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Thirty days, full access, no credit card. Every Arkansas classroom from the baby room to pre-K can explore the curriculum the day you sign up.
Watch an Arkansas preschool teacher open a science activity, read ELBY's note on questions to ask, and record what two children noticed.
Look through 52 weeks of activities for babies through pre-K, each mapped to the Arkansas early learning standard for that age range.
Schedule time to talk through your Arkansas program: licensed center or home, Better Beginnings plans, School Readiness Assistance families and the ages you serve.
Learning Beyond Paper is the only all-in-one cloud-based early childhood curriculum with a virtual instructional coach. Arkansas programs receive a year of plans for infants through pre-K, materials in English and Spanish, an observational assessment tool, 49.5 hours of on-demand LBP University courses and four crosswalks to the Arkansas Child Development and Early Learning Standards: Birth through 60 Months.
Arkansas organizes its 2016 early learning standards by age in months, from birth to 8 months up to 49 to 60 months. LBP publishes four Arkansas crosswalks, for 0 to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 36 months and 3 to 5 years, that trace each content standard and performance expectation down to the LBP skills taught in its lessons, from social and emotional development to early math.
ELBY rides along in each lesson and gives Arkansas teachers a nudge when it helps: an easier entry point for one child, a challenge for another, and a reminder of which skills to watch for and note.
Arkansas subscriptions include LBP University, 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning. Teachers build curriculum know-how between classes, and new hires have a guide from their first day in the room.
Arkansas licensing specialists visit at least three times a year without notice. With LBP, every room has today's activity planned and a running record of past lessons and observations, so teachers can keep teaching while you answer questions.
Arkansas center staff complete at least 15 hours of early childhood training a year, logged with the state's Professional Development Registry. ELBY's prompts and LBP's step-by-step lessons give them daily practice with what those courses teach.
Nearly seven in ten Arkansans who speak a language other than English at home speak Spanish, according to Census data compiled by USAFacts. Every LBP activity and family resource comes in Spanish and English in the same subscription.
One yearly subscription opens LBP for every classroom and teacher at your Arkansas site, from the infant room to pre-K, without per-child or per-teacher fees.
Thirty days, full access, no credit card. Every Arkansas classroom from the baby room to pre-K can explore the curriculum the day you sign up.
An Arkansas teacher logs in from a phone or tablet, chooses their age group and sees today's activity, supply list and ELBY's tip, ready for the reading corner or the playground.
LBP maps its lessons to the Arkansas Child Development and Early Learning Standards: Birth through 60 Months, the 2016 standards the Office of Early Childhood shares in English and Spanish. Separate crosswalks cover 0 to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 36 months and 3 to 5 years. Each one is posted on our curriculum alignments page.
The Office of Early Childhood at the Arkansas Department of Education, formerly the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education. Its Licensing Unit oversees registered homes, licensed homes and licensed centers, and specialists visit at least three times a year without notice. LBP helps you stay ready for those visits with a planned activity in every room and a record of what children have done.
Better Beginnings is Arkansas’s quality rating and improvement system, and participating programs carry a star rating that families can look up. LBP supports the classroom side of that work with standards-matched lessons, CLASS® keys, an observational assessment tool and family materials in two languages. A rating reflects your whole program and is awarded through the state’s process, so we do not claim LBP earns stars on its own.
Yes. School Readiness Assistance is Arkansas’s program, funded through the Child Care Development Fund, that helps eligible low-income families pay for care for children from birth to age 12, with applications through the SRA portal. Your curriculum choice does not affect a family’s assistance. Children in those seats simply learn from the same planned lessons and bilingual family pages as their classmates.
Arkansas licensing rules ask staff who work directly with children to complete at least 15 hours of continuing early childhood training each year, registered with the state’s Professional Development Registry. LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning are included with LBP and focus on using the curriculum well. Check with the registry before counting any LBP hours toward that total.
One yearly subscription covers an Arkansas site. That includes every classroom from babies to pre-K, every teacher, ELBY, LBP University, the observational assessment tool, Spanish and English versions and the Arkansas crosswalks. Adding staff or rooms does not raise the price, and customers can get help from our team with grant applications.
Yes. Every activity and family resource has a Spanish version alongside the English one, at no extra cost. About 176,000 Arkansans age five and older speak Spanish at home, by far the most common language other than English in the state, according to Census data compiled by USAFacts. Teachers can share each week’s learning in the language a family prefers.
Yes. Arkansas registers family homes caring for fewer than five children and licenses homes caring for six to sixteen, and either can mix babies, toddlers and preschoolers. LBP’s five age bands share one login, so a home provider can plan for each child and send family pages in English or Spanish. See our family child care page for more.
Start a free 30-day trial with no credit card. Every classroom in your Arkansas program gets the whole curriculum immediately, so teachers can run real activities and you can read through the Arkansas crosswalks. Continue with a yearly subscription for the site if it is the right fit.
Yes. Every LBP lesson is aligned to the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and the Arkansas crosswalks sit alongside it, so grantees can see both frameworks on the same activity. CLASS® keys and an observational assessment tool are included. Learn more on our Head Start page.
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 Arkansas CDELS for each age range, so everyday teaching leaves the planning and observation records that licensing specialists and quality coaches ask about.
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