It’s been a long and crazy journey since I started making homeschool resources in 2013. I never imagined I’d have more than 1,500 of them to share with you or so many subscribers and customers to share them with. I’ve enjoyed making each of the resources and talking with everyone who has reached out, and I look forward to many more years and printables to share if that’s God’s plan for me and this site. But how do you choose favorites out of more than 1,500 resources? I decided to give it a try. Here are my top 50+ favorite WriteBonnieRose resources, in no particular order, along with a sentence or two about why each one stands out to me.
Revolutionary War Activities for Kids: Puzzles, Games, and Quizzes was the very first WriteBonnieRose resource I ever created. It started out as an idea my sister had. I was skeptical and had no idea if her idea would work. All these years later, she still enjoys pointing out to me how right she was and how many families have enjoyed the activities in this fun unit. I’m glad I listened to her! It’s a fun way to help kids learn about the American Revolution through almost two dozen activities including timelines, word searches, mazes, matching, fill-ins, math decoding, famous quotes puzzles, and word puzzles.
Journey Through Asia was a labor of love that spanned many years. It began as a short series of lessons on several countries in Asia. I tucked it away and did not publish it on WriteBonnieRose for many years. When I pulled it out to prepare to release it, a wave of new ideas and possibilities struck me. The end result was a sixty-lesson unit study with hundreds of optional activities about persecuted Christians and missions, two topics that are extremely important to me. Few projects have quite as much of my heart and soul in them as Journey Through Asia.
(FREE) A Martyr’s Christmas Unit Study was born from a desire to share some of the stories of Christian persecution I had read about in a sensitive way that was appropriate for children.
Animals of Historic Pennsylvania resulted from several opportunities I had to be the official storyteller at one of my state’s historic sites. I loved writing the stories set in the fields surrounding the site, and it was such a blessing to get to read them to the kids who came on reenactment weekends. I created fun activities to go along with each of the stories. Though set in Pennsylvania, the unit can be used easily with any colonial America study.
Beginning Reading and Handwriting Fun was created because I strongly believe that reading should be fun. Too many children get frustrated with the time it takes them to learn to read, and as a result, they come to dislike reading. I don’t want that to happen to any child, so Beginning Reading and Handwriting Fun takes learning to read slowly and celebrates each step along the way to build confidence and excitement.
I created Book Report Templates because too many kids freeze when they are faced with writing something on a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen). As a lifelong lover of books, I want kids to have fun sharing about what they read and not getting writer’s block because they don’t know where to start. The templates range from fun and cute templates for younger kids to simpler templates for older students.
Staying aware of what is going on in the world around us is important to me, but it is also important to understand how to analyze the reporting we are reading or watching. I created In the News: A Modern History Notebook About Analyzing the News to help teens think critically about the news they see or read so they can become well-informed and responsible citizens.
Build a Calendar Activity Pack is one of my favorites because I was able to share it later with a friend as she was teaching her kids how to navigate a calendar.
The Learning About Science series began with a desire to create science resources that were less intimidating for non-science students and parents than traditional textbooks. It began with Levels 1-3. In time, I added Levels 4 and 5. I am hoping to add additional books to each level and maybe add a Level 6 in the coming year or two! Each level explores life science, earth science, and physical science with engaging text and plenty of illustrations.
I created Children Around the World because I have always loved learning about people in other countries and cultures. I found the images I used years ago, and the artist who drew them has now become an online friend who lives on the other side of the world from me. Her sets of graphics that I used in the resource remain some of my favorite pictures to this day.
Community Members and Me is one of my favorites because it was very different from almost anything else I had made at the time. It is a fun way for kids to role play while learning about some of the people who keep our communities running smoothly.
Many parents want to encourage their kids to think critically but aren’t sure where to start. I created Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Templates to help parents start conversations with their kids and help kids learn to think about and analyze the decisions they are faced with every day, the way my family fostered those conversations with me while I was growing up.
Build a Thanksgiving Parade is one of my favorites for two reasons. It started because I found the cutest pictures to include and couldn’t resist turning them into a fun resource for littles! Second, I always loved watching parades on television with my family on Thanksgiving (though sadly, televised parades have changed a lot since the ones I watched, and I would not recommend all of them for all ages today).
I love to cook (and eat!), and I love to learn about other cultures, so creating the Cooking Around the World-French Food Coloring Book was a real treat! It’s the first in what I hope will be a long series of cooking-around-the-world coloring books!
One of the reasons I love the Learning About Science For Young Learners series is because I was able to include some of the same types of lessons and experiments my mom used when she taught me when I was growing up.
Cut and Arrange Stories was inspired by activity books my mom made for me and my sister by hand when we were growing up. She would cut out pictures and glue them onto construction paper. Then she bound the construction paper in a book. Our job was to use the pictures and a list of words in a story. I loved that game, so I created Cut and Arrange Stories so your kids could enjoy it, too (and to save you time preparing it!).
Does Every Vote Count? is one of my favorites because I spent many years working in local government and because it was one of the first unit studies I wrote for WriteBonnieRose.
I love to write, but I absolutely cannot draw, which is one reason I get very excited when I find image sets I can use to create fun resources for you! Could there be any cuter turkeys than the ones in Faces of Thanksgiving Color by Code Fun?
The Famous People Research & Activity Pack is one of my favorite resources because it was so much fun getting to learn about all of the explorers, inventors, statesmen, missionaries, architects, aviators, authors, astronomers, scientists, world leaders, historians, doctors, and engineers included in the unit!
