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The Right Preschool can set the Foundation for your Child's Academic Years.
We prepare your child for kindergarten success and make sure they have fun while doing it! Our play-based curriculum will ensure success for them in the future. At O2B Kids, we work hard to build independent, confident citizens of our world. Make O2B Kids your child's first school!
How to Choose the Right Preschool
We’re Nationally Accredited!
The O2B Kids Difference
We Teach Kids to Think
Want to know a secret? Teaching children their colors, shapes, letters, letter sounds, numbers and how to count – that’s the easy stuff! It takes time and some repetition – but they’ll learn it all. They will even learn to read and write along the way. The real question is…will they learn how to think for themselves?
Will they learn how to make smart decisions and form their own opinions? Will they learn how to plan and problem solve and manage their emotions? Will they learn how to make friends, actively listen and ask questions? This is our focus. So don’t worry, we’ll make sure your kids learn their ABC’s and 123’s…but we’ll also teach them how to think!
So how do we do it? We give kids choice. We offer kids variety. We expose kids to a wide array of activities throughout the day. We also talk to kids. We ask meaningful questions and have real conversations. And this can start with your infant! Research proves that experiences wire the brain, and the more experiences the better. We’re building the foundation for a thinking brain…and we love it!
Think about it. Every single day…for the rest of your child’s life…your child will make decisions. Simple ones now…complex ones later. It takes skill, it takes confidence and it takes PRACTICE to be good at it. And this practice can begin at birth! These skills are called Executive Functions – the ability to plan, problem solve and control impulses. Helping to build independent, confident citizens of our world is our great joy. We invite your family to join us!
O2B Preschool Benefits
We Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten Success
Security
- Front Door Security
- Staffed Reception Area
- Video-Monitored Classrooms
- First Aid & CPR Trained Staff
- Federal & State Background Checks on All Staff
- O2B University Teacher Development Program
Experience
- In Business since 1998
- Nationally Accredited Schools
- Author of FD Education (Funnydaffer) – A School Readiness Curriculum Approved by the Florida Office of Early Learning & Department of Education
- Operating Partner for the CHILD Center – An Early Childhood Model Demonstration Center in conjunction with the University of Florida's Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
Curriculum
- Proprietary Integrated Learning System
- Play-Based Education Philosophy
- Child-Directed Active Learning Centers in Every Classroom
- Daily Teacher-Directed Literacy Lessons
- Daily Outdoor Enrichment
- Specialty Classes & On-Site Field Trips
Communication
- Digital Communication through Honeycomb with Daily Reports, Special Moments, Pictures & Achievement Badges
- Child Assessments
- Parent Conferences
Programs
- Infant, Toddler & Pre-K Programs
- Voluntary PreKindergarten Program (VPK)
- Parent Involvement Events
- Guest Speakers & School Pictures
Convenience
- Early & Late Operating Hours
- Full Time & Part Time Schedules
- Flexible Payment Options
- On-Line Parent Portal
- Easy Cancellation
Shopping for a School?
Look for the Four Qualities of a Great Classroom
Clear Expectations
Kids need to know the rules. They need to know what to expect. Whether a daily schedule is open and free or detailed and planned, great classrooms make their expectations clear to everyone.
Interesting Activities
Kids are in school to learn…and the best way to learn is through play! Every classroom learning center or teacher delivered lesson must be interesting to grab a child’s attention. In preschool, attention spans can be short so a rich variety of activities is essential.
Meaningful Conversations
A teacher’s job is to assess where a child is developmentally – and guide them to the next step in the learning path. Open-ended, meaningful questions help children think about their actions in a meaningful way and help them gain knowledge. The conversations we have with children are as important as the activities they participate in.
Response to Needs
Teachers are responsible for the physical, social and emotional well-being of their kids. Children may need hugs when they’re sad, food for a hungry belly, a suggestion to help solve a problem or assistance in the bathroom. A teacher’s job is to be there and respond when needed.
We Focus on the Long Term
Success of Your Child
Our Integrated Learning System Prepares Your Child
Academically, Socially & Emotionally
We Academically Prepare Your Child to Succeed in School
We Socially Prepare Your Child to Build Great Friendships
We Emotionally Prepare Your Child to Face Life Challenges
Model Demonstration Center
O2B Kids is the Operating Partner
in Collaboration with the University of Florida’s
Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
O2B Kids is the operating partner for The CHILD Center for Early Learning – an early childhood model demonstration center located in Gainesville, FL.
In collaboration with the University of Florida’s Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, O2B Kids serves as the day-to-day operating partner. In addition to providing high quality early learning for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, the center operates as a model demonstration center for teachers, researchers and policymakers to study and learn best practices in early childhood care and education. Operating as an independent non-profit entity, additional partners include the Southwest Advocacy Group (SWAG), the School Board of Alachua County, Head Start, the Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County and Alachua County’s Children’s Services Advisory Board.
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