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.
Gardeners Copywork Free Download
Posted in Language Arts, Literature, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on June 13, 2012
I created these copywork pages using images from a public domain book, as well as a poem about gardening that I found in a poetry collection on gutenberg.org. There are 3 pages, each with 2 stanzas. You are free to use them however you like, including in commercial projects. I would be very grateful if Read More »
Margie Fashion Doll
Posted in Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Preschool, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on June 11, 2012
I found this paper doll in an old public domain comic book. She comes with four patterns that you can trace onto scrapbook paper, fabric, or plain paper to decorate and make your own fashions for her! Download the Margie Fashion Paper Doll from my Google Documents. (click file-download)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Illustrated by Denslow)
Posted in Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on June 10, 2012
The classic illustrated version There are a lot of public domain versions of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz floating around. Most of them are plain text versions. This version is the cream of the crop. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow! Color plates and in-text illustrations make this version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz fun Read More »
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue
Posted in Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Reading, Upper Elementary on June 6, 2012
These short chapter books were written by Laura Lee Hope, who penned several Bobbsey Twins books along with numerous other gems. Published between 1916-1930, the series tells the antics of 6-year old boy Bunny Brown and his 5-year old sister Sue. You can find the ebook collection on gutenberg.org. There is also a nice list Read More »
Dumpy Proverbs
Posted in Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on June 4, 2012
I was attracted to this little picture book for its colorful illustrations. There are little proverbs that accompany each picture, making it perfect for copywork selections. Download Dumpy Proverbs from gutenberg.org. There are a few more Dumpy books listed on gutenberg: Dumpy Flower Book Dumpy Motor Car Book
