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Every classroom in your North Carolina center, infant room to pre-K, gets the full curriculum the day you sign up.
See how a North Carolina teacher opens the day's activity, the Foundations goals it supports, and ELBY's coaching tip in under a minute.
Look through 52 weeks of lessons for five age bands, infant to pre-K, aligned to the NC Foundations' five developmental domains.
Walk through your star level, pathway, NC Pre-K or subsidy enrollment, and classroom mix with our team, and see how LBP fits your North Carolina center.
A North Carolina subscription covers a year of daily lesson plans, ELBY coaching, English and Spanish content, family engagement tools, an observational assessment tool and 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning in LBP University. Lessons are aligned to the NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development for every age band, so your curriculum and your standards tell the same story.
The 2013 NC Foundations replaced the separate preschool and infant-toddler documents and span birth to age five in five domains: Approaches to Play and Learning, Emotional and Social Development, Health and Physical Development, Language Development and Communication, and Cognitive Development. LBP publishes alignment documents for all four NC age ranges, from birth to 12 months through 3 to 5 years.
ELBY lives inside each lesson and gives North Carolina teachers practical guidance while they teach: simpler versions of an activity for a child who needs support, harder ones for a child who is ready, and what to observe and note for families and assessments.
North Carolina staff complete on-going training every year after their first, from 5 to 20 clock hours depending on education and experience. LBP University adds 49.5 hours of on-demand learning tied to the curriculum, so teachers build skills around the lessons they actually teach, at no extra cost.
On the star pathways that score curriculum, your licensing consultant will want to see it in use. With LBP, the weekly plans, Foundations goals and activity records sit in one platform, so you are not rebuilding a binder before every visit.
A teacher who joined your North Carolina center last week can open the day's lesson, read ELBY's tip and lead the activity with confidence, while their on-going training plan is still getting started.
Census data show about 1.5 million North Carolinians speak a language other than English at home, and nearly two in three of them speak Spanish. LBP includes Spanish lesson content and family materials at no extra cost.
One LBP yearly subscription covers your whole North Carolina center, however many infant, toddler, preschool and pre-K rooms you run: one login, one renewal date, no per-teacher charges.
Every classroom in your North Carolina center, infant room to pre-K, gets the full curriculum the day you sign up.
A teacher chooses their age band, opens Week 1, reads the materials list and ELBY's tip, and begins. Getting from login to the first activity usually takes a couple of minutes.
Yes. LBP has alignment documents for the 2013 North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development for four age ranges: birth to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 36 months, and 3 to 5 years. The Foundations cover birth to age five in five domains. You can open each alignment from our curriculum alignments page.
Yes. Learning Beyond Paper appears on the NC Child Care Commission Approved Curriculum list published by DCDEE (updated July 1, 2026) in the infant/toddler and preschool sections. The Commission approves curricula that are comprehensive, evidence-based and include a reading component. As the list itself notes, approval is not an endorsement of any individual program using the curriculum.
Under the revised rules, centers earn 2 to 5 stars through a Program Assessment, a Classroom and Instructional Quality, or an Accreditation and Head Start pathway. Curriculum matters most on the Classroom and Instructional Quality pathway, where 4- and 5-star centers need an approved curriculum and formative assessment for all ages. LBP covers the curriculum piece; your consultant confirms the rest.
NC Pre-K is administered by DCDEE and delivered locally by school systems, Smart Start and Community Action agencies in 4- and 5-star classrooms. The program requires an evidence-based curriculum and formative assessments. LBP is on the Commission’s approved preschool list, but confirm with your local NC Pre-K contract administrator which curricula and assessments your contract accepts before switching.
Yes. To take part in North Carolina’s Subsidized Child Care Assistance program, which DCDEE says serves more than 100,000 children a year, a provider needs a license of 3 stars or higher (religious-sponsored programs need a Notice of Compliance). LBP supports the curriculum side of earning and keeping those stars. It does not change your market rates or a family’s eligibility.
North Carolina requires 5 to 20 clock hours of on-going training each year after the first, depending on each person’s education and experience. Online courses count only from accredited colleges or agencies with DCDEE distance learning approval, so check with your consultant before logging LBP University hours. Either way, the 49.5 hours are included. See professional learning.
One yearly subscription covers your entire North Carolina center: every classroom from infants to pre-K, every teacher, ELBY coaching, LBP University, Spanish content and the Foundations alignment. No per-teacher or per-classroom charges. Materials kits are available through Lakeshore Learning, and our team can share grant-writing support if you are funding curriculum through a grant.
Yes. About 1.5 million North Carolinians speak a language other than English at home, and close to two-thirds of them speak Spanish, according to Census survey data. LBP includes Spanish lesson content and family engagement materials in every subscription, so teachers can send home activities families can use in Spanish, with no add-on fee.
Sign up for a 30-day free trial. All your classrooms get full access right away, so your lead teachers can test real lessons and you can compare the Foundations alignment with what your consultant expects. Programs using Procare Software may qualify for a 90-day trial, and nothing bills automatically when the trial ends.
Yes. Learning Beyond the Bell is our curriculum for school-age, afterschool and summer programs, licensed per site. LBP states that both Learning Beyond Paper and Learning Beyond the Bell are approved by the North Carolina Child Care Commission, and Learning Beyond Paper also appears in the school-age section of the Commission’s list. Learn more on our afterschool and camp 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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Learning Beyond Paper is on the Commission's approved curriculum list for infant/toddler and preschool classrooms, with lessons aligned to the 2013 NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development.
Every classroom in your North Carolina center gets full access from the start. No commitment until you choose.
Directors in North Carolina and across the country run their classrooms on Learning Beyond Paper every day.
The full curriculum for every North Carolina classroom from day one.
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