Licensing Tapestry

More and more families are using Tapestry of Grace in a group setting, with excellent results. Combining at-home, parent-directed study with group discussion works. Because these co-ops have been so successful, many have received requests for a way to include students who don't use Tapestry at home in their group classes. These co-op leaders are looking for a way to make Tapestry materials available to students who don't have their own copy at home, but are rightly concerned about copyright infringement, and are concerned that the authors of Lampstand Press receive due consideration for their hard work in the form of remuneration.

In an effort to serve these students and simplify matters for co-op leaders, we have implemented a licensing arrangement for co-op or classrooms settings. Under this plan, Co-op leaders and other teachers have our express permission to copy certain specific materials on the Tapestry of Grace Loom or reproducible disc for group use.  Please note that all printed materials in the Tapestry manuals remain protected by copyright; teachers should not print and distribute Teacher's Notes, Reading Assignment Charts, or other portions of Tapestry printed materials without expressed permission.

Families in co-op groups that own a copy of the Tapestry materials that are used in the group. Such families do not need a license, and are free to copy for their own family's use all materials in their manual. All other students in a co-op group should purchase a license according to the chart below. 

Note that these licenses are good for one school year, and each license is for one subject only. When a license is purchased via our Bookshelf or over the phone, customers will receive an email with a certificate bearing a unique code.  This fulfills all copyright requirements as outlined above. Often, parents are unaware of the family benefits of using the full Tapestry program when they first sign up their children in group classes.  To make it easier for families to enjoy these benefits, we permit license holders to apply their license fee to the purchase of a full year-plan.  Such conversions must be made before January 1 of each school year and must be applied to the year-plan for which the license was purchased.  See your certificate for details.

History & Government Literature Church History & Philosophy Writing Aids Lapbooks
(from CD)
Rhetoric $35.00 $35.00 $35.00 $35.00 N/A
Dialectic $35.00 $35.00 $35.00 $35.00 N/A
Upper Grammar $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $12.50
Lower Grammar $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 $12.50

Details:

In all cases, any redistribution of copyrighted Tapestry materials over the Internet must be done in protected formats: i.e. via email to licensed students only, or via a non-public group website.

History and Government:  Teachers of each classroom section must purchase a full copy of Tapestry of Grace. (If one teacher teaches two subjects or two sections of one subject, she can work from the same purchased Tapestry of Grace manual.)  Student licenses permit teachers to photocopy or print and distribute any/all pages of the Student Activity Pages found on The Loom that apply to History and Government work (including map work).  Such teachers may not use/distribute sections that deal with Literature or Philosophy.  They can also use and publish to their students assignments from the Tapestry reading assignment charts for their class's learning level only. (Teachers must extract and reformat this information.  Copying of Reading Assignment Charts or the Excel Resource Lists is not permitted under this agreement.)  Teachers may use the background information, hands-on ideas, and discussion outlines in class (and for their individual families) only.  Copying and distributing materials from the Teacher's Notes is strictly forbidden.

Literature:   Teachers of each classroom section must purchase a full copy of Tapestry of Grace. (If one teacher teaches two subjects or two sections of one subject, she can work from the same purchased Tapestry of Grace manual.)  Student licenses permit teachers to photocopy or print and distribute any/all pages of the Student Activity Pages found on The Loom that apply to Literature work only.  They can also use and publish to their students assignments from the Tapestry reading assignment charts for their class's learning level only. (Teachers must extract and reformat this information.  Copying of Reading Assignment Charts or the Excel Resource Lists  is not permitted under this agreement.)  Teachers may use the background information, worksheet answers, and discussion outlines in class (and for their individual families) only.  Copying and distributing materials from the Teacher's Notes is strictly forbidden.

Church History & Philosophy:   Teachers of each classroom section must purchase a full copy of Tapestry of Grace. (If one teacher teaches two subjects or two sections of one subject, she can work from the same purchased Tapestry of Grace manual.)  Student licenses permit teachers to photocopy or print and distribute any/all pages of the Student Activity Pages found on The Loom that apply to Church History and Philosophy work only. They can also use and publish to their students assignments from the Tapestry reading assignment charts for their class's learning level only. (Teachers must extract and reformat this information.  Copying of Reading Assignment Charts or the Excel Resource Lists is not permitted under this agreement.)  Teachers may also copy and distribute the Pageant of Philosophy play scripts for use in students' homes (as class preparation) and in class under this agreement.  Teachers may use the background information and discussion outlines in class (and for their individual families) only.  Copying and distributing materials from the Teacher's Notes is strictly forbidden.

Writing and Composition:   Teachers of each classroom section must purchase a full copy of Tapestry of Grace. (If one teacher teaches two subjects or two sections of one subject, she can work from the same purchased Tapestry of Grace manual.)  Student licenses permit teachers to use and publish to their students assignments from the Tapestry writing assignment charts for their class's learning level only. (Teachers must extract and reformat this information.  Copying of Writing Assignment Charts or the Level Overview Charts is not permitted under this agreement.)  Teachers may choose to use Writing Aids with this license.  If they do, they must purchase a classroom copy of Writing Aids (one full copy per learning level class section) and may then use the Teacher's manual for that class section only.  Such teachers may access and publish to their students the Writing Aids disc for Talking Points, Grading Strategies, Samples, and Supplements that are specific to the assignments used in the class.

Lapbooks (from CD):  When a teacher of a co-op group wishes to use a Tapestry of Grace lapbook design for a group of children, she may purchase the right to print from a single lapbook CD-ROM the unique shapes and design of a Tapestry lapbook.  Each child that pays the license fee is then entitled to a copy of all mini-books, shapes, and the entire design of that unit-specific lapbook.  Teachers or students will, in this case, must purchase materials, print elements, and assemble their own lapbooks.