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All of your South Dakota classrooms, infant through pre-K, get the whole curriculum on day one.
See how a South Dakota teacher opens a lesson, sets up the materials and uses ELBY's coaching while children dig in.
Fifty-two weeks of plans, from infants to children about to start kindergarten, organized around the five domains in South Dakota's guidelines.
See LBP set up for your South Dakota program, whether you run a licensed center, a before and after school program or a registered family day care home.
Learning Beyond Paper is the only all-in-one early childhood curriculum online with a virtual instructional coach in every lesson. South Dakota programs get 52 weeks of plans for five age groups, English and Spanish resources, an observational assessment tool, 49.5 hours of on-demand learning in LBP University and alignment to the South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines.
LBP publishes four South Dakota documents, for 0 to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 36 months and 3 to 5 years. They follow the age groupings in the South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines, from infants and younger and older toddlers to younger and older preschoolers, across all five domains: approaches to learning, social and emotional, communication, language and literacy, cognitive development, and health and physical development.
ELBY is built into each South Dakota lesson. It tells teachers how to simplify an activity, how to extend it for a child who is ready and what to watch for, so coaching does not have to wait for the next visit.
LBP University's 49.5 hours of on-demand courses come with every South Dakota subscription. Teachers learn the curriculum they are using, at their own pace, alongside the in-person and online trainings offered through the state's Early Childhood Enrichment sites.
Without a state-funded preschool program, the year before kindergarten is shaped by whoever cares for a child. LBP's pre-K plans follow the older preschooler indicators in the South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines, which DOE has crosswalked to its kindergarten content standards.
South Dakota rules call for ten hours of annual training for center and school-age staff counted in ratio, and six hours for family day care providers. ELBY and LBP's guided lessons help staff apply that training with children every day.
Around 61,400 South Dakotans age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and Spanish accounts for more than a third of them. LBP includes Spanish and English versions of each activity and family resource with every subscription.
South Dakota programs use one yearly subscription for all classrooms and all teachers, infants through pre-K. There is no separate fee for each age group or each room.
All of your South Dakota classrooms, infant through pre-K, get the whole curriculum on day one.
Teachers load the day's plan on a tablet or phone, check what to gather and read ELBY's tip, whether children are inside or out on the playground.
Yes. LBP publishes South Dakota alignment documents for 0 to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 36 months and 3 to 5 years, mapped to the South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines across their five domains. The guidelines were developed by a statewide panel and are a guide for choosing curriculum, not a curriculum themselves. All four documents are on our curriculum alignments page.
No. NIEER’s 2025 State of Preschool report lists South Dakota among the five states without a state-funded preschool program. Coverage of the report notes that early education needs are met by private and faith-based programs, school districts and Head Start. LBP’s preschool and pre-K plans, mapped to the older preschooler guidelines, give any of those settings, and child care centers too, a full year of lessons.
The Department of Social Services regulates three program types: licensed child care programs, before and after school programs and registered family day care. LBP gives each group a written weekly plan tied to the South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines and keeps a record of completed activities, which helps when licensing staff ask how learning is planned. The record lives online, so it stays complete through staff changes.
We do not claim it does. Under ARSD 67:42:17:18, center and school-age directors and providers counted in ratio complete ten hours of annual training, and family day care providers complete six. Training can be on-site or online. LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning are included; confirm with DSS or your Early Childhood Enrichment site before counting any course.
Quality Care South Dakota, from DSS and SDSU’s Quality Collaborative, offers participating programs coaching, resources and recognition as they reach quality level designations. LBP fits that coaching work by giving your coach and your teachers a consistent plan, observation records and CLASS® keys to work from.
Yes. DSS’s Child Care Assistance program helps families who meet income guidelines and work or school requirements, and some families owe a co-payment. Using LBP has no bearing on eligibility, provider payments or co-payments, and we make no reimbursement promises. It gives every child in the room, assisted or private pay, the same lessons and bilingual family resources.
Yes, every activity and family engagement resource comes in Spanish and English at no added cost. About 61,400 South Dakota residents age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and 36.4% of them speak Spanish, based on Census survey data compiled by USAFacts. Teachers can send each week’s learning home in either language.
One yearly subscription covers your entire South Dakota program. Every classroom and teacher from infants to pre-K is included, along with ELBY, LBP University, the observational assessment tool, Spanish and English content and the South Dakota alignment documents. No per-room or per-teacher fees apply, and we offer grant-writing support to customers.
You get 30 days of full access for every classroom and every age band in your South Dakota program. Teachers can use real lessons with real children during the trial, and you choose afterward whether to continue with a yearly subscription.
Yes. Family day care providers in South Dakota can register voluntarily with DSS, and a home program may have babies, toddlers and preschoolers in the same group. LBP’s five age bands let one provider plan for each of those ages from a single login, with English and Spanish family materials. Visit our family child care page to learn more.
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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Lessons follow the South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines for each age group, and day-to-day teaching builds the planning and observation records that licensing visits and quality coaching ask about.
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Full curriculum access for each South Dakota classroom.
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