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The trial unlocks every age band at once, so your infant teacher and your pre-K teacher can both try a real week of lessons.
Watch a Connecticut classroom go from login to circle time: the plan for today, the materials list, ELBY's tip and children already busy.
Browse a year of weekly plans for infants through pre-K and see how each activity lines up with the CT ELDS domains for that age.
Talk with our team about your Connecticut setting, whether you hold an Early Start CT contract, accept Care 4 Kids or run a family child care home.
Learning Beyond Paper is the only all-in-one cloud-based early childhood curriculum with a virtual instructional coach. For a Connecticut center or home, that means 52 weeks of plans across five age bands, Spanish and English materials, an observational assessment tool, 49.5 hours of on-demand training through LBP University, and published crosswalks to the Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards.
LBP publishes separate Connecticut crosswalks for 0 to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 36 months and 3 to 5 years. Each one is mapped to the 2014 edition of the CT ELDS and lists the state indicators next to the LBP skills that address them, so a teacher can see which domain an activity supports. Every band also aligns to the Head Start ELOF.
ELBY sits beside each activity and gives Connecticut teachers a short prompt: an easier version for a child still building the skill, a stretch for one who has it, and what to jot down while watching.
Connecticut rules tie ongoing training to at least one percent of the hours each staff member works. LBP University adds 49.5 hours of on-demand courses on using the curriculum well, included in the subscription, so new hires learn the routine while they teach.
Connecticut centers work with an education consultant who reviews daily plans and curriculum documents. With LBP, those plans already exist for every room, dated and stored online, so a review starts from real lessons instead of a binder pulled together the night before.
Training is logged in OEC's Early Childhood Professional Registry, but a new teacher still needs to run a good lesson on day one. ELBY's prompts and LBP University's on-demand modules fill that gap while required courses are scheduled.
About 829,100 Connecticut residents age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and more than half of them speak Spanish. LBP includes Spanish versions of activities and family materials in every subscription, at no extra cost.
One yearly subscription covers every classroom in a Connecticut program, with no per-teacher or per-room charge and no separate infant or preschool product to buy.
The trial unlocks every age band at once, so your infant teacher and your pre-K teacher can both try a real week of lessons.
Each teacher signs in on a tablet, phone or laptop, picks their age group and sees today's activities, the materials to gather and ELBY's prompt, ready for the block corner or the playground.
The Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards, published by the Office of Early Childhood for children from birth to five. LBP has four Connecticut crosswalks, one each for 0 to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 36 months and 3 to 5 years, listed on our curriculum alignments page. Each crosswalk is mapped to the 2014 edition of the CT ELDS, across cognition, language and literacy, social and emotional development and the other domains, and every band also aligns to the Head Start ELOF.
Elevate is OEC’s quality improvement system, and OEC says it does not evaluate or rate providers. Programs move from Member to Member+ by getting an Elevate Program Plan approved, and accredited or Head Start programs sit at Member Accredited. If your plan includes refreshing curriculum or strengthening observation, LBP gives you a standards-referenced curriculum and an observational assessment tool to build on, and a Service Navigator can help you turn those into SMART goals.
OEC licenses child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes. In centers and group homes, the education consultant’s duties include reviewing daily plans, curriculum documents and educational policies for age-appropriate practice. LBP gives each classroom a dated weekly plan and a history of completed activities, which makes that review easier and gives the consultant concrete lessons to comment on.
Yes. Early Start CT, which began on July 1, 2025, combined Child Day Care Contracts, School Readiness and State Head Start Supplement grants into one state-funded program, coordinated locally by Local Governance Partners. Funded sites often serve infants, toddlers and preschoolers under one roof, and LBP’s plans and CT ELDS crosswalks give every one of those classrooms the same planning approach, with family materials in English and Spanish.
No. Care 4 Kids is OEC’s child care subsidy for low- to moderate-income families, and centers, licensed family child care homes and relatives can all take part. Choosing LBP has no effect on certificates, rates or payments, and we make no reimbursement promises. What it does give a program serving Care 4 Kids families is the same curriculum in every room and family materials in English and Spanish.
We do not claim they do. Connecticut regulations require ongoing training equal to at least one percent of each staff member’s total annual hours worked, and training is tracked in OEC’s Early Childhood Professional Registry, which also lists free courses. LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning help teachers use the curriculum, but check with OEC licensing before you count any of it.
One yearly subscription gives school-wide access. That covers every classroom and teacher, from infants through pre-K, plus ELBY, LBP University, the observational assessment tool, English and Spanish content and the Connecticut crosswalks. There are no per-room or per-teacher fees. Optional hands-on materials kits are fulfilled by Lakeshore Learning, and customers can get grant-writing support.
Yes, at no extra charge. Census figures compiled by USAFacts show about 829,100 Connecticut residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home in 2024, and Spanish was the most common, at about 55% of them. OEC also publishes the CT ELDS in Spanish. Teachers can send activities and family engagement materials home in either language.
Start a 30-day free trial. Every classroom and age band opens on the first day, so you can test LBP in a toddler room and a preschool room side by side. Book a demo if you would like a walkthrough first. If it fits your program, start a yearly subscription.
Yes. OEC licenses family child care homes separately from centers, and Staffed Family Child Care Networks support home providers working toward NAFCC accreditation. A home provider caring for a baby, a toddler and a preschooler can plan for all three from one login with LBP’s five age bands. See our family child care page for details.
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LBP's Connecticut documents link every age band to CT ELDS indicators, and each week of teaching adds to the curriculum and observation record that consultants and Elevate conversations draw on.
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