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 Adventures Of Pinocchio
Posted in Humanities, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on January 21, 2012
The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor father, a woodcarver named Geppetto. Introduce your children to the puppet Pinocchio who gets into all kinds of trouble! Download the ebook from gutenberg.com here. The version Read More »
The First Book of Bees
Posted in Animals, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on January 20, 2012
Everything you ever wanted to know about our buzzing little friends- the bee! This book details- with colored illustrations and flowing text- the different kinds of bees, how they build, how they find flowers, what bee products are used by man, etc. 75+ pages of bee-rific fun! Public Domain! Download The First Book of Bees Read More »
The Slant Book
Posted in Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on January 20, 2012
What kind of a book has crooked pages? Why- a slant book of course! What happens when baby Bobby’s stroller goes rolling down a hill? All kinds of fun things! This silly picture book is written by the author who brought us The Rocket Book. Download The Slant Book from gutenberg.org. More resources: Goody Two Read More »
Daisy Dell Farm ABC
Posted in Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on January 18, 2012
D is for the dog who takes care of the sheep E is for ewe who is lying asleep This short little picture book is a fun way to review the ABC’s with your little ones. Printed in the early 1900′s, the original book was printed on “untearable linen”. Download Daisy Del Farm ABC (pdf Read More »
Trains At Work
Posted in American History, Hobbies and Crafts, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Technology, Upper Elementary on January 17, 2012
For the younger students who love all things trains! This picture book packed full of information and visuals. 100+ pages, published in 1953- now in the public domain! Download Trains At Work from archive.org. More resources: The Wonder Book of Railways, For Boys and Girls Superman Old Time Radio Show Every Boy His Own Mechanic Read More »
