Mama Bear Childcare

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Mama Bear Childcare A licensed early childhood & hybrid preschool program located in Columbus, Indiana

🎃☕️ Move over, Starbucks… the cutest Pumpkin Spice Latte crew is here! 🤎Our babies are officially embracing fall — one P...
09/29/2026

🎃☕️ Move over, Starbucks… the cutest Pumpkin Spice Latte crew is here! 🤎

Our babies are officially embracing fall — one PSL at a time. 🍂

Don’t worry, parents… these lattes are 100% ChatGPT and 0% caffeine. 😉☕️

Mama Bear Childcare - Preschool Enrollment Open!⏰ 7:30am - 5:30pm Mon-Fri 🍽️ Breakfast, Lunch and Snack provided 🧠 Play-...
09/17/2026

Mama Bear Childcare - Preschool Enrollment Open!

⏰ 7:30am - 5:30pm Mon-Fri
🍽️ Breakfast, Lunch and Snack provided
🧠 Play-Based Learning with a purpose
✏️ Kindergarten Readiness Skills taught
🗓️ Year Round Care (excluding federal Holiday’s)
📋 Licensed Childcare

Send us a message, or give us a call to schedule a tour!
📞 812-418-6902

🐻 ONE TODDLER OPENING — AND IT WON’T LAST LONG!Looking for a fun, loving, and engaging place for your little one to lear...
09/17/2026

🐻 ONE TODDLER OPENING — AND IT WON’T LAST LONG!

Looking for a fun, loving, and engaging place for your little one to learn and grow? Mama Bear Childcare has ONE opening available in our toddler only classroom! **Child must be 16 months +**

We’re looking to welcome our newest little cub within the next TWO weeks! 🐾

What makes Mama Bear special?

🧠 Play-based learning that encourages exploration, creativity, and development

🧸 A dedicated toddler-only classroom for children 16 months and older until they’re potty trained and ready to transition to preschool

🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, and snack provided daily

🕢 Monday–Friday | 7:30 AM–5:30 PM

📅 Year-round care, closed for most major federal holidays

We provide a nurturing environment where little ones can play, learn, and grow!

📍 Columbus, Indiana

📩 Send us a message today to learn more or schedule a tour. We can’t wait to welcome our newest little cub to the Mama Bear family! 🐻

🧸✨ Mama Bear Childcare’s INFANT-ONLY ROOM OPENS TOMORROW! ✨🧸We are SO excited to officially open the doors to our brand ...
09/07/2026

🧸✨ Mama Bear Childcare’s INFANT-ONLY ROOM OPENS TOMORROW! ✨🧸

We are SO excited to officially open the doors to our brand new Infant Room at Mama Bear Childcare tomorrow! 🤍

Our infant room is designed exclusively for little ones 16 months and under, giving our youngest cubs a calm, safe, nurturing space created specifically for their stage of development.

🤎 Why we love an infant-only room:
• A quieter, more peaceful environment without bigger kiddos running around
• Age-appropriate toys, activities & sensory experiences
• Plenty of safe floor space for tummy time, rolling, crawling & exploring
• Individualized feeding and sleeping schedules
• Smaller ratios for lots of one-on-one attention, cuddles & interaction
• A space designed specifically around infant safety and development
• Loving caregivers focused solely on the unique needs of babies

Those first 16 months are filled with SO much growth, and we wanted to create a room where our babies can learn, explore and reach those milestones at their own pace 🥹🫶🏻

We cannot wait to welcome our infant into their new space tomorrow! 🐻🍼

🍫🥜 BUILD YOUR OWN SNACK! 🥜🍫Our preschoolers had so much fun becoming little snack creators! 🧑‍🍳✨ Using graham crackers, ...
09/04/2026

🍫🥜 BUILD YOUR OWN SNACK! 🥜🍫

Our preschoolers had so much fun becoming little snack creators! 🧑‍🍳✨ Using graham crackers, peanut butter, and chocolate chips, each child got to build their very own snack before enjoying their delicious creation!

