Denslow’s Night Before Christmas

Posted in Art, Hobbies and Crafts, Humanities, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on December 12, 2011

This book was released to email subscribers last week- you are behind!  Subscribe to Homeschool Commons on the right (just enter your email and hit ‘enter’) and be included in the exclusive deals and pre-releases! You won’t find this book on Google, Internet Archive, or Project Gutenberg.  I personally collected these images and put them Read More »

Vintage Christmas Cartoons

Posted in Bible, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Music, Preschool, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on December 5, 2011

If you are old enough to remember these cartoons then you will appreciate just how vintage they are!  ;0) These short animated films are from the 1930′s and 40′s and are amazingly in the public domain.  That means you can use these cartoons in your projects without restraint. Santa’s Surprise- Five children from around the Read More »

Public Domain Thanksgiving

Posted in American History, Humanities, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Preschool, Public Domain on November 21, 2011

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to study the history of the pilgrims.  They took great risks and traveled an amazing journey for religious and political freedom.  Unlike the later Puritans, the pilgrims wanted to live their lives in peace free from dominating forces. Here are some great public domain books for Thanksgiving: Stories of the Read More »

Bible Stories for Young Children

Posted in Bible, History, Humanities, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain on November 19, 2011

Small children love colorful picture books. One of the ways we can peek their interest in the Bible is through the artwork and illustrations that others have used to depict our favorite Scripture scenes. The books in this post are great for preschool and Kindergarten children as a read-aloud. The Child’s Colored Scripture Book  -an Read More »

How Plants Travel Notebooking Pack

Posted in Free Use, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Upper Elementary on November 14, 2011

As a companion resource to the wonderful living book Little Wanderers, I have created a notebooking pack that includes individual pages for each of the main plants in the book. This pack is enormous, a whopping 57 pages!  Study the way that seeds travel and have fun recording your progress. Along with the notebooking pages Read More »