Age group for which this tool is beneficial:
Middle School
High School & Beyond

To what category does this tool belong?
No-tech tools (no power supply necessary)

Skills strengthened with the help of this tool:
Organizational

How does the tool work?
Conventional planners come in booklet form of assorted sizes and display a day, week, or month per page. Typically students list assignments on the day they are received and then list assignments on the dates due.

What is the benefit to the user?
Your child can use them to track assignments and due dates.

Other information to consider:
These work best for kids who are strong sequential thinkers, and who flip through and review the pages on a frequent, usually daily, basis. The problem with the daily and weekly calendars is that they provide 52, or worse, 365 pages to lose things on.

The above content was researched and written by Frank Sopper.