Activities like this are SO much more than just fun! Our preschoolers practiced:
🍪 Following simple directions
🥄 Fine motor skills while spreading and assembling
🔢 Counting and portioning their ingredients
🧠 Making choices and working independently
👏 Building confidence through “I did it myself!” moments

Learning through hands-on experiences (especially when we get to EAT them afterward 😉) is always a win at Mama Bear Childcare! 🐻❤️

Learning is pretty sweet around here! 🍫✨

🌱 Something NEW is coming to Mama Bear Childcare’s Preschool Program! 🥕🍓We’re excited to introduce Small Bites Adventure...
08/21/2026

🌱 Something NEW is coming to Mama Bear Childcare’s Preschool Program! 🥕🍓

We’re excited to introduce Small Bites Adventure Club — a hands-on food and nutrition program designed to help children explore new foods in a fun, positive way!

Through this program, our preschool kiddos will have opportunities to:
🥦 Explore new fruits & vegetables
👩‍🍳 Help prepare simple, kid-friendly recipes
🍎 Taste and experience new foods with no pressure
🖐️ Build fine motor skills through hands-on cooking
📚 Incorporate math, literacy, science & sensory learning
💚 Build healthy relationships with food from an early age

At Mama Bear, we believe some of the best learning happens through real-life experiences, and sometimes that means getting a little messy in the kitchen! 😊

We can’t wait to see our little chefs explore, create, taste, and learn through Small Bites Adventure Club! 🥕🍅🥬

Enrollment Open at Mama Bear Childcare! We currently have a limited number of openings available due to recent classroom...
06/30/2026

Enrollment Open at Mama Bear Childcare!

We currently have a limited number of openings available due to recent classroom transitions and would love to welcome new families into our program!

🧸 Immediate openings for children 16 months to 3 years old

🎨 Preschool openings for children 3 years and older who are fully potty trained

If you’ve been looking for quality childcare, we’d love to connect with you! Message our page or call us to schedule a tour or learn more about enrollment.

Happy Father’s Day to all of the amazing dads, grandpas, stepdads, and father figures who love, support, and guide our l...
06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all of the amazing dads, grandpas, stepdads, and father figures who love, support, and guide our little ones every day. 💙

Thank you for the bedtime stories, the bear hugs, the life lessons, and the countless ways you help your children grow and thrive. We are grateful for the important role you play in their lives.

Wishing all of our Mama Bear Childcare dads a day filled with love, laughter, and special memories with your families. Happy Father’s Day!

🍩💙 Donuts with Dad was a sweet success! 💙🍩We loved celebrating all of the amazing dads, grandpas, and father figures who...
06/19/2026

🍩💙 Donuts with Dad was a sweet success! 💙🍩

We loved celebrating all of the amazing dads, grandpas, and father figures who joined us today. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to make special memories with your little ones. Happy Father’s Day from all of us at Mama Bear Childcare! 🐻

🦋✨ Our Little Scientists Became Butterfly Experts! ✨🦋Over the past few weeks, our preschoolers had the incredible opport...
06/12/2026

🦋✨ Our Little Scientists Became Butterfly Experts! ✨🦋

Over the past few weeks, our preschoolers had the incredible opportunity to observe the complete butterfly life cycle right in their classroom! From tiny eggs, to hungry caterpillars, to the amazing chrysalis, and finally beautiful butterflies, they watched each stage unfold before their eyes.

This hands on experience helped our children develop observation skills, patience, curiosity, and a deeper understanding of how living things grow and change. Learning comes to life when children can see it, touch it, and experience it firsthand!

To celebrate all they learned, each child received a Budding Entomologist Certificate for becoming a butterfly life cycle expert. 🏆🦋

We are so proud of our little learners and their excitement for science and discovery!

Address

1604 22nd Street
Columbus, IN
47201

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+18123742207

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