My kids went back to school today. I was a cry baby like every year.(in my opinion it's doesn't get any easier to send them off, I just worry even more!) All of my kids are at different school this year and it's crazy! It's hard to believe that I have a child at high school another at middle school, a elementary student and a preschooler. Whoa..that's enough to make me go crazy.
Organization is the only way to keep the crazies at bay.
Every year it seems that the kids come home from the first day of school with tons of papers to fill out. Years ago when my oldest child started school I found myself looking everywhere for information needed for those (annoying...i mean important) emergency forms. I decided that it would be very helpful to have all the information in one place. I call it our "FAMILY PLANNER". It doesn't make filling out those papers any more f un but it is very helpful to whip out this baby for days like today when I have a pile of papers staring at me. I've created a list of emergency phone numbers, numbers for doctors, and insurance information,etc. Each child has a divider and holds their class lists, teacher's policies, etc.
What tips keep you organized for back school? Want your own Family Planner sheets?...Get yours here and here.
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that is a great idea!! I really begin to hate filling out those forms.
Great idea! I hope you'll add it to our organization linky party on Thursday!
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I would love to see what your pages look like. Any way you could share??
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I have a family planner too. I made mine because I wanted my husband to be able to find everything if something ever happened to me...that sounds so depressing, right? Each one of us has our own section with social security numbers, blood type, allergies, etc. I LOVE my family organizer!
By the way, I'm visiting from ABC & 123.
We are a homeschooling family of 9 so a planner definitely comes in handy! It's nice that you've got all the information you need in one place!
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Thanks for these great printables - I'm going to send my readers over here to get some too!
sorry maybe this a stupid question, but where do i go to print these printables cause it says its unavailable.
I get the same thing Boo Bear's Place, it says invalid and I was hoping to find new ones for the binder I already have.
Sorry ladies...it should be working now. If not please let me know. Thanks for stopping by!
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