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“Meet the Musician” and more for preschoolers at Woodruff Arts Center
In the universe of enrichment for gifted children, the vast majority of opportunities are 1) STEM related, and 2) for elementary- and middle-school aged kids. So I’m always pleased when I can find something for younger kids, or something that’s not STEM. This is both!
The Woodruff Arts Center has a new program, “Meet the Musician,” on Friday and Saturday mornings at 11 a.m., open to little kids, from newborn to 5 years old (and their accompanying grown-ups). For each session, a musician will introduce and play their instrument.
“Meet the Musician” will be held in the newly opened PNC PlaySpace next to the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families, in the Memorial Arts Building.
Other activities in this new space include exhibitions, story times, and dance. Everything is geared toward toddlers and preschoolers, and all activities are free.
PNC PlaySpace is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Reservations aren’t required, but are recommended if you want to avoid waiting when you arrive.
Day camps at UWG Carrollton & Newnan
University of West Georgia has opened registration for its 2025 youth summer camps, being held this June and July. Camps are available for rising kindergartners through rising 12th graders.
For rising grades K-2, UWG will have Wolves Exploration Camp, described as active, with lots of chances to run around and get messy, and some academic concepts sneaked in. Topics for this summer are insects, international culture, space, visual arts, basic technology, and dinosaurs.
For students rising to grades 3-12, UWG will offer Immersion Summer camps. Topics vary by age and will include environmental science, esports, filmmaking, MakerLab, LED animation, photography, and art.
All camps are one week long. Most are held on the Carrollton campus; a few are at the Newnan campus. Registration is a la carte, for as many or as few weeks as you want.
Atlanta Science Festival starts next weekend
The 2026 Atlanta Science Festival starts this Saturday, March 7, and continues until March 21. As always, the festival will offer dozens of events in various venues in different scientific disciplines.
The festival will kick off on Saturday, March 7 with Celebrate STEAM at Georgia Tech, a collection of demonstrations, speakers, and food trucks on the Georgia Tech campus. This drop-in event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This year’s slate of activities include geology, toads, brain science, fire ecology, native wildflowers, amphibians, hydroponics, pollinators, and ice cream — and that’s just in the first two days! The sheer number of activities can be overwhelming to browse through, but thankfully the festival website allows you to search for events by date, topic, audience (age group), or area of town (by ZIP code). You can also search by price if you want to see only free events.
As usual, the festival will culminate in the Exploration Expo, a free event with 100 informative and interactive booths, Saturday, March 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Piedmont Park.
Some of the planned events require advance registration and have a limited number of spaces, but many are open to anyone who drops in.
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