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.
Boy Blue and His Friends
Posted in Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on January 15, 2012
This is a book of short stories for the youngest readers,—stories about old friends, which they can easily read themselves. Here they will learn why Mary’s Lamb went to school, what the mouse was looking for when he ran up the clock, why one little pig went to market, how one little pig got lost, Read More »
Raggedy Andy Stories
Posted in Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on January 15, 2012
Who doesn’t love the adorable Raggedy Ann and her brother Raggedy Andy? Andy here has his own book, full of adventurous stories. With full-color illustrations children are sure to love these timeless tales! Stories include: HOW RAGGEDY ANDY CAME THE NURSERY DANCE THE SPINNING WHEEL THE TAFFY PULL THE RABBIT CHASE THE NEW TIN GUTTER Read More »
In The Days of Giants
Posted in High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Mythology, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on January 9, 2012
In this book of Norse myth, we have 16 tales that are very well-written and form a series. Reading about Asgard and Midgard has never been so enthralling! The illustrations are few, and black and white drawings. However, they are very detailed and would make great coloring pages and additions to a notebook. Published in Read More »
Animated Cartoons
Posted in Art, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Math, Middle School, Public Domain, Technology, Upper Elementary on January 9, 2012
Edwin George Lutz brings us another artistic book, this time detailing the origin and making of animated cartoons. From the early days of flip books to the beginning of motion pictures using celluloid film, this book is perfect for kids who are interested in animation and cartooning. Download Animated Cartoons from archive.org. The hardcover book Read More »
The Wonder Book of Railways, For Boys and Girls
Posted in American History, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Technology, Upper Elementary on January 8, 2012
A beautifully illustrated book for the train enthusiast! The color plates are amazing- they would make great clip art for projects. The book is public domain! The book details how trains and their systems work. 250+ pages. Download The Wonder Book of Railways from Archive.org. More resources: Trains At Work Every Boy His Own Mechanic Read More »
