Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons is a big website where people can share pictures and videos they made, and everyone can use them. It's like a giant toy box full of cool stuff to share and play with.

Imagine you have a toy, like a toy car or a doll. You can play with it by yourself or with your friends, but you can't do much more than that. But imagine you had a whole toy box full of toys - then you could play with them and share them with your friends, and they could play with them too.

Wikimedia Commons is like that toy box, but instead of toys, it's full of pictures and videos. And instead of just you and your friends, it's open to anyone in the world to use.

Lots of people contribute pictures and videos to Wikimedia Commons, which means there are lots and lots of things to look at and use. If you want a picture of a dog to put in your drawing or homework, you can look on Wikimedia Commons and find tons of different dog pictures to choose from.

The best part is that everything on Wikimedia Commons is free for anyone to use. That means you don't have to pay money or ask for permission to use a picture or video you find there - you can just use it! It's like having a whole toy box of things to play with, for free, forever.