Projects include acrylic painting on canvas, jewelry making, collages & other speciality crafts.

Different camps with various themes are offered for ages 4-7 and 8-12, Monday-Friday from 9 AM-1 PM. Cost: $150 per child per week.

Camp themes include Under the Sea, Rock n’ Roll & Big Top Finale. Space is limited so call today.

Artist Uncorked teachers are professional artists.

Artist Uncorked is also a party venue for the creatively challenged.

The art studio ready and waiting for your party. Great for reunions, showers, parties, girls night out, couples, home schoolers, children’s parties & more.

Artist Uncorked provides instructor, canvas & use of paints & brushes.

Regular events include teens’ night & paint your pet night.

Like Artist Uncorked on Facebook here to stay updated about their events/deals. Follow Artist Uncorked on Twitter here @ArtistUncorked

Artist Uncorked, www.artistuncorked.com/,  322 Moss Creek Village, Hilton Head Island, SC 29910, tel: 1 (843) 837-4700, email: info@artistuncorked.com Artist Uncorked is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Father’s Day is only 2 weeks away! Let’s face it, they are so tough to buy for. But we’ve got the perfect gift idea – lasting memories with a family portrait session.

Savannah photographer LeeAnn Ritch is offering a fabulous Father’s Day special: A photography session, online proofing and high-resolution CD of the best images for $400 plus tax (Regular cost is $575)!

The Savannah family portrait photographer and mother of two specializes in newborn, baby, child, and family photography. LeeAnn is known for shooting warm, candid portraits like these pictured here.

Check out more of her work by clicking here.

Click here to book a session.

Be sure to mention SouthernMamas to take advantage of this Father’s Day deal.

To follow LeeAnn Ritch’s work and stay updated on her specials, be sure to “like” her Facebook page by clicking here.

LeeAnn Ritch Photography, 912.308.9327 or email leeann@leeannritchphotography.com , www.leeannritchphotography.com LeeAnn Ritch Photography is a SouthernMamas.com sponsor

This weekend, Lovin’ Spoons Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt is giving you the opportunity to get 10oz of Lovin’ Spoons frozen yogurt absolutely FREE! Plus, there’s a chance for you to win a $50 gift certificate!

Customers of any Lovin’ Spoons frozen yogurt store are welcome to participate.

Participating in this special promotion is as easy as 1-2-3.

1) On Saturday, June 9, from 10AM-12PM, Lovin’ Spoons cool yellow VW Bug will be parked in a recognizable part of Richmond Hill. Watch for clues on the Lovin’ Spoons Facebook page to see where they park the car!

2) Once you know where the car is parked, come find Lovin’ Spoons between 10AM-12PM on Saturday, June 9 and they’ll hand you a 10oz coupon good at their Richmond Hill store absolutely free!

3) If you take a photo of the Lovin’ Spoons VW Bug that morning and post it to their Facebook page by midnight on June 9, you will automatically be entered to win a $50 gift certificate good at any Lovin’ Spoons location.

Check Lovin Spoons Facebook page here regularly, put on your thinking caps, and see you Saturday!

Lovin Spoons, 912.355.2723, email info@lovinspoons.com , www.lovinspoons.com, Lovin’ Spoons is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Savannah Sharks  – an All Stars Competitive Cheerleading Squad –  offers Tumbling Camps this summer:
July 2-6. For ages 4 and up. 9 AM-12 PM.
Middle School 5th-8th grade July 23-27. 9 AM-12 PM
4-4th grade July 30-August 3. Cost. $85.

The camps are held at St. Andrews Lower School Gym, 601 Pennwaller Road, Savannah, 31410. Email Savannah Sharks @  savsharks@gmail.com for more information & to get signed up for the program.

Savannah Sharks is still accepting private try-outs for their All Stars Cheerleading Squad. Email savsharks@gmail.com to arrange a date.

Savannah Sharks is an All Stars Competitive Cheerleading Squad located on Wilmington Island serving girls ages 4-14. Accepting girls of all levels from beginner to advanced!

“Like” Savannah Sharks on Facebook here to stay updated about try-outs & programs.

Savannah Sharks All Stars Competitive Cheerleading Squad, On Facebook here, email savsharks@gmail.com, 601 Pennwaller Road, Savannah, 31410 Savannah Sharks is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Thank you Hope Harris, winner of the Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award, for your newest children’s CD, “Picasso, That’s Who! (And So Can you!)!”

This CD celebration of visual artists from the 19th & 20th century is not only packed with entertaining tunes, it is a fun way for kids to receive mini musical lessons about art and artists – Romare Bearden, Jackson Pollock, Paul Klee, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, Grandma Moses, Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse, Claude Money and Georgia O’Keeffe.

