How do I share the list with my partner?

Send the lines they need, or let them see the same list. By hand, copy the lines your partner needs into a message, every time you catch up. Invite a partner and you both see the same list.

We're back from winter break and there's a pile of school emails. How do I catch up on what my kids need?

Search the break weeks for school senders, keep only what asks something of you, and put it in date order.

Catch up in one sitting. Search the weeks of break for school senders, pull out only the emails that ask something of you, and put them in date order before the first school day. Set aside 20 minutes, and you do not have to read everything.

Connect Gmail, or forward school emails from any inbox to your Daywell address.

What to do

Search from the last school day before break to today. In Gmail, search only your school, daycare, teachers, coaches and school apps. Leave everything else in the pile for later.
Skip anything that asks nothing of you. Newsletters, recaps, thank-yous for a fundraiser. If there is no date and nothing to bring, wear, sign, pay, buy, book or show up for, let it go.
Write one line for each email you kept. What it is, which child, and the date. "Maya: spring sports sign-up, closes Friday" is easier to act on than the email.
Put the lines in date order. The first school week goes first. Anything with a date already past can be dropped or checked with the school.
Watch for new term items. Spring sports and camp sign-ups, conference sign-ups, schedule changes and picture days often turn up in the first weeks back.
Send the list to whoever does pickups. Copy the lines your partner, sitter or grandparent needs into one message. Send it before the first school day.
Short on time? Paste one sentence into a chatbot that can search your Gmail, instead of the first three steps. "Search my Gmail since the last school day before winter break for emails from my kids' school, daycare and activities, and list what I need to do, with the dates." Check what it gives you against the emails themselves.

How Daywell helps

Daywell (getdaywell.com) is the family prep assistant. It reads what school, daycare and activities send a parent and turns it into one list of what to have ready, and when. Connect Gmail once, read-only. Daywell looks at your email and picks out the messages from school, daycare and activities. The first time you connect, Daywell reads the last 10 days of email. Share or forward anything older. On the iPhone and Android apps, one quiet reminder comes each morning, at a time you pick. A prompt is a fine start. Daywell is the part that keeps going for the whole household.

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Questions parents ask

What if I missed something from before break?

Search your school senders back to the last school day before break.

In Gmail, search your school senders from the last school day before break and look for sign-ups and forms with a date still ahead. The first time you connect, Daywell reads the last 10 days of email. Share or forward anything older.

Which emails can I skip?

The ones with no date and nothing for you to do.

A newsletter, event recap, fundraiser thank-you or menu can wait if it has no date and nothing to bring, wear, sign, pay, buy, book or show up for. If an email is long, read the end and any attachments before you let it go.

Can a chatbot do this every week?

Both OpenAI and Claude say they can run tasks on a schedule.

OpenAI's help says ChatGPT can run one-time or recurring tasks, monitor for changes, and respond to supported events when available. Claude's help says scheduled tasks are available on all paid plans (Pro, Max, Ultra, Team, and Enterprise). You still write the task. Claude says its Gmail connector can't see images embedded in emails. Share a PDF or a picture to Daywell and it reads it, on every device.

How do I get Daywell?

Start on the web.

Daywell is on the web. Start at getdaywell.com. It reads your school and activity email and tells you what your kids need ready.

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Checked by James Boone, Daywell, 9 Nov 2026