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Family Calendars

Stop confusion, get organized, and save time with a family calendar. Designed for busy, active families or those families struggling with organization, family calendars help busy parents keep track of schedules and plan activities for the entire family. Use them to keep track of your family schedule, activities, meals, contacts, and more! For families who can't quite keep organized, family calendars are a great tool to help you go from disorganized to organized quickly.

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How to Choose the Right Family Calendar

Family calendars come in a variety of great designs and styles making it sometimes a challenge to find the right one to fit your needs. Use these tips to help you make the right choice.

Magnetic or Non-Magnetic - Choose a magnetic refrigerator calendar if your refrigerator is a central point of communication in your family or if you do most of your family planning and scheduling from the kitchen. Choose a non-magnetic family calendar if you have a stainless steel refrigerator or like to hang your family calendar on a bulletin board, in an office, or mud room. Please note, that most magnetic family calendars also have the ability to hang on a bulletin board or on the back of a door. Magnetic family calendars to choose from are the Mom's Plan It Calendar, Family Plan It Calendar, Fridge GRID Pad, Mom's Plan It Weekly Magnetic, and Weekly Family Planner. Non-Magnetic family calendars to choose from are the Mom's Family Calendar, Family Message Center Calendar, momAgenda Wall Calendar, BusyBodyBook Wall Calendar, Dry Erase Calendars, and Happeez Whiteboards.

Month at a Glance - Choose a month at a glance calendar format if you tend to do a lot of forward planning and enjoy the ability to see your family's schedule for the entire month. Month at a glance formats to choose from are the Mom's Plan It Calendar, Family Plan It Calendar, Mom's Family Calendar, Family Message Center Calendar, and momAgenda Wall Calendar.

Week at a Glance - Choose a week at a glance calendar format if you have very busy schedules that change significantly from week to week or if you find monthly calendars overwhelming. Week at a Glance family calendars to choose from are the Fridge GRID Pad, Mom's Plan It Weekly Magnetic, Weekly Family Planner, Dry Erase Weekly Calendar, BusyBodyBook Wall Calendar, or the Happeez Dry Erase Calendars.

Individual Planning Spaces - Family calendars with individual planning spaces for each family member give parents an extra level of detail and organization. Choose a family calendar with individual planning spaces if you have a lot of kids or very busy schedules. If you like the ability and look of having separate planning spaces choose either the Mom's Plan It Calendar, Family Plan It Calendar, Mom's Family Calendar, momAgenda Wall Calendar, Fridge GRID Pad, BusyBodyBook Wall Calendar, or Weekly Family Planner.

Dry Erase - Dry erase calendars give families a lot of flexibility and don't require the purchase of a new calendar every year. Choose a dry erase calendar if you have the space to hang one (most are wall mount), have time to update it every month with new dates, and are willing to sacrifice the ability to see multiple months at one time.

Dated or Undated - Family calendars come in either a dated or undated format. Choose a dated format if you use your family calendar regularly and have a lot of things going on in your family's schedule. Choose an undated format if you don't necessarily need a calendar every week or month, but need one available for especially busy times. Dated formats to choose from are the Mom's Plan It Calendar, Family Plan It Calendar, Mom's Family Calendar, momAgenda Wall Calendar, Mom's Plan It Weekly Magnetic , BusyBodyBook Wall Calendar, and Family Message Center Calendar. Undated formats to choose from are the Fridge GRID Pad, Weekly Family Planner, and all dry erase calendars.

Vertical or Horizontal Grid - Family calendars come in two different formats, a horizontal format with the dates running across the top and family names down the side and a vertical format with family names running across the top and the dates running down the side. With the vertical format, you only need to write the family members' names once and you can more easily get a good read of each person's schedule. But you do sacrifice the "traditional" monthly or weekly calendar view; making it more difficult to quickly spot when certain days or weekends occur in the month or week. With the horizontal format, you maintain the "traditional" monthly or weekly calendar view, but getting a quick read on each family members' schedule can be more difficult. Family calendars with a vertical format are the Mom's Family Calendar, BusyBodyBook Wall Calendar, and the Fridge GRID Pad . Family calendars with the horizontal format are Mom's Plan It Calendar, Family Plan It Calendar, momAgenda Wall Calendar, and Weekly Family Planner.

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Features of a Family Calendar

Though individual styles and designs differ from calendar to calendar, most family calendars offer most of these essential features:

Extended Calendar - Most family calendars come with an extended calendar running anywhere between 16 and 17 months long.

Academic Calendar - Beginning in either August or September, family calendars coincide with the academic school year calendar.

Multiple Schedules - Using generous sizing or separate planning spaces, family calendars allow parents to keep track of their own personal schedule as well as schedules for their children.

Note and List Making Features - Because parents make a lot of notes and lists, family calendars provide space for small notes and lists.

Contact Information - Family calendars help keep important contact information handy with easy to read and updated address information of babysitters, friends, kids' classmates, and business contacts.

Storage - Some family calendars have handy storage pockets for papers, birthday invites, directions, and appointment card reminders.

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How to Use a Family Calendar

Hang the family calendar in a central place making it clearly visible for everyone to see and easily available for updating

Teach your kids and spouse how to read the calendar and add commitments.

Establish a routine for updating the calendar on a regular basis. Pick a day of the week (Sunday's are usually good for this) to take all of the notes, permission slips, appointment cards, and emails you accumulate throughout the week and transfer the dates and information to your calendar.

Use family meetings to review schedules and ensure you have everything you need on your planner.

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