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O2B Kids offers preschool, afterschool, and summer camp programs along with birthday parties. Children can take part in activities such as gymnastics, dance, karate, cheer-leading, yoga, sports, drama, music, art, science, technology, chess, playgroups, BrighterBabies, special events, and a variety of classes.
• Ages: 0–13 years old
O2B Kids describes its mission as helping parents grow happy, successful kids and states that it is a place that opens minds, improves self-confidence, develops social skills, and strengthens bodies. The program states that it helps children discover hidden talents, promotes a passion for discovery, encourages kids to try new things, and teaches respect for people, property, and ideas. It offers innovative preschool, afterschool, and membership programs and describes its approach as learning through play, supported by an organized calendar of daily classes from the arts and sciences to fitness and fun for specific skill development.
O2B Kids was established in 1998, when the first 34,000 square-foot O2B Kids SuperCenter opened in Gainesville, Florida, and it celebrated 25 years of business in August 2023. Its history includes expansion to multiple locations and markets between 1998 and 2025, development and launch of Beekeeper management software in 2013, Funnydaffer curriculum software in 2016, and Honeycomb communication software in 2019, as well as partnerships and acquisitions in Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Illinois. The company’s story begins with its two founders, Andy Sherrard and Danny Stevens, who took a one-year trip around the world in 1992.
O2B Kids states that every location is nationally accredited or in the process of becoming nationally accredited. The program has been listed on the Inc. 5000 list for three years in a row and reports recognition such as The Gainesville Sun Best of Gainesville Best Child Care, Our Town FAVES Favorite Local Preschool and Favorite Local After School Program, Gator100 #21/100 fastest growing Gator businesses, Tampa Bay Times Best of the Best Best Preschool and Best Youth Education/Recreation, WEDU PBS Kids Be My Neighbor Day Block Party Most Spirited Booth, The Exchange Top 25 Preschool, and Orlando’s Playground Magazine Family Favorite in categories including Best Preschool, Best Summer Camp, and Best Indoor Play Place.
Community involvement at O2B Kids includes the O2B a Kid Again fundraiser, described as a “Grown-up’s Day to Play,” which has raised over $500,000 for local public schools through live music, a silent auction, a barbecue dinner, and games. The program also hosts Parent Night Fundraisers for local charities, schools, and civic organizations, where a portion of each child’s admission is donated. O2B Kids reports that its face-painters and balloon artists regularly appear at local festivals, school carnivals, art shows, and fundraising events, and that employees participate in United Way campaigns, volunteer in local schools, and serve on boards of local non-profits. Students at O2B Kids have raised and donated money to organizations such as local Humane Societies, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital, UNICEF, and the Red Cross, and they frequently organize or contribute to canned food drives, book drives, and teddy bear collections.
Last updated February 17, 2026.
• Ages: 0–13 years old
O2B Kids describes its mission as helping parents grow happy, successful kids and states that it is a place that opens minds, improves self-confidence, develops social skills, and strengthens bodies. The program states that it helps children discover hidden talents, promotes a passion for discovery, encourages kids to try new things, and teaches respect for people, property, and ideas. It offers innovative preschool, afterschool, and membership programs and describes its approach as learning through play, supported by an organized calendar of daily classes from the arts and sciences to fitness and fun for specific skill development.
O2B Kids was established in 1998, when the first 34,000 square-foot O2B Kids SuperCenter opened in Gainesville, Florida, and it celebrated 25 years of business in August 2023. Its history includes expansion to multiple locations and markets between 1998 and 2025, development and launch of Beekeeper management software in 2013, Funnydaffer curriculum software in 2016, and Honeycomb communication software in 2019, as well as partnerships and acquisitions in Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Illinois. The company’s story begins with its two founders, Andy Sherrard and Danny Stevens, who took a one-year trip around the world in 1992.
O2B Kids states that every location is nationally accredited or in the process of becoming nationally accredited. The program has been listed on the Inc. 5000 list for three years in a row and reports recognition such as The Gainesville Sun Best of Gainesville Best Child Care, Our Town FAVES Favorite Local Preschool and Favorite Local After School Program, Gator100 #21/100 fastest growing Gator businesses, Tampa Bay Times Best of the Best Best Preschool and Best Youth Education/Recreation, WEDU PBS Kids Be My Neighbor Day Block Party Most Spirited Booth, The Exchange Top 25 Preschool, and Orlando’s Playground Magazine Family Favorite in categories including Best Preschool, Best Summer Camp, and Best Indoor Play Place.
Community involvement at O2B Kids includes the O2B a Kid Again fundraiser, described as a “Grown-up’s Day to Play,” which has raised over $500,000 for local public schools through live music, a silent auction, a barbecue dinner, and games. The program also hosts Parent Night Fundraisers for local charities, schools, and civic organizations, where a portion of each child’s admission is donated. O2B Kids reports that its face-painters and balloon artists regularly appear at local festivals, school carnivals, art shows, and fundraising events, and that employees participate in United Way campaigns, volunteer in local schools, and serve on boards of local non-profits. Students at O2B Kids have raised and donated money to organizations such as local Humane Societies, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital, UNICEF, and the Red Cross, and they frequently organize or contribute to canned food drives, book drives, and teddy bear collections.
Last updated February 17, 2026.
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