Young Toddler Curriculum (Ages 12–24 Months)

A Cloud-Based Young Toddler Curriculum Teachers Actually Use Every Day

Give your young toddler room a structured, play-based curriculum that lives on any device — 52 weeks of ready-to-go lessons that support language, mobility, and independence for ages 12 to 24 months.
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Young Toddler Cloud based Curriculum

Why Young Toddler Rooms Deserve Better Than a Binder

Children aged 12 to 24 months are developing faster than at almost any other point in their lives — and yet this is the age group most likely to have inconsistent, improvised programming. Young toddler rooms are chaotic by nature: kids are mobile, attention spans are short, and teachers are often stretched thin.

A paper curriculum stuffed in a folder does nothing to help. Learning Beyond Paper gives young toddler teachers a clear, device-friendly plan for every single day ;  with built-in coaching so they know what to do when a lesson goes sideways.

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Watch how teachers access young toddler lesson plans in seconds — on any device, without any prep time or printing.

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See the 52-week scope of developmentally appropriate lessons designed specifically for children aged 12 to 24 months.

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Built for the Most Dynamic Age Group in Your Center

Young toddlers need movement, repetition, and short, intentional activities — and so do the teachers who work with them. Learning Beyond Paper is the only cloud-based young toddler curriculum that gives teachers a daily plan, real-time coaching, and the professional development to grow without leaving the classroom.

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Play-Based Lessons for Rapid Development

Between 12 and 24 months, children take their first steps, say their first words, and begin asserting independence. Every lesson in LBP's young toddler curriculum is designed around these milestones — short, active, and developmentally sequenced.

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ELBY — Coaching That Travels With Teachers

ELBY is built into every young toddler lesson — giving teachers real-time tips on how to adapt an activity for a child who is having a hard day, how to extend it for a child who is ready for more, and how to connect it to what families can do at home.

Professional Development for Young Toddler Teachers

LBP includes 49.5 hours of embedded professional development — no separate training sessions, no extra cost. Young toddler teachers build expertise in developmental practice as they teach, not instead of teaching.

What Young Toddlers Learn in Every Lesson

The LBP young toddler curriculum touches every domain that matters between 12 and 24 months — giving teachers a structured but flexible roadmap for one of the most developmental leaps in early childhood.

Early Language & Communication

Gross Motor & Movement

Cognitive Exploration

Social-Emotional Development

Fine Motor Skills

Family Engagement

What Directors Are Saying About the Young Toddler Room

Program directors across the country use Learning Beyond Paper to bring consistency, confidence, and curriculum quality to their young toddler classrooms.

Consistency between classrooms — finally

When the curriculum lives in the cloud rather than in a specific teacher's notebook, every room runs the same program. Substitutes, new hires, and floaters all have access to the same plan.

Teachers stop improvising and start teaching

Young toddler teachers are often the youngest, least experienced staff in a center. Giving them a daily plan with step-by-step guidance removes the anxiety of not knowing what to do next.

Parents see intentional programming

When parents ask what their child did today, teachers have a real answer — one that reflects developmental purpose. That builds family trust and reduces enrollment churn.

One platform for the whole school

Directors running infant, toddler, and preschool classrooms use one subscription to cover every room. No juggling multiple curriculum vendors or renewal dates.

Up and Running in Your Young Toddler Room in 4 Steps

Getting started with a cloud-based young toddler curriculum is faster than you think. Here is exactly what the first week looks like.
Sign up for your free trial

No credit card required. Your entire young toddler room — and every other classroom in your center — gets full access immediately.

Teachers open the curriculum on any device

Week 1 is right there waiting. A teacher picks up her phone, opens the first activity, reads the three-line setup guide and ELBY's coaching tip, and she's ready. Total time from login to teaching: under two minutes.

Lessons run, observations get documented
As young toddler teachers use the curriculum, activities connect to state standards automatically. Documentation for licensing, parent reports, and program assessments becomes a natural part of daily teaching.
Scale across your whole program
Your $199/month subscription covers every classroom from infant to pre-k. When you're ready to roll out curriculum consistency across your entire center, it's already included.

The Cloud-Based Young Toddler Curriculum Built by Educators, for Educators

Learning Beyond Paper was built by people who have worked in early childhood programs and know what the 12-to-24-month room actually looks like. We built a curriculum that works in the real world — one that a first-year teacher can pick up on day one and a seasoned director can trust to deliver consistent quality across every classroom.

Questions About the Young Toddler Curriculum

Everything directors and owners ask before getting started with LBP’s cloud-based young toddler curriculum.

The young toddler curriculum is designed for children ages 12 to 24 months. This window covers the explosive developmental period when children take their first steps, begin using single words, and start asserting independence. All lessons are calibrated to this specific developmental stage — activities are short, active, and intentionally designed to match what children this age are ready for.

Young toddler rooms often have children at very different places developmentally — a 13-month-old and a 23-month-old have very different abilities. LBP’s virtual instructional coach ELBY provides guidance on adapting each activity for children who need more scaffolding or are ready for a more complex version of the task. This makes differentiated instruction practical for everyday teachers, not just curriculum specialists.

From the moment you sign up, teachers have immediate access to the full young toddler curriculum. They log in on any device, find Week 1, and begin teaching. There is no required training period, no software installation, and no setup calls needed before getting started. Most teachers are using their first lesson within minutes of receiving their login.

Yes. Every lesson in the young toddler curriculum is aligned to all 50 state early learning standards as well as the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework. Standards are mapped automatically within the platform, so teachers and directors do not need to track alignment manually — it’s built into every activity.

Yes. The platform runs in any web browser on any device — Android and iPhone smartphones, iPads and Android tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. No app download is required. Most young toddler teachers prefer to use a personal smartphone since it’s always nearby, even during floor time with the children.

LBP is $199 per month for school-wide access, which covers every classroom in your center from infants through pre-k. There are no per-teacher fees, no per-classroom charges, and no cost for bilingual content, professional development, or ELBY coaching. A single subscription covers your entire young toddler room and every other classroom in your program.

Absolutely. LBP offers a free 30-day trial with no credit card required. Your entire center gets full access during the trial period, so you can see how the curriculum runs across your young toddler room and any other classrooms in your program before making any financial commitment.

Yes. Bilingual English and Spanish content is included in every LBP subscription at no additional charge. For young toddler rooms serving Spanish-speaking families, activities and family engagement materials are available in both languages — helping teachers communicate learning goals to all families clearly and consistently.

Inconsistency in early childhood programs usually comes from curriculum living with a person rather than in a system. When one teacher writes the lesson plan and another interprets it differently, you get two classrooms running two different programs. LBP solves this by putting the curriculum in the cloud — accessible to every teacher, every shift, every day. Everyone teaches the same lesson with the same developmental intent, which creates measurable consistency across classrooms.

Toddler room teachers leave childcare programs primarily because they feel unsupported and undervalued. LBP addresses the ‘unsupported’ part directly — teachers have a daily plan, coaching built into every lesson, and professional development that helps them grow without having to give up personal time. Programs using LBP consistently report that teachers feel more confident, more prepared, and more likely to stay.

One Platform for Every Classroom in Your Center

Learning Beyond Paper covers every stage of early childhood — so your whole program runs on one curriculum, one platform, and one price.

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Standards Built Into Every Lesson

Every young toddler activity aligns to your state's early learning standards — documentation happens automatically as teachers teach.

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Trusted by Directors in 50 States

Over 3,000 programs nationwide use Learning Beyond Paper to run high-quality, consistent early learning every day.

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