dsmama Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hello! I am trying to find or make a planner that allows me to glance at school and home things on the same two-page spread for the week. I get tired of flipping back and forth between the home calendar, the meal planner, and the school plan (which is eclectic but we use CC and HOD and Sonlight books for K and 3rd). I'm a super distracted person, I guess. Any thoughts? Is there anything like this out there, or has someone made something like this? Maybe school planning on one page and home/meals on the other? And it would be super magical if I could do this plus keep up with my special needs son's preschool notes and therapy appointments. :tongue_smilie: TIA! Gwen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I don't know of one out there. I do make a one page weekly responsibility list for my kids. On it I list their chores and schoolwork for the week in chart form. I use my iphone with a calendar app that also has a to do list, plus I put everything on the big family calendar. I can't say I am 100% satisfied, but my needs are so specialized I can't find anything else out there. Let me know if you find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I finally got sick of searching for a planner that fit my needs (kids stuff, housekeeping, and work at home mom) and made my own. I made the pages in Word and then printed them so I could get two to a page on regular sized paper. I cut the paper in half and that gives me regular planner sized sheets. Office Max type places will spiral bind them for very cheap also. I get just what I need. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmama Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks, ladies! Amy -- that sounds fabulous! Would you be willing to send me a sample for me to try to tweak for my family? gwensmith93 at gmail dot com Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Have you tried using google's calendar? You can make a different calendar for each person in the family using a different color. You can display them one at a time or all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmama Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Mrs. M -- Yes, I do use Google calendar for my own/household stuff, and just print out by month or week. Thanks for the tip about the other folks. My brain for school works more by subject than time (LA, math, versus 9:00 = spelling) but maybe I could change? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I use outlook. you can add as many calendars as you want. I have a "school" calendar and my regular calendar and I can set them to overlap so I can see everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I use outlook. you can add as many calendars as you want. I have a "school" calendar and my regular calendar and I can set them to overlap so I can see everything. I find google's calendar more intuitive than outlook's. That's just me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 http://www.cozi.com/family-calendar.htm It's free and can be customized to what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmama Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thank you! I will look into Cozi, as DH has an iPhone and could coordinate when away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Thanks, ladies! Amy -- that sounds fabulous! Would you be willing to send me a sample for me to try to tweak for my family? gwensmith93 at gmail dot com Thank you! No problem. I'm in the middle of changing a few things on it for next year but when I get the done I'll email it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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