Back to School Planner for Moms: Supplies, Routines and Lunch Ideas

This back to school planner keeps the supplies, forms, schedules and routines for each of your kids together in one calm binder. Its 24 undated pages cover a countdown, lists for supplies and clothes, a budget, routine charts, lunch planning, homework pages and two photo signs for the first day. You get US Letter and A4 PDF files as an instant download, and nothing is shipped.

Made for moms who would love the new school year to start with a deep breath instead of a late-night rush.

How the back to school planner takes the rush out of August

Begin with the countdown. It spreads every job across four weeks, so the evening before school stays quiet. On the supplies list, Have and Buy columns show what is still missing. The budget sheet compares 13 spending categories with what actually went out, and the forms checklist tells you in seconds which papers have been signed and handed back.

Routine charts for mornings and evenings, with Monday to Friday checkboxes, help kids get through their day with less nagging. Nothing is dated, so print the child pages once for each child and come back to the same planner every school year.

Who this school planner is for

• Moms with one or many school age kids, from kindergarten through high school
• Parents preparing a child for a very first school day or a move to a new school
• Busy households balancing carpools, activities, packed lunches and homework
• Anyone who would rather have a printed family binder than notes scattered across apps

Design and printing

• Elegant and minimal: white pages with soft blush pink touches that go easy on ink
• Roomy margins all around, so a home printer will not trim anything
• Two portrait sizes: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Undated, so it works year after year
• The child pages are designed to be printed once for each child
• Keep it in a binder or on a clipboard, or ask a print shop to spiral bind it

Inside the back to school planner: 24 pages

1. 1Cover page including a page index
2. 2Countdown to school: checklists for four weeks out, two weeks out, one week out, the evening before and the morning of day one
3. 3School details for two kids: name, grade, school, teacher and room, start and finish times, bus or route, student ID, lunch account, locker and a hint for the portal login
4. 4Contacts table with 16 rows (school office, attendance line, teachers, school nurse, counselor, transport, after care, coach, carpool, emergency contacts and pediatrician), plus a list of who may collect your kids and a box for a pickup password
5. 5Supplies checklist for one child: 30 rows with quantity and Have and Buy columns, special teacher requests and donations for the classroom
6. 6Clothing and shoe sizes for as many as four kids, covering tops, pants, dresses, jackets, pajamas, underwear, socks, shoes, sneakers, boots, uniform, hats and gloves, plus what no longer fits and the next size up
7. 7Clothes shopping list for two kids: item, size, color, price and a done box, along with clothes you already own and stores to visit
8. 8School budget: your total, 13 categories and a totals row comparing budget, spent and difference, a log of purchases and ideas for saving
9. 9Forms checklist with 17 rows for the form, which child, the due date and signed and returned boxes, plus where the originals are kept and which copies you need
10. 10Class schedule: a Monday to Friday timetable with 10 time slots, special classes, what each day needs and bell times
11. 11After-school activities planner: activity, child, day and time, location, contact and cost, plus gear to pack, carpool plan and sign-up deadlines
12. 12Family schedule for the week: drop-off, pickup, activities and dinner for all seven days, with reminders and things to take to school
13. 13Morning routine chart: 12 steps with a time column and boxes to tick from Monday to Friday, wake-up and leave times and mom's own morning list
14. 14After-school and evening routine chart: 12 steps from emptying the backpack to lights out, bedtime, the time screens go off and mom's evening list
15. 15Lunch ideas menu sorted into mains, fruit, vegetables, snacks and drinks, plus your family's favorites
16. 16Weekly lunch planner for each school day (main, fruit, veggie, snack, drink), a shopping list and a checklist for Sunday prep
17. 17Homework station checklist: what to keep stocked, setting up the space, the homework rules you agree on together and what to restock
18. 18Homework tracker: 13 rows for subject, assignment, due date and done, coming tests and projects, and daily minutes of reading
19. 19School year at a glance: 12 empty month boxes for important dates
20. 20Key school dates: days off, early dismissal, holidays, parent conferences, picture day, report cards, events and test weeks
21. 21First day of school photo sign: grade, name, teacher, age, what I want to be, the date and a school year to fill in
22. 22All about me photo sign: favorite color, food, subject and friend, the thing I most look forward to this year and a school year to fill in
23. 23First week check-in for two kids: four gentle questions for each, what is going well, what to change and a moment worth remembering
24. 24Meet the teacher: your questions, the answers you hear, follow-ups and lined space for notes

Files in your download

• Back to School Planner, US Letter PDF (24 pages)
• Back to School Planner, A4 PDF (24 pages)
• Read Me First, a quick guide to printing (PDF)

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This is a print-ready PDF and has no hyperlinks, so it is not a digital planner. You can still import it into most note taking apps and fill it in there.
• You are buying a digital file. Nothing physical will be mailed.
• Printed colors may look a little different from your screen.
• Personal use only. Please do not pass on, resell or redistribute the files.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file will not open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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