How to Save Money Using the Tapestry of Grace Homeschool Curriculum

From inception, the layout of this classical homeschool curriculum plan is designed to save you money in many ways.

• Each year plan of Tapestry of Grace Year plan can used at every level of your child's learning. Purchase once and use the same year plan 3 times during your child's homeschool tenure.


• Homeschool many children with the same Tapestry of Grace Year year plan program -- no more trying to keep up with multiple curriculum cores. Easy on Mom and easy on the budget!


• Tapestry of Grace Year is full of suggestions, not dictates. Implement only what fits your mission, budget and your child's learning style.

The publishers of Tapestry of Grace have created a comprehensive analysis of the costs incurred with each year plan at the "ages and stages" level. This breakdown takes into account books, supplemental and eproducts. The graphical grid is presented is a clear manner that will help you see the recommended resources "at-a-glance" and help you budget for your homeschool expenses with Tapestry of Grace.

This document will really help you put the overall cost of Tapestry of Grace into perspective.

On the Tapestry of Grace Bookshelf site you will find and look for the link download The Bottom Line. This is a pdf file that you will want to print out for future reference when purchasing your materials.

A Bonus Bundle is your best deal on Tapestry of Grace products: The newly created Bonus Bundle includes

• The complete Redesigned Year 1 Plan. This curriculum resource manual is over 1000 pages of incredible content!


• Writing Aids - a disk that will guide you through teaching your student(s)writing skills tied to the Tapestry of Grace year plan.


• Map Aids - all the maps you will need keyed to the Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Redesigned Plan


• Evaluations - This assessment CD will help you evaluate your the student(s) progress. Evaluation strategies are presented for every level, again, keyed to the Tapestry of Grace Year Plan.


• weekly reinforced tabs to help you organize your year plan


• --plus your choice of two Pop Quizzes for Units 1 and 2, one Lap Book (in either form), or a $25.00 Gift Certificate to spend as you see fit.

Put them together and you've got the most bang for your educational buck!

Absolutely the easiest way to cut your homeschool dollars right off the top is to take advantage of Discounts on every one of your personal orders! Lampstand Press has standing Special Offers that you can take advantage of all year long. These codes will help you save money on Tapestry of Grace Homeschool Curriculum from Day 1 of Year 1.

Standing Tapestry of Grace Savings & Specials

Buy $250 worth of Tapestry of Grace books and receive free shipping on your book order. (To receive free shipping, you must enter this code when prompted: 250SHIP)

Buy $350 worth of Tapestry of Grace books and receive 5% discount and free shipping on your book order. (To receive free shipping and a 5% discount, you must enter this code when prompted: 5OFF)

Buy $500 worth of Tapestry of Grace books and receive 10% discount and free shipping on your book order. (To receive this free shipping and a 10% discount, enter this code when prompted: 10OFF)

See the bottom line for costs in using Tapestry of Grace here!

Here are the details of all the ways you can Save with Tapestry of Grace

There are several ways to use Tapestry of Grace Gift Certificates to save money on the entire curriculum plan. The Gift Certificates are available in the following denominations: $10, $15, $25, $50, $100, $150 and $250. They have even created at $180 denomination option which is conveniently equal to the price of an entire Redesigned year plan of Tapestry of Grace.

Budgeting with Tapestry of Grace Gift Certificates can provide incredible purchasing power. Purchase just $25.00 worth every pay period will just about cover the entire curriculum cost for the the entire year -- books and all. If you use the Public Library for some of your books, you can probably get by with $25.00 per month.

• Set yourself up to automatically buy a Tapestry of Grace Gift Certificates every month or every pay period.


• Tell the gift givers in your family about the Tapestry of Grace Gift Certificates.


• Combine the two strategies and ask the gift givers in your family to automatically buy small monthly denomination Tapestry of Grace Gift Certificates in small monthly denominations. (Can you say godparents, grandparents and great aunties?)

The purchaser can send an email to the recipient that a gift certificate has been purchased in their name at the time of purchase.

Now isn't that a great homeschool savings idea?

Lampstand Press makes the units available one unit at a time so you can buy the materials as you need them.

Year 1 and Year 2 and the newly released Year 3 are available in the Redesigned format.

Purchase individual units of Tapestry of Grace Year 1

Purchase individual units of Tapestry of Grace Year 2


Purchase individual units of Tapestry of Grace Year 3

Buy the Tapestry of Grace Year Plan new and use it over and over (and even maybe over again!)

This is the most important element of Tapestry of Grace to have. Each year plan can be used in 4 year rotations so it is a 1 time purchase. ($150-180)

Buy your Tapestry of Grace Books used - most of the titles can be found on any book site.

Your local library and the inter-library loan system can contribute signficantly to lowering the overall cost of implementing Tapestry of Grace in your homeschool.
Make friends with your local Librarian! They may be able to allow you to keep books longer or find a substitute book.

Yes, you can take your Tapestry of Grace Materials back to the resale market and recoup most of your expense for the year plans and the books. There are lots of parents looking for used curriculum plans who are willing to pay you for your gently used product. Lampstand Press encourages the resell of the curriculum.

Tapestry of Grace book selections at the Lampstand Press Bookstore are lower in price to make the prices competitive. This makes homeschool history book selection even more convenient for Tapestry of Grace curriculum users.

Now you don't have to shop around for the best prices. Save the effort and purchase your Tapestry of Grace year plan resources at the Lampstand Bookshelf. Check out the new lower prices yourself!