Welcome to TOG Set Up

You have discovered Tapestry of Grace and have decided that it will be a wonderful tool to use in your homeschool. You are excited about the wonderful literature selections, the opportunity to walk through HIS-story with your children, the helpful teacher notes, the integration of writing and geography and fine arts and worldview with your history studies, the fun projects and Unit Celebrations which will captivate your children and create wonderful family memories as they cement the learning that has taken place.

Your curriculum has arrived and you eagerly open the box. Now you are faced with 4 shrink-wrapped bundles, a couple of CDs, and an extensive website full of dozens of pages of information, instructions, and ... choices! How and where do you start???

I feel your pain. I too am easily overwhelmed by large tasks which require a great deal of organization. This just isn't something that comes naturally to me. I am more of a global, big picture kind of person. Lots of detail and choices makes my head hurt. Fortunately, there are many generous people on the TOG Forums and Yahoogroups who gladly share their methods and ideas with us who are organizationally challenged. I have attempted to distill some of that advice to create a one-stop, step-by-step set up plan that you can follow if you just want someone to hold your hand and tell you what to do, so that you can get on to the more enjoyable and satisfying work of actually implementing this wonderful curriculum with your family.

Feel free to follow to the letter or adjust to suit your preferences. This is a work in progress. Your suggestions are welcome.

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