Black Bear Academy - Chicago Private

☀️ Our BBA Summer Program is almost here—and spots are filling quickly!

With both half-day and full-day options available, our program is designed to provide a supportive, engaging environment where children can build confidence, connection, regulation, and social skills through structured play and learning.

📅 Session 1: June 15 – July 17
📅 Session 2: July 20 – August 14

We intentionally keep our groups small to create a more personalized experience for every child.

If you’ve been considering summer support for your family, now is a great time to reach out and learn more.

📩 [email protected]
📞 773-244-0700

Summer can be an opportunity for more than just keeping children busy—it can be a chance to help them continue building confidence, connection, structure, and emotional growth in a supportive environment.

Black Bear Academy’s Summer Program is designed to provide children with engaging experiences while supporting social-emotional development, communication, movement, play, and individualized learning needs along the way.

☀️ Session 1: June 15 – July 17
☀️ Session 2: July 20 – August 14
☀️ Half-day and full-day options available

At Black Bear Academy, we believe progress happens through consistency, support, and meaningful relationships—and summer is no exception.
For families exploring a more supportive and connected summer experience, we’d love to help you learn more.

📍 Limited spots available
📧 [email protected]
📞 773-244-0700
🔗 www.blackbearacademy.com

This month, we’re taking a moment to focus on what truly matters.

Awareness.
Understanding.
Early support.
Individual differences.
Emotional growth.
Progress over perfection.

At Black Bear Academy, we believe every child deserves to be seen, supported, and understood—not rushed, compared, or overlooked.

We know many families are navigating questions that don’t always have clear answers.
And sometimes, the most important step is simply having a place to start.

If you’re exploring what your child might need next, you don’t have to figure it out alone.

We’re here when you’re ready.

🔗 Learn more at www.blackbearacademy.com

Mental health isn’t something we talk about once a year—
it’s something we support every single day.

At Black Bear Academy, we celebrate the small wins:
connection, confidence, and emotional growth.

Because when children feel safe, understood, and supported—
that’s when real progress begins. 💚

Miss Emily and Miss Caroline attended a Conscious Discipline conference last week. We are excited to bring more CD practices into our classrooms!

The 2’s and Under Class is open to children as young as 18 months and introduces our youngest learners to early language and developmental skills in a supportive, play-based setting.

This class is designed to support young children’s social-emotional, language, and physical development in a structured yet play-based setting. In this class, your child will establish confidence in being away from parents or guardians while gaining crucial practice in early language skills, gross motor skills, and problem solving skills such as cause and effect. Your child will also gain early primary knowledge about colors, numbers, environmental sound identification, and music as they engage in a variety of play-based activities that encourage physical coordination, increased attention span, and the ability to verbally identify their emotions and navigate their world.

This weekend consider donating gently used toys to help the kids at BBA!

Don't forget to join us tonight for our Open House!

Something exciting is happening! Come join us to learn more about Redwood at Black Bear Academy!