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.
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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 Study of Literature for High School and College Prep
Posted in College Prep, High School, Literature, Public Domain, Reading on December 30, 2011
The study of literature is a satisfying and complex discipline that can be immensely useful to the student who wishes to go on to higher education. Here are three books geared toward the high school student that expertly describe a course of study that could be taken for credit in English Literature. Click on each Read More »
The Wonder Book of Horses
Posted in Animals, High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Mythology, Public Domain, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on December 28, 2011
James Baldwin knew how to tell a great historical story. The author of Fifty Famous Stories Retold as well as numerous other historical readers for children, his greatest work might be The Horse Fair. 430+ pages of the historical accounts of horses, this book is a great addition to any history collection. I am sharing Read More »
When Mother Lets Us Make Paper Box Furniture
Posted in Hobbies and Crafts, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on December 27, 2011
That’s an odd- and long- title for a book huh? Despite the strange name, this book is sure to be fun for anyone that loves to work with paper. This book explains how to make doll furniture from free recyclable materials such as paper and cardboard. There are directions and illustrations to help you conceptualize Read More »
When Mother Lets Us Garden
Posted in Home Economics, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Math, Middle School, Preschool, Public Domain, Science, Upper Elementary on December 27, 2011
A book for little folk who want to make gardens and don’t know how. Children love to dig and plant and manipulate the earth. Gardening is a great tutor in both science and math. This little tome explains gardening in a way children can understand. The book details flower gardening, market gardening, and indoor gardening. Read More »
Drawing For Beginners
Posted in Art, High School, Middle School, Public Domain on December 26, 2011
For older students that want a little more instruction in drawing and form, this book packs an artistic punch. Most of the instruction is focused on the human form, but there is chapters on objects, sketching out of doors, line and shade, etc. The illustrations are more sophisticated and detailed than some of the other Read More »