My kids’ favorite on the CD is “A-C-T-I-O-N,” an upbeat ode to the “action painting” of abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock.

Be prepared for lots of questions about the artists from your little listeners. And get ready for them to be inspired. In the CD’s eleventh and final track, “Paint a Picture, Too,” Hope encourages children to make all kinds of art. After listening to “Picasso, That’s Who! (And So Can You!),” chances are your little ones will be inspired too,
“PICASSO, THAT’S WHO! (AND SO CAN YOU!)” released in May 2012
www.hopeharris.com

Other children’s CDs worth checking out:

Putumayo Kids “Cowboy Playground” is the newest release from the prolific purveyor of international music. Your little buckaroos can groove to tunes by 12 artists (Johnny Bregar, Victor Johnson, Buck Howdy and Riders in the Sky among them) www.putumayokids.com

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Alastair Moock’s family music CD, “These Are My Friends” is a collection of warm new real-life songs that won a NAPPA Gold Award. My kids and I love this CD and each and every one of its 14 rootsy songs especially the fractured nursery rhyme “CBAs and a Twinkle Baa”. Preschoolers (and their parents) will identify with Moock’s “Three Like Me.” A big bow to the Boston-based Moock for creating this creative hootenanny.
www.moockmusic.com

Disclosure: We received CDs at no cost to review.

Save big with Hubbard’s Maid Service this summer.

Prepaid maid service for a year
Avoid rate increases & get huge discounts! Pay for a year of maid service in advance!
Prepay for the year, your weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly maid service and receive huge discounts and avoid rate increases the entire year! Hubbard’s wraps it up for you in a beautiful gift presentation basket with extra goodies for their V.I.P. clients who prepay. Restrictions do apply, please call 912-961-9131 for details.

Get your house cleaned without spending cash
Through the months of July – September, Hubbard’s Maid Service will accept your unused/unwanted gift certificates and gift cards in lieu of CASH. Trade is subject to approval by office. Call 912-961-9131 for details.

Refer a friend & get a free cleaning
Any time Hubbard’s knows that you have referred to a new client to Hubbard’s, they will give you a free cleaning worth $115 in value. That’s right, a FREE CLEANING! So if you know lot’s of people in the social media world, you could possibly be getting free service all the time.

Call Hubbard’s today: 912-961-9131.

Hubbard’s Maid Service, 912.961.9131, www.hubbardsmaidservice.com Hubbard’s Maid Service is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

You are going to love this deal on a photo session with an amazing Savannah photographer & Savannah College of Arts & Design professor.

A SouthernMamas.com favorite, Ashley Gaddy, is offering a one-hour family photo session on location (in Savannah only) plus a CD of the edited images from the shoot to use as you wish. All in exhange for a $75 or $100 pledge to Ashley’s incredible Kickstarter project to help fund Ashley’s artistic journey this summer. The photo session can be scheduled any time starting in late August  – making it ideal for back-to- school photos, Christmas cards or gifts, etc. The session can also be purchased as a gift.

The first two SouthernMamas.com readers to donate can get the photo session package at $75. (This $75 is sold out) After that the price is $100 for the next 10 donations. (As of Sun June 10, only 2 of 10 remaining) Additional packages will be in exchange for $150 pledges.

Check out some of Ashley’s fun & natural portraits above & to the right as well as on her blog here. 

To book your session, donate at least $100 Ashley’s Kickstarter project is called The UNSETTLEMENT Project, Ashley’s huge Summer 2012 undertaking –  a camping journey with her family of over 3,355 miles along the East Coast to Maine and back. Ashley, her husband Raymond and their two young children Fletcher and Lola Gray and their schnoodle puppy, Pepper will be seeking out RV parks, campgrounds, state and national parks You’re invited to follow this curious family in their Signatour trailer – via Facebook, Twitter, their blog at www.unsettlement.com.

Ashley will photograph the people who make up the colorful, adventurous world of RVing – including families who live full time in their RVs. The resulting photographs and collected oral histories will be exhibited in galleries and compiled into a companion book.

The UNSETTLEMENT project is sponsored in part by a Savannah College of Art & Design, Inc. Fellowship for Professional Development and by Signatour Campers.

What an ideal way to travel with kids to see our country & share the trip with others.

To book her $100 photo session, contribute to The UNSETTLEMENT project via a Kickstarter campaign by clicking here . (As of Sun. June 10, only 2 of 10 remaining)Not only does your donation get you a photo session, you’ll also be helping to pay for travel expenses not covered by the SCAD fellowship such as campground fees, gas etc. Backers also will receive rewards from the project such as professionally printed photographs from the project and a copy of the book once it is printed next fall. . Details here.

