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Every classroom and age group in your Oregon program gets full curriculum access as soon as you sign up.
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52 weeks of lessons across five age bands, from infants to pre-K, with 4,000+ activities that build on each other through the year.
Get a walkthrough built around your Oregon program: your age groups, your Spark goals, and how you share progress with families.
Learning Beyond Paper is a complete, cloud-based curriculum for children from birth to five: a full year of daily lesson plans, ELBY’s in-lesson coaching, English and Spanish content, family engagement and observational assessment tools, and 49.5 hours of on-demand professional development through LBP University. In Oregon, lessons for ages three to five are mapped to Oregon’s Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines.
Oregon's guidelines describe what children ages three to six are learning in five domains: approaches to learning, social-emotional development, language and communication, literacy and mathematics. LBP maps its preschool and pre-K lessons to them and maps infant and toddler lessons to the Head Start ELOF birth-to-three goals, so a director can see which goals each classroom is working toward without building a separate spreadsheet.
ELBY sits inside each activity and gives Oregon teachers practical prompts: how to scale an activity down for a child who needs more support, how to stretch it for a child who is ready, and what to watch for while children play so observations are easier to record.
Every subscription includes LBP University, 49.5 hours of on-demand professional development teachers take at their own pace. It does not replace the ORO-approved training Oregon licensing requires. It helps teachers use the curriculum well between those trainings, at no extra cost.
Preschool and pre-K lessons are already mapped to Oregon's Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines, so directors spend less time cross-referencing and more time in classrooms. The map is handy when a Preschool Promise classroom plans to the guidelines or a Spark goal focuses on teaching practice.
With 34 of 36 Oregon counties short on infant and toddler care, losing a teacher can mean closing a room. Each LBP lesson tells a new teacher what to set up, what to say and what to look for, and ELBY coaches them through it, so a new hire teaches from a plan on their first day.
Spanish is the most common language after English in Oregon homes, with about 373,800 speakers in Census survey data. LBP includes Spanish lesson content and family materials in every subscription.
One yearly subscription covers every classroom in the building, from the infant room to pre-K. No per-teacher or per-classroom fees, and one renewal date for the director to track.
Every classroom and age group in your Oregon program gets full curriculum access as soon as you sign up.
Teachers open LBP on a phone, tablet or laptop, pick their age group and week, and see the activity setup, materials and ELBY's coaching prompt. Nothing to print, file or photocopy.
For preschool and pre-K, yes. Oregon’s Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines cover children ages three to six, and LBP maps its 3–5 lessons to them. Because the guidelines start at age three, LBP’s infant, young toddler and older toddler lessons are mapped to the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, the framework Oregon’s guidelines take their preschool goals from. Every map is on our curriculum alignments page.
Spark stopped taking rating portfolios after June 30, 2026. Programs now take part through an annual Quality Improvement Cycle: choose a goal, work on it with a Quality Improvement Specialist and reflect, with incentive payments along the way. Existing star ratings stay visible on Find Child Care Oregon. If your goal is about curriculum, teaching practice or family partnership, LBP’s lesson plans, ELBY coaching and family tools give you concrete material to work with. LBP does not affect how Spark recognizes your program.
DELC’s Child Care Licensing Division sets the rules for certified centers and family child care homes, and those rules cover health, safety, staffing and training as much as daily activities. LBP helps on the program side: written lesson plans for every age group, a consistent daily structure new staff can follow, and observation notes teachers can share with families. It supports your documentation but does not stand in for any licensing requirement, so keep following your licensing specialist’s guidance.
Preschool Promise is DELC’s free preschool for three- and four-year-olds from families at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, offered by centers, family child care homes, schools, Head Start and other partners. DELC requires every Preschool Promise program to follow Oregon’s Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines, and LBP’s preschool and pre-K lessons are mapped to them. Check curriculum choices with your Early Learning Hub or DELC contact before you switch.
Yes. Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) is the DELC program that helps working families pay for child care, and approved providers can use LBP alongside it. LBP does not change your ERDC billing, rates or approval. ERDC has had a waitlist for most new applicants since November 2023, so your rooms may mix ERDC, Preschool Promise and private-pay children; one school-wide subscription covers every classroom however care is paid for.
Not automatically. Oregon licensing requires center teachers and directors to complete 15 clock hours of training a year, at least 8 of them in child development, and the training must be approved in the Oregon Registry Online (ORO). LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand professional development come with your subscription and help teachers use the curriculum well, but check ORO before counting any course toward licensing hours. More on our professional learning page.
One yearly subscription, school-wide. That covers every classroom in your center, infant through pre-K, with no per-teacher or per-room fees. ELBY coaching, LBP University, English and Spanish content, and the family engagement and assessment tools are all included. Materials kits are available through Lakeshore Learning, and our team can help with grant writing if you plan to fund curriculum through a grant.
Yes. Every subscription includes Spanish as well as English lesson content at no extra cost. Census survey data counts about 373,800 Oregonians who speak Spanish at home, the most common language after English. Teachers can use the Spanish activity descriptions and family materials to keep parents involved in what their child is learning, in the language the family speaks at home.
Sign up for a 30-day free trial. Your whole Oregon program gets full access, every classroom and every age band, from the first day. Use the month to run real lessons, try ELBY and see how the alignment maps fit your planning. At the end you decide whether to start a yearly subscription; nothing is billed automatically.
Yes. LBP is built for centers and for family child care, where one provider may care for infants, toddlers and preschoolers together. Each age band has its own lessons, so a home provider can plan for mixed ages from one account. Family child care homes can also offer Preschool Promise, and the preschool lessons map to Oregon’s guidelines. Read more on our family child care 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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Preschool and pre-K lessons map to Oregon's Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines; infant and toddler lessons map to the Head Start ELOF. Use the maps in Spark goals and family conversations.
Every classroom in your Oregon program gets full access on day one. Decide at the end of the month.
Oregon directors get help from a real person on our team, from setup through the school year.
Full access for every Oregon classroom from day one.
A live walkthrough shaped around your Oregon program.
Infant through pre-K, 52 weeks, one school-wide price.
