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Your whole Missouri program, from the infant room to the pre-K room, can open every lesson during the trial.
Watch a Missouri teacher go from login to a finished activity: the plan, the materials list, ELBY's coaching tip and children at work.
Fifty-two weeks of activities for every age from infancy to pre-K, each one tied back to the Missouri Early Learning Standards.
We will walk through LBP with your Missouri program in mind, whether you hold a MOQPK grant, take part in QAR, accept Child Care Subsidy or run a family home.
Learning Beyond Paper is the only all-in-one early childhood curriculum built in the cloud with a virtual instructional coach for teachers. Missouri centers and homes receive lesson plans for five age groups, an observational assessment tool, bilingual family materials, LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand courses and a crosswalk to the Missouri Early Learning Standards.
LBP's Missouri crosswalk is organized by the seven MELS areas: Approaches to Learning, Social-Emotional Development, Language and Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Physical Development and Expressive Arts. For each MELS component it lists matching LBP content for infants, young toddlers, older toddlers, 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds, using the February 2021 MELS that DESE publishes today.
ELBY rides along in each lesson and answers the questions teachers usually save for a director: how to scale an activity down for a child who is struggling, how to push it further for a child who is ready, and which behaviors to jot down.
LBP University gives Missouri staff 49.5 hours of on-demand courses tied to the lessons they teach. It is included in the subscription and is separate from the 12 DESE-approved clock hours licensed caregivers track in the MOPD System.
MOQPK grants fund pre-K in school districts, licensed child care and Head Start, and NIEER reports that grantees must also take part in QAR, where CLASS observations and coaching are part of the work. LBP's MELS-mapped lessons and CLASS keys give teachers a consistent plan to be observed on.
Licensed Missouri caregivers complete 12 DESE-approved clock hours every calendar year. In between those sessions, ELBY's prompts and step-by-step lesson guides help newer staff build the habits that trainings describe.
About 435,100 Missourians age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and 41.3% of them speak Spanish. Every LBP subscription includes Spanish and English versions of activities and family pages.
One yearly subscription covers each Missouri classroom from infants to pre-K, every teacher and every age band, with no add-on fees for extra rooms.
Your whole Missouri program, from the infant room to the pre-K room, can open every lesson during the trial.
Teachers choose their age group, tap the day and see the activity, the materials and ELBY's coaching note, then start teaching at the table, in the block area or on the playground.
LBP publishes a Missouri crosswalk to the Missouri Early Learning Standards (MELS), the DESE framework that runs from infancy to kindergarten entry. It covers all seven MELS areas and maps infant, toddler and preschooler expectations to LBP content for each of our age bands. The crosswalk uses the February 2021 MELS, the version with examples and adult activities. Find it on our curriculum alignments page.
MOQPK grants are open to school districts and charter schools, licensed child care programs (and unlicensed programs contracted with DESE subsidy) and Head Start. LBP’s MELS-mapped pre-K lessons and observation tools can support those classrooms, and the same plans work in infant and toddler rooms next door. Check your grant terms for any curriculum requirements before you choose.
The Quality Assurance Report (QAR) is DESE’s voluntary system for recognizing quality in early learning programs. Participants get coaching, CLASS assessments and feedback, and NIEER reports that MOQPK grantees must take part. LBP keys activities to CLASS® and gives teachers a steady, MELS-mapped plan, which helps when observation and coaching start. Teachers walk into each observation already knowing the plan.
DESE’s Office of Childhood oversees about 2,700 child care providers through its child care compliance and regulation sections, and its licensing rules are under revision. LBP gives each room a written plan tied to MELS and a record of the activities completed, so you can show how learning is planned when compliance staff visit.
No. DESE’s Office of Childhood runs the Child Care Subsidy Program, and providers must hold a contract with DESE to be paid for eligible children. LBP has no role in contracts, authorizations or payments, and we make no reimbursement promises. It simply means children on subsidy and private-pay children in your program learn from the same plans, with the same Spanish and English family pages.
We make no such claim. DESE requires caregivers in licensed facilities to complete 12 clock hours of DESE-approved training between January 1 and December 31, tracked in the MOPD System, Missouri’s childhood workforce registry. LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning are included and help staff teach the curriculum well. Check MOPD for approved training before you log any hours.
Yes. Each activity and family engagement resource comes in Spanish and English at no extra charge. Census survey data compiled by USAFacts shows about 435,100 Missourians age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and 41.3% of them speak Spanish. Teachers can send the week’s learning home in whichever language a family reads.
One yearly subscription covers your whole Missouri program: all classrooms, all teachers, ELBY, LBP University, the observational assessment tool, bilingual content and the MELS crosswalk. You will not see per-room or per-seat charges. Ask us about grant-writing support if you are building a budget around a grant.
Sign up for a 30-day free trial. Every classroom and age band in your Missouri program is open from the first day, so teachers can run real lessons and you can see the records build. Keep going with a yearly subscription only if it suits your team.
Yes. MOQPK has a separate Head Start track, and LBP’s lessons are aligned to the Head Start ELOF for every age band, alongside the Missouri crosswalk. Organizations with several centers can give each site the same plans and observation tools, which keeps practice consistent across locations. 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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Activities line up with the Missouri Early Learning Standards for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and the planning and observation records grow as teachers teach.
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