Home Management Binder: Children and Family

Updated on March 5, 2025

Home Management Binder: Children and Family. How to set up the children and family sections of your home-based binder.

Today, I am sharing the next installment of setting up your home management binder.

So far, we have learned what supplies you need to set up your binder and how to set up the planning and contact sections.

Now, we will discuss the children and/or family sections. I will also share some additional free printables with you.

Home Management Binder: Children’s Section

The children section is the one I use the most in my binder, especially now that my son has started participating in sports and is attending school.

If you don’t have children yet, you may want to include a place for your pets, or you can omit this section altogether. Almost everything related to my kids goes in this section.

Child Information Sheet

First, I have information sheets for both of my children. I try to update these each time my child has their yearly well-check exam and once again about six months later.

Since my children are changing so rapidly, I can update their current weight and height. This helps when we need to administer medication to them. (It is best to medicate by weight rather than age.)

If you have a child under 2 you may need to update this information more frequently, and as they get older you may be able to update it just once a year.

The sheet also includes allergy and insurance information for each child, making it a great reference sheet for caretakers.

RELATED: More Home Management Binder Printables

Medication Dosing Chart

Next, in my binder, I include a sheet I received from my doctor with dosing instructions for different types of medication. I keep it in a page protector right behind the child information sheet.

You can find similar dosing charts here: https://www.stlouischildrens.org/health-resources/dosage-tables

Babysitter Checklist

After this, I include a babysitter checklist. I write in the information that does not change, such as our cell phone numbers and address, and then slip it into a page protector.

I use a wet-erase marker to fill it out whenever we use a babysitter. You can also use a dry-erase marker on page protectors, but I find they rub off too easily and make a bigger mess.

Each sheet gives up to three children room to fill in information.

The babysitter checklist includes:

• what foods they are allowed to have
• when they should have a nap or go to bed
• what discipline technique your babysitter should use (time out, loss of privileges, etc.)
• information for where you are going and when you will be home.  

I included a place for your home address and phone number. This can be valuable information your babysitter may not know in an emergency.

School Information

Next, I need to refer back to school paperwork, such as the school handbook and information sent home for parents.

I do not include any of my son’s schoolwork that he brings home. Instead, I save the work in filing bins that are sorted by grade.

I have marked this section with a removable tab to reference all the information quickly.

Helpful Tip: Use plastic dividers that include a folder to temporarily hold information until you hole punch it and put it in the binder. I also put permission slips or anything else that may need to be signed or returned to school that I do not immediately put in his folder to go back the next day. These types of dividers also stick past any pages you have in sheet protectors.

Sports Information

I also include any information we receive about my kids’ current sports. Usually, there is a lot of paperwork whenever a new season starts.

The printable calendar is in the front calendar section, but uniform information, picture forms, and any other sports-related information are here.

I keep the information in my binder until the season is over, at which point I remove it and either permanently file it or throw it out.

Home Management Binder: Family Section

The family section holds more general family information (not specific to the children).

In mine, I include local library information, printouts of maps of parks and hikes in our area, and brochures I may pick up that include activities for us to do as a family.

How to Download the Free Printables

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Would you include anything else in the family or children sections of your home management binders? Let me know in the comments.

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• Free Printables: Home Management Binder
• Home Management Binder: Planning and Contacts
• Home Management Binder: Events and Projects