Home School Creative Commons Resources
Homeschool Commons was created to serve as a central juncture for finding free resources to use in personal and commercial ventures.
There are other amazing websites that are directed towards homeschoolers which organize and/or provide free resources for use in educating your children. This site is not trying to reproduce the efforts of others.
Instead, this site attempts to provide a clear distinction between material that is free for personal use, and that which is truly liberated. Therefore, much of what is found here will be content in the public domain or copyrighted under a flexible creative commons license.
This means that much of the material can be used to create new works and share with others.
All the material you will find in this category, unless otherwise noted, is free.
I have homeschooled my children since 2004 and have used tons of free use or public domain content in our studies. I love to make printables and other resources from public domain sources.
If you are looking for more information try one of these pages:
- Want to know how to navigate this site?
- Have questions about the use of content?
- List of free homeschool curriculum other than Homeschool Commons.
- Find out ways you can use public domain material to create your own homeschool projects.
- View a list of reviewed homeschool curriculum.
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How to Use The Commons Category
This category is meant to serve as a hub for free educational material found on the web that is suitable for use in homeschooling, unschooling, and other alternative educational ventures.
There are three main categories. The information in this category is organized in three ways: by grade level, subject, and copyright license.
You can also find what you are looking for by typing in the search button located at the top-right of every page. Try keywords rather than specific phrases to get the most results from your search.
Beatrix Potter Collection
Posted in Animals, Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Reading on November 23, 2013
Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. Peter Rabbit and other tales Children love to hear the antics of Peter Rabbit and his forays into the garden of Mr. McGregor. Beatrix Potter wrote an entire collection of stories for children, and illustrated them in Read More »
Classic Fiction for Children: Adventure!
Posted in College Prep, Elementary, High School, Literature, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading on November 15, 2013
Go sailing on the high seas, or mush dogs in the Yukon. These books are classic adventures that have inspired artists, directors, and children for decades! Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Although both Tom and Huck are orphans, their lives are complete contrasts of each other. Tom has a warm home and caretakers. Huck has Read More »
Classic Fiction for Children – All About Family
Posted in High School, Literature, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on November 14, 2013
I haven’t focused much on literature fiction here on Homeschool Commons because there are other sites dedicated to free fiction ebooks, and I wanted to share some of the other great resources you can find in the public domain. However, as a lover of great books, I feel compelled to share the great classics that Read More »
Bedtime Stories by Thornton Burgess {Adventures Of}
Posted in Animals, Literature, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 22, 2013
If you have never heard of Thornton Burgess or his classic children’s books – then you are in for a treat! Burgess loved nature and writing for children – so much so that he wrote for 50 years in books and newspapers. His stories are fun and engaging, while providing insight into the behavior and Read More »
Two More First Books: Plants and Bugs
Posted in Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 17, 2013
Fun picture books that would make perfect nature study texts! Fun color illustrations invade the pages of these “first book of” series. They can be loaded onto your e-reader or printed out for a notebook. Download First Book of Plants and First Book of Bugs from archive.org. These books were printed in the 1950′s but Read More »