The photo session deal is expires 11 PM Saturday, June 16 2012. The way Kickstarter works, Ashley has to reach the $2,000 goal in order for the project to be funded. If the goal isn’t reached, then no one’s credit card will be charged and no rewards are delivered.

The UNSETTLEMENT project hits the road June 20. Come along on the ride by following at unsettlement.com .

First Presbyterian Church of Savannah will hold its popular Vacation Bible School June 25-29, 2012 from 9am-Noon.

Bible school is open to children 3 years-rising 5th graders. Open to the public. (You don’t need to be a member of this church to attend)

This year’s theme is Rainforest Adventure: A Tree Top Bible Blast! Welcome to the jungle my friends! The children will learn about Christ’s love and grace and the beauty of God’s rainforest creation!

Register by June 15 to ensure your child gets a t-shirt.  But you are welcome to sign up after as well.  The cost is $20 for the first child, $10 for additional child(ren). If you would like to register your kid(s), please call the church office at 354-7615 or stop by the church to pick up a registration form.

First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave, Savannah, GA 31405

FOR A LISTING OF MORE LOCAL SUMMER CAMPS, CLICK HERE.

I-Youth program is offering a $45/wk portfolio develpment program for ages 10-16. Located at 309 Hwy 80 in Pooler, GA near Fitness Witness. Offer expires June 6 2012.

Portfolio development is one of the most effective methods in organizing goals and objectives. All while increasing the chance of attaining scholarships, being accepted into specialty programs, college admissions, and more. Portfolio development sets you apart from the rest. Our program is for ages 10-16 loaded with community service that any teen would enjoy, dynamic presenters, and don’t forget to add a little fitness dance in there. Fun, fun & more fun.
•Goal Setting
•Oral Communication Development
•Writing Effectively
•Community Service

For more info, click here

I-Youth program is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

The ever-popular Ms. Amy’s School of Music in Savannah is adding two more parent-and-me group classes for Summer 2012!

Toddler Tunes new classes for students from 18 mos. – 3 years are Tuesdays from 11:00-11:45 starting June 5 2012. Mixed Music Makers for students from 3 – 5 years is on Fridays from 10-10:45 AM starting on June 8 2012! These new classes are in addition to the kids’ parent-and-me classes offered on Wednesdays & Saturdays throughout the year. See the schedule below.

Email msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com or 912.659.0993.

You can start your session any week including this one! Think of it as a punch card that you can use any time classes are held. For details, click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you!

Parent-and-me group music classes for Summer 2012 at Ms. Amy’s School of Music

Tuesdays (starting June 5)
11-11:45 AM (Toddler Tunes for students from 18 mos. – 3 years.)

Wednesdays (ongoing)
10-10:45 AM (Class for ages 18 months – 3 years)
11-11:45 AM (Class for ages 3-5 years)

Fridays (starting June 8)
10-10:45 AM (Mixed Music Makers for students from 3 – 5 years. )

Saturdays (ongoing)
10-10:45 AM (Class for ages 6 months – 5 years)

Ms. Amy also offers other types of music lessons: private and group music instrument lessons for piano, woodwinds, brass, voice, music discovery, and beginner guitar. Ms. Amy is currently unable to accept new students for instrument lessons as her schedule is full. If you would like to schedule a trial lesson and reserve a spot on the waiting list, please contact msamsychoolofmusic@gmail.com.

Connect with Ms. Amy’s School of Music on Facebook here. For more info, visit www.msamyschoolofmusic.com, email msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com , 912.659.0993, 1 ½ blocks from Daffin Park at 2421 Waters Ave. Ms. Amy’s School of Music is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

The ever-popular Ms. Amy’s School of Music in Savannah is adding two more parent-and-me group classes for Summer 2012!

Toddler Tunes new classes for students from 18 mos. – 3 years are Tuesdays from 11:00-11:45 starting June 5 2012. Mixed Music Makers for students from 3 – 5 years is on Fridays from 10-10:45 AM starting on June 8 2012! These new classes are in addition to the kids’ parent-and-me classes offered on Wednesdays & Saturdays throughout the year. See the schedule below.

Email msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com or 912.659.0993.

You can start your session any week including this one! Think of it as a punch card that you can use any time classes are held. For details, click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you!

Parent-and-me group music classes for Summer 2012 at Ms. Amy’s School of Music

Tuesdays (starting June 5)
11-11:45 AM (Toddler Tunes for students from 18 mos. – 3 years.)

