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.
When Mother Lets Us Sew
Posted in High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Home Economics, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 9, 2012
Do your girls (or boys) like to sew? Maybe you have been wanting to teach them a few techniques but didn’t know where to start. When Mother Lets Us Sew has projects that will teach gathering, stitches, measuring, and more while allowing kids to make functional items for themselves and their dollies. Download When Mother Read More »
When Mother Lets Us Make Gifts
Posted in Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 9, 2012
Homemade gifts from children are some of the best things in the world. If your kids love to craft, then they might like to make small things for birthdays, Christmas, and other occasions. Use this little book as inspiration for your gift making projects. Download When Mother Lets Us Make Gifts from archive.org.
When Mother Lets Us Give A Party
Posted in Culture, Hobbies and Crafts, Home Economics, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 8, 2012
A public domain ebook all about themed parties! Some of the themes include: Indoor Garden Party Japanese Tea A Christmas Sewing Bee Candy Pull A Holly Luncheon All the major holidays are also covered. There is also a list of additional games to play at your parties. Download When Mother Lets Us Give A Party Read More »
When Mother Lets Us Play
Posted in Hobbies and Crafts, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 8, 2012
Puzzles, games, riddles, and rhymes will keep your kids free of boredom for a long time! When Mother Lets Us Play has over 150 pages of fun. Activities include: Riddles and conundrums Charades Wild beast shows Puppets Games – and more! Download When Mother Lets Us Play from archive.org.
When Mother Lets Us Make Toys
Posted in Hobbies and Crafts, Kindergarten, Preschool, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 7, 2012
I just keeping finding more and more of these great hobby books! This week I will be sharing several more titles from the “When Mother Lets Us” series. Today we have When Mother Lets Us Make Toys. This book contains projects that children can make from boxes, spools, fasteners, and glue. Most of the creations Read More »
