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O2B Kids Summer Camp includes field trips to local attractions such as museums, libraries, parks, bowling, skating, hiking spots, and historical landmarks, along with park visits, water days, and water play. Campers take part in activities that include ice cream trucks, magicians, movies, outside adventures, outdoor sports, counselor-led adventures, tournaments, contests, game show activities, and camper’s choice times. The program also offers themed experiences such as Pirates & Mermaids, Ooey Gooey Science, Color Wars, Everyday is a Holiday, Shark Week, Retro Remix, Summer Olympics, Magic & Fantasy, Art in Action, and Fast Forward Time Machine, as well as specialty classes and Play Village fun in spaces like the Science Lab, Art Studio, Tech Lab, Theater, Dance Studio, Gymnastics Academy, Big Toy, Book Nook, Building Things, Mind Gym, Hollywood Hangout, Play Cafe, Play Market, Word Find, It Takes Two, and Toddler Play.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Week-to-week summer camp with a sample day including early drop-off at 7:00am, morning meet-up at 9:00am, internal field trip in the morning, lunch at 12:30pm, weekly theme activities in the early afternoon and again at 4:15pm, camper’s choice periods, and extended hours into the late afternoon.
Summer Camp at O2B Kids is a week-to-week program with flexible enrollment that allows families to pick their weeks and, with new flexible options, pick specific days such as two or three days a week or more. Lunch and snacks are provided, and families also have the option to send a lunch from home. Summer Camp is for kids entering 1st to 8th grade at most locations, and there is a Kindergarten Camp option for children who have just finished VPK and are interested in joining camp.
The program uses summer themes that change weekly and include activities related to teamwork, strategy, fantasy, creative play, science experiments, messy play, competition, cooperation, unity, games, color theory, celebration, joy, stories, marine biology, oceans, animal life, history, music, physical fitness, goals, growth, adventure, imagination, storytelling, STEAM, materials, creativity, invention, exploration, discovery, and character education activities. Daily Neighborhood Time gives kids a chance to choose activities in a setting described as similar to a safe neighborhood experience, and Friend-Friendly Scheduling keeps friends together and organizes kids into small groups by age and interest area led by the same counselor each day. Phenomenal field trips are included in tuition along with lunch and snacks, and the program offers extended morning and evening hours, flexible payment options, and an online parent portal.
O2B Kids transportation for camp uses trained and certified bus drivers who hold an active CDL license with appropriate endorsements, undergo regular license checks, DOT physicals, pre-employment and random drug tests, and meet annual training requirements, and drivers are at least 25 years old and CPR and First Aid certified. Safe transportation policies include taking roll when kids enter and exit vehicles, driver and supervisor visual and physical inspection of vehicles when children exit, a Vehicle Inspection & Child Accountability Log, and a Field Trip Manifest used to plan trips. Staff complete federal and state background checks, include First Aid and CPR trained staff, and participate in the O2B University Counselor Development Program.
O2B Kids states that it exists to help parents grow happy, successful kids and describes itself as a place that opens minds, improves self-confidence, develops social skills, strengthens bodies, helps children discover hidden talents, promotes a passion for discovery, supports friendships, and teaches life lessons, respect for people, property, and ideas, and encourages kids to try new things. Every O2B Kids location is nationally accredited or in the process of becoming nationally accredited. Awards and recognition for O2B Kids include The Gainesville Sun Best of Gainesville for Best Child Care, multiple Our Town FAVES awards such as Favorite Local Preschool, Favorite Local After School Program, and Favorite Local Day Care, the Gator100 award as one of the world’s fastest growing Gator businesses (#21/100), Tampa Bay Times Best of The Best for Best Preschool and Best Youth Education/Recreation, WEDU PBS Kids Be My Neighbor Day Block Party Most Spirited Booth, the Inc. 5000 list with O2B Early Education ranked No. 2019/5000, The Exchange Top 25 Preschool, and Orlando’s Playground Magazine Family Favorite for Best Preschool, Best Summer Camp, and Best Indoor Play Place.
O2B Kids was established in 1998, and the first 34,000 square-foot O2B Kids SuperCenter opened that year in Gainesville, Florida. O2B Kids celebrated 25 years of business in August 2023. The concept that became O2B Kids began after two best friends, Andy Sherrard and Danny Stevens, took a one-year journey around the world in 1992.