Wednesdays (ongoing)
10-10:45 AM (Class for ages 18 months – 3 years)
11-11:45 AM (Class for ages 3-5 years)

Fridays (starting June 8)
10-10:45 AM (Mixed Music Makers for students from 3 – 5 years. )

Saturdays (ongoing)
10-10:45 AM (Class for ages 6 months – 5 years)

Ms. Amy also offers other types of music lessons: private and group music instrument lessons for piano, woodwinds, brass, voice, music discovery, and beginner guitar. Ms. Amy is currently unable to accept new students for instrument lessons as her schedule is full. If you would like to schedule a trial lesson and reserve a spot on the waiting list, please contact msamsychoolofmusic@gmail.com.

Connect with Ms. Amy’s School of Music on Facebook here. For more info, visit www.msamyschoolofmusic.com, email msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com , 912.659.0993, 1 ½ blocks from Daffin Park at 2421 Waters Ave. Ms. Amy’s School of Music is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

The ever-popular Ms. Amy’s School of Music in Savannah offers a variety of group parent-and-me sessions for tots as well as private musical instrument lessons for older kids.

See the schedule below.

Email msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com or 912.659.0993.

You can start your session any week including this one! Think of it as a punch card that you can use any time classes are held. For details, click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you!

Parent-and-me group music classes for tots at Ms. Amy’s School of Music

Tuesdays 
11-11:45 AM (Toddler Tunes for students from 18 mths. – 3 years.)

Wednesdays
10-10:45 AM (Class for ages 18 mths – 3 years)
11-11:45 AM (Class for ages 3-5 years)

Thursdays
11-11:45 AM (Class for ages 3-5 years)

Saturdays (ongoing)
10-10:45 AM (Class for ages 6 months – 5 years)

Ms. Amy also offers other types of music lessons: private and group music instrument lessons for piano, woodwinds, brass, voice, music discovery, and beginner guitar. Ms. Amy is currently unable to accept new students for instrument lessons as her schedule is full. If you would like to schedule a trial lesson and reserve a spot on the waiting list, please contact msamsychoolofmusic@gmail.com.

Connect with Ms. Amy’s School of Music on Facebook here. For more info, visit www.msamyschoolofmusic.com, email msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com , 912.659.0993, 1 ½ blocks from Daffin Park at 2421 Waters Ave. Ms. Amy’s School of Music is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Summer is just around the corner and there is so much outdoor activity coming! Father’s day is a fun day for all and what Dad wouldn’t want to have a T with their children’s smiling faces on the front?!

With the end of school comes the beginning of fun summer camps and after school programs! Let Big Frog  in Savannah help you to create the camper of the month T. And with the family reunion right around the corner, why not have our designers create something special just for your family? Don’t forget the quantity discounts.

With more and more to do every month, what better way to show off your support and creativity than with a new Big Frog creation!

BIG FROG Savannah, email Savannah@bigfrog.com , 1909 E. Victory Dr. STE 101 (in the Victory Shopping Center across from Target) Savannah, 31404, 912-354-7714, www.bigfrog.com/savannah BIG FROG is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Fort Pulaski National Monument will offer free admission to all visitors on Saturday June 9, National Get Outdoors Day 2012! National Get Outdoors Day is an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. National parks across the country are celebrating this new event by waiving entrance fees. Get outdoors, and enjoy your national parks! (912) 786-5787 or nps.gov/fopu.

Saturday’s free activities include:
10:00 AM Guided Fort Tour
11:00 Cannon Firing
12:00 PM Musket Firing
1:00 Cannon Firing
1:30 Guided Fort Tour
2:30 Musket Firing
3:00 Cannon Firing
4:00 Guided Fort Tour
5:00 Musket Firing

Extended summer hours will be available at Fort Pulaski National Monument, effective June 2, 2012. The Visitor Center and the historic fort will be open daily from 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM. The park gates will close at 6:45 PM. Please go to the official Fort Pulaski National Monument website for more details regarding park programs. Information on special offerings at parks nationwide is available at www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm

FREE Themed art activities to inspire you to dream big and read. Ages 3 and up.

Islands Library
Thursday, Aug. 16, 4 p.m.

Southwest Chatham Library
Friday, Aug. 17, 11 a.m.

FREE live entertainment @ HarbourFest at Shelter Cove Harbour, Hilton Head Is.
Plus arts and crafts, Tuesday night fireworks (beginning June 19) & more fun activities. Family friendly entertainer, Shannon Tanner performs Mon.-Fri., with shows at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Cappy the Clown, and many other activities and entertainers on hand as well.
Free parking. Admission is free. Food, beverages and concessions sold separately. Located mid-island at mile marker 8, across from Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort. (843) 686-9098 or sheltercovehiltonhead.com.

