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Every room in your North Dakota program, from infants to pre-K, gets the whole curriculum the day you sign up.
See how a teacher finds the day's activity and ELBY's coaching note on a tablet or phone in seconds, with no binder to dig through.
Look through 52 weeks of plans for all five age groups, each mapped to North Dakota's Early Learning Standards.
Talk with our team about your license type, your Bright & Early ND step and the ages you serve, and see where LBP fits.
Learning Beyond Paper is the only all-in-one early childhood curriculum with a virtual instructional coach built in. North Dakota programs get 52 weeks of plans for five age groups, an observational assessment tool, English and Spanish materials and 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning, aligned to the ND Early Learning Standards.
North Dakota covers birth to kindergarten entry in one HHS document, with progressions for birth to 9 months, 8 to 18 months, 16 to 36 months, 36 to 48 months and 48 to 60 months. LBP's North Dakota alignment pairs each of those bands with an LBP age group, from Infant to PreK 4, so every room works from the same standards.
ELBY is part of every activity, giving teachers a quick way to adjust for a child who needs more help, add challenge for one who is ready, and know what to observe and write down.
A new teacher in a North Dakota classroom can lead a full lesson on day one. LBP University's 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning come with the subscription, ready whenever there is a quiet half hour.
Bright & Early ND expects a curriculum aligned with the ND Early Learning Standards and observation-based assessment. LBP's published North Dakota alignment and its observational assessment tool give you something concrete to show your coach during Demonstrating Quality.
North Dakota center staff working 30 to 40 hours a week need 13 training hours a year, on top of ND Getting Started for new hires. Between courses, ELBY coaches them through each activity, so lessons stay consistent.
HHS offers provider orientation and new training courses in English, Spanish and Somali. LBP adds English and Spanish activity descriptions and family materials, included in the subscription.
One yearly subscription covers every classroom at your center, group or family child care program, infant to pre-K, with one login and no per-teacher fees.
Every room in your North Dakota program, from infants to pre-K, gets the whole curriculum the day you sign up.
A teacher signs in on their phone or a classroom tablet, opens this week's plan for their age group, reads ELBY's tip and starts. Nothing to copy, laminate or file.
Yes. LBP’s North Dakota alignment maps all five age groups to the North Dakota Early Learning Standards: Birth to Kindergarten, published by HHS. The standards run from birth to 60 months, and the alignment pairs each progression, from birth to 9 months up to 48 to 60 months, with an LBP age group from Infant to PreK 4. You can open it on our curriculum alignments page.
Bright & Early ND is North Dakota’s voluntary QRIS, with four steps. Step 1 is automatic for eligible licensed programs; Steps 2 to 4 are earned through Demonstrating Quality, with coaching and an evidence review. One of its five quality areas is Curriculum and Assessment, which expects a curriculum aligned with the ND Early Learning Standards and ongoing, observation-based assessment. LBP gives you both pieces. It supports your evidence; the rating decision stays with HHS.
HHS Early Childhood Licensing licenses family, group, center, preschool, school-age and multiple-licensed programs. A license is required once you care for more than five children, or more than three under 24 months; smaller programs can self-declare. LBP doesn’t replace your licensing checklist, but it gives every group a written daily plan suited to their ages, which helps when you walk a licensing specialist through your program.
Best in Class funds high-quality classrooms for children in the year before kindergarten; 68 programs and 94 classrooms are in the 2026-27 cohort. Programs must use a research-based curriculum aligned to the ND Early Learning Standards. HHS provides Creative Curriculum, and programs that choose another curriculum must show evidence of alignment, which may come from the publisher. LBP publishes a North Dakota alignment you can share. Best in Class uses Teaching Strategies GOLD® for assessment, and LBP activities are mapped to GOLD objectives.
The Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), run by HHS, helps eligible working families pay for care; it doesn’t prescribe a curriculum. Curriculum matters through quality: CCAP pays a 5% bonus to Bright & Early ND Step 3 providers and 10% to Step 4, and Step 2 and higher providers can claim an infant and toddler bonus. LBP can support the curriculum work behind those steps. For payment questions, contact HHS or your human service zone office.
Center, preschool and school-age staff working 30 to 40 hours a week need 13 hours a year, with fewer for part-time staff; family providers need 9. New staff also take the 15-hour ND Getting Started course. Every subscription includes LBP University, 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning, but we don’t claim it counts toward licensing hours or appears in the Early Childhood Workforce Registry. Ask your licensing specialist first.
One yearly subscription covers every classroom in your program, infant through pre-K. ELBY coaching, LBP University, the observational assessment tool, family engagement features and English and Spanish materials are all included, with no per-teacher or per-classroom fees. Materials kits are available through Lakeshore Learning, and our team helps customers with grant writing, useful if you apply for Bright & Early ND Quality Improvement Grants.
Yes. Activity descriptions and family engagement materials are available in English and Spanish at no extra cost. About 6.7% of North Dakotans speak a language other than English at home (American Community Survey 2024), and HHS now offers provider orientation and new courses in English, Spanish and Somali. LBP’s materials cover English and Spanish only, so plan other languages separately.
Start a 30-day free trial. Your whole North Dakota program gets every age group right away, so a family provider can test it with mixed ages and a center can try it in an infant room and a pre-K room at once. Browse the full curriculum first if you like, then book a demo for a walkthrough tied to your Bright & Early ND goals.
Yes. HHS estimated that more than 10,000 children were in group child care and about 1,400 in family child care in North Dakota in 2025. If you care for mixed ages, LBP’s five age bands let you plan for an infant and a four-year-old on the same day; see our family child care page. Multi-site and multiple-licensed programs get the same plans and alignment at every location.
Sensory, language, and attachment-focused lessons for ages 0–12 months.
Independence, early language, and mobility activities for ages 12–24 months.
Creativity, communication, and social growth for ages 24–36 months.
Standards-aligned, play-based lessons for children ages 3–4 years.
Kindergarten readiness and school-preparedness for children ages 4–5 years.
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LBP maps every age group to the North Dakota Early Learning Standards, the same standards Bright & Early ND and Best in Class point to for curriculum.
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