Community involvement connected to O2B Kids includes the O2B a Kid Again fundraiser, which supports public school systems in the communities it serves and has raised over $500,000 for local public schools. O2B Kids also hosts Parent Night Out fundraisers for local charities, schools, and civic organizations, with a portion of each child’s admission donated to the participating organization, and participates in community events and school carnivals with face-painters and balloon artists at local festivals, school carnivals, art shows, and fundraising events. Employees take part in the United Way campaign, volunteer in local schools, and serve as board members on local non-profit organizations, and students raise money and contribute to charities such as local Humane Societies, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital, UNICEF, and the Red Cross, and organize canned food drives, book drives, and teddy bear collections.
Last updated February 17, 2026.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Week-to-week summer camp with a sample day including early drop-off at 7:00am, morning meet-up at 9:00am, internal field trip in the morning, lunch at 12:30pm, weekly theme activities in the early afternoon and again at 4:15pm, camper’s choice periods, and extended hours into the late afternoon.
Summer Camp at O2B Kids is a week-to-week program with flexible enrollment that allows families to pick their weeks and, with new flexible options, pick specific days such as two or three days a week or more. Lunch and snacks are provided, and families also have the option to send a lunch from home. Summer Camp is for kids entering 1st to 8th grade at most locations, and there is a Kindergarten Camp option for children who have just finished VPK and are interested in joining camp.
The program uses summer themes that change weekly and include activities related to teamwork, strategy, fantasy, creative play, science experiments, messy play, competition, cooperation, unity, games, color theory, celebration, joy, stories, marine biology, oceans, animal life, history, music, physical fitness, goals, growth, adventure, imagination, storytelling, STEAM, materials, creativity, invention, exploration, discovery, and character education activities. Daily Neighborhood Time gives kids a chance to choose activities in a setting described as similar to a safe neighborhood experience, and Friend-Friendly Scheduling keeps friends together and organizes kids into small groups by age and interest area led by the same counselor each day. Phenomenal field trips are included in tuition along with lunch and snacks, and the program offers extended morning and evening hours, flexible payment options, and an online parent portal.
O2B Kids transportation for camp uses trained and certified bus drivers who hold an active CDL license with appropriate endorsements, undergo regular license checks, DOT physicals, pre-employment and random drug tests, and meet annual training requirements, and drivers are at least 25 years old and CPR and First Aid certified. Safe transportation policies include taking roll when kids enter and exit vehicles, driver and supervisor visual and physical inspection of vehicles when children exit, a Vehicle Inspection & Child Accountability Log, and a Field Trip Manifest used to plan trips. Staff complete federal and state background checks, include First Aid and CPR trained staff, and participate in the O2B University Counselor Development Program.
O2B Kids states that it exists to help parents grow happy, successful kids and describes itself as a place that opens minds, improves self-confidence, develops social skills, strengthens bodies, helps children discover hidden talents, promotes a passion for discovery, supports friendships, and teaches life lessons, respect for people, property, and ideas, and encourages kids to try new things. Every O2B Kids location is nationally accredited or in the process of becoming nationally accredited. Awards and recognition for O2B Kids include The Gainesville Sun Best of Gainesville for Best Child Care, multiple Our Town FAVES awards such as Favorite Local Preschool, Favorite Local After School Program, and Favorite Local Day Care, the Gator100 award as one of the world’s fastest growing Gator businesses (#21/100), Tampa Bay Times Best of The Best for Best Preschool and Best Youth Education/Recreation, WEDU PBS Kids Be My Neighbor Day Block Party Most Spirited Booth, the Inc. 5000 list with O2B Early Education ranked No. 2019/5000, The Exchange Top 25 Preschool, and Orlando’s Playground Magazine Family Favorite for Best Preschool, Best Summer Camp, and Best Indoor Play Place.
O2B Kids was established in 1998, and the first 34,000 square-foot O2B Kids SuperCenter opened that year in Gainesville, Florida. O2B Kids celebrated 25 years of business in August 2023. The concept that became O2B Kids began after two best friends, Andy Sherrard and Danny Stevens, took a one-year journey around the world in 1992.
Community involvement connected to O2B Kids includes the O2B a Kid Again fundraiser, which supports public school systems in the communities it serves and has raised over $500,000 for local public schools. O2B Kids also hosts Parent Night Out fundraisers for local charities, schools, and civic organizations, with a portion of each child’s admission donated to the participating organization, and participates in community events and school carnivals with face-painters and balloon artists at local festivals, school carnivals, art shows, and fundraising events. Employees take part in the United Way campaign, volunteer in local schools, and serve as board members on local non-profit organizations, and students raise money and contribute to charities such as local Humane Societies, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital, UNICEF, and the Red Cross, and organize canned food drives, book drives, and teddy bear collections.
Last updated February 17, 2026.
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