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.

If you have questions or would like to submit content to this site, please use the contact form.

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.

Bird Houses Boys Can Build

Posted in Animals, Hobbies and Crafts, Home Economics, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on June 1, 2012

on JUNE 11, 2012 · in ANIMALS, ELEMENTARY, GRADE LEVEL, HOBBIES AND CRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, LICENSE, LIFE SKILLS, LOWER ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, NATURE STUDIES, PUBLIC DOMAIN, SCIENCE, SUBJECT, UPPER ELEMENTARY The following pages give pictures and drawings of houses that boys have built and in which birds have lived. These houses are planned for the Read More »

Let’s Go To a Supermarket

Posted in Health, Home Economics, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on May 31, 2012

Learn all about how a supermarket works- or at least an old-fashioned one! This book was published in 1958, so some of the information may be dated.  But the illustrations are just as fun as ever! Since it is in the public domain, you can use the pictures and text in your projects! Download Let’s Read More »

U.S. History Images

Posted in Public Domain on May 30, 2012

I stumbled upon this website when I was looking for clip-art to put in my Civil War notebooking printable pack. Karen Whimsy has already shared a plethora of wonderful images over at her main site.  Now, she has created U.S. History Images as another treasure trove of great clip art! The site is organized by Read More »

Sea-weeds, Shells, and Fossils

Posted in Animals, Hobbies and Crafts, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain on May 30, 2012

For the young collector!  Peter Gray and B.B. Woodward from the British Museum of Natural History share their knowledge of plants, shells, and fossils you can find in the sea. There are sections on collecting, storing, and classifying specimens.  Illustrations decorate the book throughout. Download Sea-weeds, Shells, and Fossils from gutenberg.org.  

America’s Story for America’s Children

Posted in American History, Culture, Lower Elementary, Reading, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on May 24, 2012

A simple history reader that goes from about 1000 AD up to the founding of America. Each story contains several black and white drawings.  There are a few full-color plates in the book as well. Download America’s Story for America’s Children from archive.org.