Playing is Learning
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…
Routines Can Provide Calm in Chaotic Times
There is no doubt we are living in a challenging and unprecedented time. All of a sudden, parenting has become a 24 hour by 7 day job, and for those…
Screen Time During the COVID Crisis
Pre-COVID, screen time and technology use in general were always highly relevant topics among our parents. Now, in the midst of this global pandemic, parents and children are predominantly at…
Meet Maple Bear Trainer Colleen MacLeod
When Canadian trainer Colleen MacLeod travels from her Nova Scotia home to Maple Bear classrooms in Brazil, nothing gives her more pleasure than introducing students to the stories of Canadian…