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.
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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.
The Peter Patter Book Of Nursery Rhymes
Posted in Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on January 2, 2013
I think I read somewhere that most modern kids don’t hear the nursery rhymes that were staples of past generations. Ask a child today who Humpty Dumpty is and he might guess it is a new video game protagonist. But some families love reading nursery rhymes with their kids. Classical and Charlotte Mason homeschoolers are two groups I Read More »
How To Study The Bible For Greatest Profit
Posted in Bible, College Prep, High School, Middle School, Public Domain on December 19, 2012
We cannot all be profound students of nature; we can all be profound students of Scripture. Many an otherwise illiterate person has a marvelous grasp of Bible truth. It was acquired by study. There are persons who have studied little else, who have studied the Scriptures, by the hour, daily, and their consequent wisdom is the astonishment and sometimes the dismay of scholars and theologians. R. Read More »
Robin Hood & His Merry Men Comic
Posted in Mythology, Public Domain on December 13, 2012
I have another fun comic for you! Kids of all ages love the story of Robin Hood. He has been a classic since the Middle Ages. This 1950′s comic was published by Charlton Comics. Download Robin Hood & His Merry Men #28 (right-click, save as).
Old English Carols For Christmas And Other Festivals
Posted in Music, Public Domain on December 11, 2012
Sometimes you just want to sing a good Wassail song! This little ebook has original carols and tunes for winter festivities. These might be fun to sing while caroling or for a church function. Or just sing them with your kids as you learn about the history of Christmas music! Download Old English Carols For Read More »
Twas The Night Before Christmas Picture Book
Posted in Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on December 8, 2012
You know how the old story goes about the visit from St. Nick. Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. This book comes with full color illustrations to compliment the tale. Download Twas The Night Before Christmas from archive.org. It is public domain!
