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What: Kids@Kollege
When: March 13, 2010, 12 – 4 pm
Where: Georgia Tech Campus – Outdoor fields at the Campus Recreation Center
Cost: FREE, put pre-registration required. The first 350 kids to arrive get a free t-shirt.

This fun day at Georgia Tech will offer activities for kids elementary through high school age. Parents are welcome to stay with the children, or drop them off.

Roddy James, a starting A-Back for the Georgia Tech football team will kick off the event, followed by a student a capella group performance. Different departments will host science experiments,  and student groups play sports and games with the kids. In addition, there will be two bounce houses and a giant slide. There’s even an appearance by the Ramblin’ Wreck and an opportunity to have your picture taken with the iconic car.

What: Zamba Fun Land
Where: Sandy Springs
Costs: Weekdays, $3.50 per child (Sept. had a $2.00 per child deal with a coupon or by saying “playdate” when you enter. The coupon is still on the website, but with a Sept. 30 deadline, so ask)
Weekends are $7.00 per child
2 rounds of Putt Putt golf is $3.50 with admission

Since it’s supposed to rain this weekend, I thought you might like some ideas on indoor activities to get some energy out. My youngest had a birthday party recently at Zamba Fun Land in Dunwoody. Zamba is a cross between the jumpy places (there are several inflatables) and Chuck E. Cheese (there are lots of arcade games and tokens) with an indoor putt-putt course thrown in for good measure. There are two to three areas for real little ones to crawl around and play and a parents corner for adults to watch the big game while the kids run around.

Zamba is set up for birthday parties, (the birthday cake served was voted “better than Publix” by my children. A definite compliment.) but they also welcome individuals. Weekdays are a deal, especially with the online coupon. Weekends are a bit pricier, but if we have another few weeks of rain like the last few, most parents would pay any price to have a place to let their little angels get out some energy.

The staff at Zamba were very friendly and helpful and try hard to think about what parents might want in a play space. They even have a low arm chair in the women’s bathroom for nursing mothers.