Asia: Its People and History was created to share the stories of persecuted Christians in Asia in age-appropriate ways for children. Christian persecution and missions are both topics that I care very deeply about. When I talked about writing the book with someone I was doing work for at the time, she offered help with the design and layout of the book, and Asia: Its People and History was born.
I’ve always been more of a writer than a builder, but I am fascinated at how many objects you can make with basic shapes! Hands-On Fun with Pattern Pieces was created to give your kids a fun way to stretch their imaginations while they sharpen their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
I always loved having my own dictionary and thesaurus as a kid, so I created How to Use a Dictionary & Thesaurus to help take the confusion away for kids learning how to use them today.
Do you remember how I mentioned that I love to eat, lol? Well, I decided to put that love of food to good use as a way to make learning early math facts more fun and enjoyable! Munchable Math Addition and Munchable Math Subtraction are two of my favorite math resources because they are light and fun (and because Chef Digit is the cutest little chef I’ve ever seen!).
I always loved watching the Olympics as a kid, so I very much enjoyed creating the Summer Olympics and Paralympics Unit Study many years ago!
I never used math manipulatives growing up, so I enjoyed the challenge of creating the Multiplication Practice Workshop With Manipulatives because it was so different from what I was used to. It has cute ocean animals that make math more fun and less boring!
(FREE) Praying Through the Produce Aisle is one of my favorite resources because it was the first WriteBonnieRose subscriber freebie I ever made!
The Preschool Skills Fun Book is one of my favorites because I’ve gotten to talk to parents in person about it. They get excited about the preschool skills worksheets that explore rhyming words, number recognition, number words, shapes, seasons, color words, and so much more!
Spring Chicks is one of my favorite resources because it was so much fun to make! All the cute chick graphics doing everything from figuring out how to hatch to just relaxing in their shells with their feet up made it a joy to create.
I loved creating the U.S. Travel Journal because it gave me the chance to share some of the fun road trip games my sister and I played growing up.
World War II is a period of time that has always fascinated me because both of my grandfathers served in the war. Neither talked about it much, and both passed away when I was young, so when I learn about the war, I feel like I’m learning a little bit about them, too. That has fueled the creation of many World War II resources including a few of my favorites such as D-Day Prayer: Franklin D. Roosevelt Radio Address Copywork, Leaders of World War II Essay Questions, World War II: On the American Home Front, World War II: Recon Leader Board Game, and Story of World War II Coloring Book.
I always loved reading challenges as a kid, so I enjoyed creating Reading Passports (Volume 1 and Volume 2) to encourage kids not only to read more but to read books on topics they might not have considered otherwise.
Since writing is a passion of mine, creating writing prompts is always fun for me. I love the challenge of creating ways to make writing fun for kids (especially the ones who aren’t excited about writing). I’ve created many different kinds of writing prompts over the years. Some are serious; most are a combination of fun and serious. One of my favorite units is Writing Prompts About Food. Who wouldn’t enjoy writing about what happens when the peanut butter and jelly have a fight or the cereal is afraid of the milk?
I firmly believe that learning about history should be as much fun as possible for young learners, so I loved creating the U.S. History series for kindergarten and early elementary. It’s also part of why I created A Detective’s Guide to American History 1800 to 1900 and A Detective’s Guide to American History 1900 to 2000. These two units teach history through short bite-sized lessons with fun activities to help kids go deeper.
Games make learning about almost anything more fun and make information easier to remember. I struggled to pick my favorites, but here are a few that I especially love. The Animal Mix-Up Game is based on a game my mom made for my sister and I when we were kids. It is so much fun drawing and assembling the random pieces to make crazy animals! I enjoyed the challenge of creating a fun way to learn about genres of books when I created Guess the Genre Board Game. I love learning about the world, so the Global Geography Trivia Game was lots of fun to put together, and I love to see new places, which made the U.S. National Parks & Historic Places Board Game tons of fun! (Even if I can’t see all the places, at least I can enjoy learning about them!)
The My Book About series gave me the chance to combine geography with prayer requests for the countries of the world, so it holds a special place in my heart. The very first two titles were My Book About China and My Book About India.
Coloring books that incorporate copywork were one of the first kinds of resources I made when I started WriteBonnieRose. Choosing favorites from the more than 250 coloring books on my site is very difficult! I very much enjoy learning about ancient history, so putting together the nine ancient history coloring books that I currently have was a lot of fun (and I hope to add more in the future!). I love to dance, so Dances From Around the World Coloring Book was super fun! I absolutely loved creating the Exploring the United States Coloring Books with Copywork series showcasing state symbols from all 50 states. The History by the Decade Coloring Books were so much fun to put together – we’ve had some crazy styles in modern history (though I admit putting pictures from things I remember having or wearing as a kid into a book about “history” was more than a little disconcerting!).
Two of my favorite coloring books to put together were Stories from the Old Testament and Stories from the New Testament. The creation process was a little crazy – you should have seen the piles of printed and reprinted sheets while I was trying to get each page just right! But I couldn’t be happier with the end results. Both books have two versions, one with simple copywork and one with copywork plus reading comprehension questions.
A special series of coloring books I created is the “Story of” coloring book series. These are each 100+ pages long and give a big-picture view of a topic. I loved the challenge of trying to represent the Middle Ages in at least 100 different images. Then I discovered I had more than 100 ideas to work with and challenged myself to 200 images! The final result was a two-volume Story of the Middle Ages Coloring Book Set that looks at events happening all over the world during the Middle Ages.
So there you have it – 50+ of my favorite resources. Now let me hear from you! What are some of your favorite resources on WriteBonnieRose? Leave me a comment or send me an email and let me know!
