Open Clip Art

Posted in Creative Commons, Public Domain, Technology on March 27, 2012

Looking for clip-art for a specific project that you can use privately or commercially? Open Clipart states: This project aims to create an archive of clip art that can be used for free for any use. Almost all of the clipart on Open Clipart is user created.  All of it is licensed under a public domain dedication. Read More »

A Horse Book- with free copybook download!

Posted in Creative Commons, Language Arts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on February 12, 2012

All horses very curious are And things which they espy afar Arouse their curiosity: They wonder what on earth they see. With ears pricked up and cautious mien They come to see. When they have seen, They snort and turn and off they scurry In a contemptuous desperate hurry. This picture book has a little Read More »

Bible Story Coloring Pictures

Posted in Art, Bible, Creative Commons, Elementary, Middle School on January 30, 2012

Sometimes a public domain book has textual problems.  The information is old or outdated or the author’s style is not particularly pleasing to the modern reader.  It makes it difficult to sift through lots of resources. More than once I have encountered texts that were just poorly written.  Just like you can find mass-produced junk Read More »

Geometry for Elementary School

Posted in Creative Commons, Lower Elementary, Math, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on January 28, 2012

Geometry is one of the most elegant fields in mathematics. It deals with visual shapes that we know from everyday life. Parents and students that are looking for a more modern text that they can use in math studies now have a free option in WikiBooks. From the creators of Wikimedia, WikiBooks attempts to combine Read More »

Free Public Domain Sheet Music

Posted in College Prep, Creative Commons, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Music, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on December 23, 2011

The Mutopia Project offers sheet music editions of classical music for free download. These are based on editions in the public domain, and include works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Handel, Mozart, and many others. We also host a growing number of modern editions, arrangements and new music. The respective editors, arrangers and composers have chosen Read More »