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