Get acquainted

If you have purchased a printed copy, open your unit(s) and place them into binders. We recommend one 1.5" to 2” binder per unit (size depends on the unit). Many moms choose to use this binder for their full unit and a smaller binder or folder for the week they’re currently studying. If you bought our custom Tab Set, insert the tabs between the week-plans.

If you chose DE, our digital delivery option, you are already enjoying one of its benefits: no binders, tabs or page protectors to worry about. Download your digital files and find the unit(s) you purchased. You may choose to print off a “teacher’s manual” for yourself or a “student workbook” for your child. Locate Reading Assignments Charts, Student Activity Pages, and/or Teachers Notes and print what you like.

Check out the Loom

Familiarize yourself with the contents of the Loom CD. If your year-plan is being redesigned this year, access your Loom online throughout the year, and when the year-plan is completed, you will be either shipped a CD (for print year-plans) or the Loom will be updated to your Digital Edition year-plan.

Browse supplementary products

If you bought supplementary projects, like Writing Aids or MapAids, take time to open and peruse them, so that you will understand references to them in this guide and in your curriculum.

Register as a Together member

You will want to become a member of Together, our online community, so that you can access our Forums, which are a great way to get other moms’ answers to any questions you may have as you begin to use Tapestry. Additionally, if you have pre-ordered any in-production CD products, this Together membership allows us to grant you access to the temporary online versions of these products. Sign-up is free, quick, and easy at www.lampstandpress.com/together.

Start gathering resources

You will need to purchase or borrow books (listed in the Reading Assignment Charts) for your children’s studies. Bookshelf Central, Tapestry's affiliated bookstore, sells all the primary books you’ll need at competitive prices. We strongly recommend that you purchase books one unit at a time for all students in your home. This way, if students advance more quickly or slowly than expected, you will not have purchased books that are not ideal for your student. Bookshelf Central discounts are ideal for this purchasing plan, so plan to visit soon at www.bookshelfcentral.com.