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:
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- List of free homeschool curriculum other than Homeschool Commons.
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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.
Tracks and Tracking
Posted in Animals, Elementary, High School, Middle School, Public Domain, Scouting And Survival on November 1, 2014
The footprints in the featured image are badger tracks! All good hunters, campers, and scouts know the tracks of common animals! This free ebook is written at an upper-elementary level and includes plenty of illustrations of tracks and the animals that make them. It is generally understood that a track means the imprint left on Read More »
Raggedy Ann Stories
Posted in Elementary, Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Reading on October 3, 2014
Who knows but that Fairyland is filled with old, lovable Rag Dolls—soft, loppy Rag Dolls who ride through all the wonders of Fairyland in the crook of dimpled arms, snuggling close to childish breasts within which beat hearts filled with eternal sunshine. Twelve Origional Raggedy Ann Stories I used to love Raggedy Ann stories as Read More »
The Children’s Book of Thanksgiving Stories
Posted in American History, Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading on October 3, 2014
A great collection of stories to share while learning about Thanksgiving! There are annotations showing which stories would suit younger and older children. A mix of fairy tale and historical, this collection even includes the story of the very first Thanksgiving day. Download The Children’s Book of Thanksgiving Stories from gutenberg.org.
Raggedy Ann Stories
Posted in Elementary, Literature, Public Domain, Reading on October 3, 2014
Who knows but that Fairyland is filled with old, lovable Rag Dolls—soft, loppy Rag Dolls who ride through all the wonders of Fairyland in the crook of dimpled arms, snuggling close to childish breasts within which beat hearts filled with eternal sunshine. Raggedy Ann Stories I used to love Raggedy Ann stories as a child. Read More »
Little Folks’ Handy Book
Posted in Hobbies and Crafts, Middle School, Public Domain on September 25, 2014
Everything described in the book has been actually made by the authors, and made by such practical and simple methods that a child’s mind can grasp them, and a child’s hands be easily trained to manufacture the articles. A crafty little book with tons of ideas for kids. Everything from paper models, making rafts and Read More »