Be sure to take the kids to see Meredith Wilson’s THE MUSIC MAN! at Savannah Children’s Theatre this month.

This MAINSTAGE production of the classic musical – featuring adult and children performers plus a live orchestra – will be presented for three weekends in June.
JUNE 8-10, 15-17, 22-24 2012: Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. Sat.& Sun., 3 p.m.

Tickets are available online by clicking here as well as at the box office. Children, senior and military discounts available.

Savannah Childrens Theatre, (912) 238-9015, 2160 E. Victory Dr. in the Piggly Wiggly shopping center, Savannah,  31404 www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org/

FOR MORE LOCAL KID-FRIENDLY EVENTS, CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR BY CLICKING HERE.

JUNE 8-10, 15-17, 22-24:
Savannah Children’s Theatre presents, Meredith Wilson’s THE MUSIC MAN! This MAINSTAGE production of the classic musical – featuring adult and children performers plus a live orchestra – will be will be presented for three weekends in June. Tickets are available online as well as at the box office, children, senior and military discounts available.
Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. Sat.& Sun., 3 p.m.
(912) 238-9015.
http://www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org/

Free “Night Skies – Telescopes at the Tybee Pier and Pavilion” hosted by the Oglethorpe Astronomical Association at sunset. View the night sky through high-powered telescopes, weather permitting.
Held on the Second Friday of each month. Free.
(912) 401-8634 or e-mail oaadir@kwbell.net  .

During the Summer of 2012, Angela Beasley’s Puppet People will be hosting several showings of “J-Low & Friends” that will be open to the public!
Think Juliette Gordon Low is “just the Girl Scout Lady?” Well, think again! Join the Puppet People for the completely true, totally not made up life story of Savannah’s own J-Low: an Artist, a Feminist, a Teacher, a Traveler, a LEADER!
Her life was so BIG, we needed a whole crew of local musicians, artists, writers, sculptors, storytellers and singers to tell it. We crammed as much adventure, laughs, heartbreak and impossible stories into a 45 minute show as “puppetly possible!”
Dates:
– August 18th — 11:00 AM
– September 1st — 10:00 AM
$22 Per Person (Includes 50 min. Show, Backstage Pass and FREE patch!)
Mention this code: “SM006″ and get 10% OFF tickets for “J-Low & Friends”***

Carmike 2012 Summer Kid Series at Carmike 10 Savannah at 511 Stephenson Ave. offers cheap kids’ blockbusters at 10 AM Thursdays during a 10-week festival from June 7-Aug. 9 2012. 2012 Summer Kid Series is Ten weeks of summer fun every Thursday for $2.
$2 Movie Combo includes: drink, popcorn, and admission.
(please note the change of location. Wynnsong 11 Savannah is not showing the $2 kids movies this summer)

10 AM August 9 – Megamind

Carmike 10 Savannah
511 Stephenson Ave.
Savannah, GA 31405
(912) 353-8683

Starting in early June and running until August, several local movie theater complexes show $1 & $2 kids movies on designated weekday mornings.
Carmike 10 at 511 Stephenson Ave. , Savannah offers $2 kids movies. (please note the change of location. Wynnsong 11 Savannah is not showing the $2 kids movies this summer; Savannah Stadium 10, behind Savannah Mall, Victory Square 9 in Savannah and Pooler Stadium Cinemas in Pooler will offer $1 kids movies on designated weekday mornings.
For showtimes & movie schedule, click here.

FOR MORE $1 & $2 Kids Summer 2012 Movies in Savannah/Pooler, click here

Curious about what your dreams mean?
Check out the Dream Circle class at Ganesha’s Place, Savannah’s new therapeutic yoga studio. Come and learn to by-pass the chatter around core issues which occur in your dreams.
Understand the language of your dreams & discover what recurring dreams mean.

Elaine Zuckerman, Movement Therapist will guide a 30 minute moving meditation to awaken the subconscious and enhance the intuitive nature of Dream work.

Kate Jacobson, RYT, LISW-CP will show you how to: utilize the connection of the circle to gain perspective, by-pass the chatter around core issues in your dreams, understand the language of dreams and discover what recurring dreams mean.

Ganesha’s Place
2323 Barnard St. Savannah
Saturday, June 23, 2012 – 1:00-3:30pm
$25. Call 912-665-4199 to register

Ganesha’s Place, at the corner of Barnard & 40th St. @ 2323 Barnard St., 912-665-4199, http://ganeshasplace.com/ Ganesha’s Place is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser