We believe that children need exposure and practice. Exposure to a variety of things as they grow, and practice once they find what they love. This comination of variety and practice will ultimately help children turn into thriving adults.
As parents, we found it was extremely difficult to find affordable online activities for our kids. We keep our kids busy in a variety of academic and sports related extracurricular activities. Sometimes we didn't want to get in the car, drive across town and split the family up just for one of our kids to attend a 45 minute long art class. But it was difficult to find anything online that was live, with real interaction, and also affordable. So we set out to solve that problem.
Kids Connected offers affordable, live, classes and activities for kids between the ages of 3 and 17. Whether it's piano lessons, coding class, tutoring, dance, or anything else you can think of, there is a way to do it affordably, online - with a real live instructor - and with other kids so everyone stays engaged.
Enroll in a class - get an email with instructions on how to join - watch your kids grow! It is that simple.
Our vision is to be the most widely recognized provider of affordable, online extracurriculars for kids.
Our mission is to help today's youth achieve lifelong success. We accomplish this mission every single day by providing access to affordable, live online classes and activities for kids.
Tony is a CFO turned entrepreneur. Tony has been married to his beautiful and supportive wife Lori for 14 years. They have 3 young children under 10 and are passionate about the health, education and development of their kids, which led them to jump at the idea of Kids Connected when it was brought up by Tony's sister - Anne Marie. Immediately prior to starting Kids Connected, Tony was the Chief Financial Officer of a public software company called Agilysys, where he spent 8 years of his career in various positions. Tony has learned well how to manage companies and teams, especially software based businesses.
Anne Marie is a practicing attorney and has three young boys with her husband, Nathaniel. Anne Marie believes wholeheartedly in the reality that "it takes a village to raise a child," and that in our modern and hectic world we can be isolated from our village. She was impressed and surprised by how quickly her children embraced virtual learning opportunities but wanted more for them than what was available. With Tony's background in software and their collective passion for creating an engaging and safe virtual environment for kids everywhere, Kids Connected was born.
Lori joined Kids Connected as Education Director in the summer of 2020. Lori and her husband Brian are raising their three young boys in Woodstock, Ga. With 17 years of teaching experience, including several years spent teaching with an online charter school, she was most recently with Cherokee County schools in Georgia. Lori felt the offerings of public school districts, general homeschool, and virtual schools were severely lacking so she joined Kids Connected in order to help deliver a unique, streamlined, efficient way for children to learn and experience social interaction.
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