How do I stop forgetting the SignUpGenius slots I signed up for?

Put each slot on your own calendar the moment you sign up. Anyone who has signed up for a slot can add it to her own calendar: from the Thank You page, from the calendar file in the confirmation email, or from the Signed Up tab. The organizer chooses whether to send reminders and how many days ahead; reminders are not an option for Slots Only sign ups. So write the slot down as a task too, with the day, the time and what to bring.

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

What to do

Add the slot to your calendar the moment you sign up. Anyone who has signed up for a slot can add it to her own calendar: from the Thank You page, from the calendar file in the confirmation email, or from the Signed Up tab. You don't need an account to add an item to your calendar from the Thank You page or the confirmation email.
Find the confirmation. Every SignUpGenius sign up sends a confirmation email the moment someone signs up. A confirmation email can land in junk or spam. If you can't find it, check there.
Turn on your own reminders. You can choose to receive your own reminders by email, text or both: in your account, Settings, then the Notifications tab. Don't count on the organizer's reminder.
File the confirmations with the school mail. In Gmail, make a filter for your school, daycare and activity senders and have it label them "School". Add SignUpGenius to it. Choose Skip the Inbox (Archive it) only if you'll open that label every day.
Write the slot down as a task. "Maya: snack duty, Friday, 8:15, bring 24 cups" is easier to act on than a confirmation. Put the day, the time and what to bring where you keep the school ones.

How Daywell helps

Daywell, the family prep assistant, does that reading and list-making for you. Connect Gmail once, read-only. Daywell looks at email and picks out the messages from school, daycare and activities. With any email service, forward school emails to your Daywell address and Daywell reads them. You get one list of what's coming up, which child it's for, and what to bring, sign or pay, like "Maya: field trip form, sign by Wednesday". On the iPhone and Android apps, one quiet reminder comes each morning, at a time you pick.

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Questions parents ask

Do I need a SignUpGenius account to add a slot to my calendar?

No. You don't need an account to add an item to your calendar from the Thank You page or the confirmation email.

I didn't get a confirmation email.

Every SignUpGenius sign up sends a confirmation email the moment someone signs up. A confirmation email can land in junk or spam. Check there first.

Can I get a text instead of an email?

Yes. You can choose to receive your own reminders by email, text or both: in your account, Settings, then the Notifications tab.

Will the organizer remind me?

The organizer chooses whether to send reminders and how many days ahead; reminders are not an option for Slots Only sign ups. So set your own.

I use Outlook or another email, not Gmail. Can I still use Daywell?

Yes. From any inbox, forward school emails to your own Daywell address, one at a time or automatically.

A paper flyer came home from school. How do I add it?

Take a photo or a screenshot, or save the PDF, then share it to Daywell from your phone, or add it in Daywell on the web. Daywell reads it and lists what it asks for.

How do I get Daywell?

It's in invite-only early access. Join the waitlist on getdaywell.com and we'll send one email when your spot opens. It's free while in early access.

Does Daywell read all of my email?

No. It looks only at who each email is from and its subject, and skips what Gmail files under Promotions, Social and Forums. It opens the ones it judges to be from school, daycare or activities. If it can't tell from the sender and subject, it opens that one too rather than risk missing it. The privacy policy explains what is kept and for how long.

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Checked by James Boone, Daywell, 26 Oct 2026