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The whole curriculum, every age band, is open to your Michigan program the moment the account is set up.
Watch a Michigan teacher open the day's lesson on a tablet, glance at the materials and ELBY's tip, and get the group started.
Scroll through 52 weeks of lessons for infants, toddlers, preschool and pre-K, each linked to the Michigan standards for that age.
See LBP with our team, focused on your Michigan program: the ages you serve, CDC scholarship families and your Great Start to Quality plans.
Learning Beyond Paper is the only all-in-one cloud-based early childhood curriculum with a virtual instructional coach. Michigan centers and homes get 52 weeks of plans for five age bands, 4,000+ activities, English and Spanish family materials, an observational assessment tool and 49.5 hours of LBP University, with every band crosswalked to Michigan’s Early Childhood Standards of Quality.
LBP's Michigan documents cover 0 to 12 months, 13 to 24 months and 25 to 36 months against the Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs, and 3 to 5 years against the Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten, both the 2013 editions. Each activity carries the matching standard, so your plans and records speak Michigan's language.
ELBY rides along in every Michigan lesson. It tells a teacher how to simplify an activity for a child who needs a smaller step, how to extend it for a child ready for more, and what to look for and jot down.
LBP University adds 49.5 hours of on-demand courses to each Michigan subscription. They help staff learn the curriculum and build skills alongside the 16 clock hours a year the center rules require.
Program staff in Michigan centers need 16 clock hours of professional development a year, or 10 in small capacity centers. ELBY's prompts and LBP's step-by-step plans let teachers practice what those courses cover with real children every day.
Great Start to Quality looks at curriculum, instruction and the learning environment, including how a program tracks child development. LBP keeps weekly plans, completed activities and observation notes in one place to share with your quality coach.
About one in 9 Michiganders age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. Spanish is the most common of those languages, followed by Arabic and Chinese. LBP includes Spanish versions of every activity and family resource at no added cost.
One yearly subscription opens every Michigan classroom you run, from the infant room to pre-K, with no per-teacher fees and no separate purchase for each age.
The whole curriculum, every age band, is open to your Michigan program the moment the account is set up.
A Michigan teacher signs in on a tablet or phone, chooses the group and sees today's activity, what to gather and ELBY's tip, whether the children are inside or out on the playground.
LBP’s infant and toddler bands (0 to 12, 13 to 24 and 25 to 36 months) are crosswalked to the 2013 Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs, and the 3-to-5 band to the 2013 Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten. Every band is also aligned to the Head Start ELOF. Open each document on our curriculum alignments page.
Yes. Every LBP age band, from infants through 3- to 5-year-olds, is aligned to the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, and activities carry CLASS® keys and Teaching Strategies GOLD® objectives. That lets a Michigan grantee or partner center run Early Head Start and Head Start rooms from one platform with English and Spanish family materials. Learn more on our Head Start page.
It can support the day-to-day evidence. Great Start to Quality looks at five categories, including curriculum, instruction and learning environment and family and community partnerships, through coaching, mentoring and on-site observation. LBP gives you planned lessons, observation notes and family materials in English and Spanish to bring to those conversations. Your quality level is decided through the GSQ process, and we make no promise about any level.
MiLEAP’s Child Care Licensing Bureau licenses centers and homes, makes routine inspections and investigates complaints under the state’s child care center rules. LBP gives each classroom a written weekly plan for its age group and a running record of activities and observations, which helps when a consultant asks how learning is planned. Meeting the licensing rules is still the program’s job; LBP supports the curriculum side.
We do not claim they do. Michigan’s center rules require program staff to complete 16 clock hours of professional development each calendar year, or 10 in a small capacity center, and many required trainings are offered through MiRegistry. LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning come with your subscription; confirm with your licensing consultant before recording any LBP course toward those hours.
The Child Development and Care program, run by MiLEAP’s Office of Child Development and Care, helps low-income working families pay for care, and family eligibility runs through MDHHS, so scholarships, authorizations and payments stay with the state. What LBP adds is the same planned lessons, observation tools and Spanish and English family materials in every room serving CDC families, so every child gets the same planned day.
Yes, every activity and family resource is in English and Spanish at no extra charge. In 2024 about 1.06 million Michiganders age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home, and Spanish was the most common of those languages, at about 31%. Teachers can share each week’s activities with families in English or Spanish while the classroom plan stays the same.
One yearly subscription gives school-wide access. One price covers every classroom from infants to pre-K and every teacher, plus ELBY, LBP University, the observational assessment tool, family engagement tools and Spanish content. There are no per-room or per-teacher charges. Hands-on materials kits are available through Lakeshore Learning, and customers can ask our team for grant-writing support.
Yes. The Child Care Licensing Bureau licenses child care homes as well as centers, and home providers often care for babies, toddlers and preschoolers together. LBP’s five age bands let one provider plan for a mixed-age group from a single login, with family materials in English and Spanish. Our family child care page has more detail.
Start the 30-day free trial and every classroom gets full access. Use the month to test the plans in an infant room and a preschool room, read the Michigan crosswalks for the ages you serve and see how ELBY helps a new teacher. If you would like a guided tour first, book a demo with our team.
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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Infant-toddler lessons follow LBP's crosswalk to the Michigan infant-toddler standards and preschool lessons to the prekindergarten standards, so your planning and observation record builds as you teach.
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