About
O2B Kids offers preschool, afterschool, and summer camp, along with activities such as gymnastics, dance, karate, cheer-leading, yoga, sports, drama, music, art, science, technology, chess, playgroups, BrighterBabies, birthday parties, special events, and a variety of classes. The program uses an Education SuperCenter concept that combines a magical play village for unscripted play with an organized calendar of daily classes, and includes a 34,000 square-foot O2B Kids SuperCenter.
• Ages: 0–13 years old
O2B Kids was established in 1998, with its first Supercenter location opening in Gainesville, Florida in 1998, and it celebrated 25 years of business in August 2023. The founders are Andy Sherrard and Danny Stevens, who in 1992 took a one-year journey around the world before starting the company. Over the years, O2B Kids has expanded through additional locations and acquisitions in markets including Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Illinois. The program states its mission as: “We exist to help parents grow happy, successful kids.”
Every O2B Kids location is either Nationally Accredited or in the process of becoming Nationally Accredited. The organization has received recognition such as The Gainesville Sun Best of Gainesville - Best Child Care; Our Town FAVES awards including 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 - Best Preschool and Best Youth Education/Recreation; WEDU PBS Kids Be My Neighbor Day Block Party - Most Spirited Booth; the Inc. 5000 Award with O2B Early Education ranked No. 2019/5000 and being on the Inc. 5000 list for three years in a row; The Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine - Top 25 Preschool; and Orlando’s Playground Magazine Family Favorite - Best Preschool, Best Summer Camp, and Best Indoor Play Place.
O2B Kids offers a Pick-Your-Days Care option that allows parents to choose the days that work best for their schedule, and it describes its preschool, afterschool, and membership offerings as innovative programs. The organization provides O2B Kids Founders’ Club Scholarships for preschool, afterschool, and membership. It also uses proprietary software systems, including Beekeeper Management Software, Funnydaffer Curriculum Software, and Honeycomb Communication Software.
O2B Kids organizes the O2B a Kid Again fundraiser, which is described as a “Grown-up’s Day to Play,” during which the facility is opened only for adults for that day, and this fundraiser has raised over $500,000 for local public schools. The program also hosts Parent Night Out Fundraisers for local charities, schools, and civic organizations, donating a portion of each child’s admission to the participating organization. O2B Kids 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. Students in the program 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 they organize canned food drives, book drives, and teddy bear collections.
Last updated February 17, 2026.
• Ages: 0–13 years old
O2B Kids was established in 1998, with its first Supercenter location opening in Gainesville, Florida in 1998, and it celebrated 25 years of business in August 2023. The founders are Andy Sherrard and Danny Stevens, who in 1992 took a one-year journey around the world before starting the company. Over the years, O2B Kids has expanded through additional locations and acquisitions in markets including Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Illinois. The program states its mission as: “We exist to help parents grow happy, successful kids.”
Every O2B Kids location is either Nationally Accredited or in the process of becoming Nationally Accredited. The organization has received recognition such as The Gainesville Sun Best of Gainesville - Best Child Care; Our Town FAVES awards including 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 - Best Preschool and Best Youth Education/Recreation; WEDU PBS Kids Be My Neighbor Day Block Party - Most Spirited Booth; the Inc. 5000 Award with O2B Early Education ranked No. 2019/5000 and being on the Inc. 5000 list for three years in a row; The Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine - Top 25 Preschool; and Orlando’s Playground Magazine Family Favorite - Best Preschool, Best Summer Camp, and Best Indoor Play Place.
O2B Kids offers a Pick-Your-Days Care option that allows parents to choose the days that work best for their schedule, and it describes its preschool, afterschool, and membership offerings as innovative programs. The organization provides O2B Kids Founders’ Club Scholarships for preschool, afterschool, and membership. It also uses proprietary software systems, including Beekeeper Management Software, Funnydaffer Curriculum Software, and Honeycomb Communication Software.
O2B Kids organizes the O2B a Kid Again fundraiser, which is described as a “Grown-up’s Day to Play,” during which the facility is opened only for adults for that day, and this fundraiser has raised over $500,000 for local public schools. The program also hosts Parent Night Out Fundraisers for local charities, schools, and civic organizations, donating a portion of each child’s admission to the participating organization. O2B Kids 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. Students in the program 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 they organize canned food drives, book drives, and teddy bear collections.
Last updated February 17, 2026.
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