At Maple Bear, our teachers often get asked by worried parents: “How will you cover all the content knowledge that children have missed?” This is a valid question during an uncertain time. We want to reassure our parents that our teachers know how to deal with these learning gaps and that Maple Bear has designed

Many people mistakenly believe that literacy development in pre-school children is only about teaching them to read through formal instruction. In reality, early literacy development is a continuous process that begins in the first years of a child’s life. It is a complex task because oral language, reading, and writing skills are intimately linked and

PLAYING IS LEARNING Posted in Education on Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 All Maple Bear Early Childhood programs emphasize play and play-based learning as critical components of the curriculum. Whether the children are learning language or developing literacy, exploring numeracy or discovering the natural world, play-based activities and experiences really enhance a wide-range of skills. WHAT IS PLAY-BASED

Empathy reminds us that we are all human and that we share universal experiences and feelings. There’s an excellent opportunity in these challenging days of the COVID-19 crisis to reinforce these and many other lessons about empathy which Maple Bear students learn year round as part of our Canadian curriculum. At Maple Bear, we believe

TRAINING OUR TEACHERS TO TEACH SKILLS FOR LIFE As schools are slowly opening up in various stages around the world, returning to school can  be an exciting time for students and teachers alike. The opportunity to get back to in-person learning and seeing teachers and friends, has been anticipated for a long time.   However, it can also be a time of concern and stress.   At our

Canada’s education system consistently ranks among the best in the world as evaluated by a study called PISA – the Programme for International Student Assessment. The features that make the Canadian education system so great are also the building blocks used to create the high-quality Maple Bear curriculum that we deliver to our students around the world.

The idea to develop Maple Bear Canadian schools grew out of the work of the Canadian Education Centre Network (CECN), a non-profit organization supported by the Government of Canada and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada which was mandated to market Canadian education abroad to attract foreign students to study in Canada.Maple Bear was born