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10 Ways to Spend Your Free Time While the Kids Are Carpooling
Nov 27 2018
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10 Safety Tips for Winter Driving
Dec 09 2018
Winter is here and it’s time to be prepared for the snowy conditions, that is if you’re from a location that gets heavy snowfall. It may look like a beautiful winter wonderland, but it’s not always something to look forward to when you need to get the kids to school. Snowfall adds even more time […]
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How Carpooling With Figure8 Helps You Save Money
Dec 02 2018
In a world where everything is so expensive, we are always looking for ways to save money, even if it means collecting pennies in a piggy bank. A great way to save money is carpooling. Carpooling can generate both short-term and long-term savings. The process of managing carpools can be confusing, and coordinating carpools with […]
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How you can notify the school if your child is late or absent with Figure8
Nov 21 2018
One of Figure8‘s newest features is notifying the school when your child is late or absent. Here is a quick five step guide on how to notify the school that your child is late or going to be absent. Step 1: Go to your rides calendar Step 2: Locate the relevant day in your […]
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Carpooler of the Month: Erica
Nov 18 2018
Our Figure8 carpooler of the month for this November is Erica from New Jersey! Erica uses Figure8 to arrange her daughter’s carpools to and from school. She has downloaded many carpool apps to coordinate her rides in the past, and she believes the Figure8 app is by far the best. “It isn’t glitchy, the UI […]
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Carpooler of the Month: Naomi
Nov 05 2018
Our Figure8 carpooler of the month for this October is Naomi from California! Naomi uses Figure8 to coordinate her carpools to school and other extracurricular activities with her friends. Sometimes she’s the one carpooling, and other times she’s the one getting carpooled! Here’s what she has to say about using the app: “Figure8 saves me […]
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7 Signs That You Should Be Carpooling Your Kids
Oct 10 2018
Do your neighbor’s kids attend the same karate class as your daughter? Do you spend more than 90 minutes in the car each day schlepping your kids from place to place? It’s about time that you make life easier for yourself. Here are 7 ways to know whether you should be carpooling your kids, according […]
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Five Ways to Prevent Overscheduling Your Child
Oct 08 2018
Is it just us, or do our children’s schedules seem to get busier and busier with each passing year? According to Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld, a child psychiatrist and author of The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap, overbooking our children with too many extracurricular activities is a nationwide problem. Children are under increasing pressure to […]
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How to cut your school’s dismissal time in half with Figure8
Oct 07 2018
Aviv Matzkin, a teacher at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in California, is intimately familiar with the daily time-drain that comprises student dismissals at most schools. “A parent arrives ready to pick up six children to transport to dance practice. I reach for the dismissal card on the dashboard of the van, bring a walkie-talkie […]
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Carpooler of the Month: Darci
Sep 28 2018
Darci is our September carpooler of the month! With so many parents carpooling to school from different counties, the head of WCA Prep Academy in Corona, California, asked Darci to find a carpooling solution. She reached out to us and together we set up communities in the Figure8 app for WCA parents from nine counties, […]
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Why You Should Listen to KiDNuZ when Carpooling with Kids
Aug 12 2018
What do you listen to when you are driving with kids in the car? Is it the radio, Spotify, or the non-stop chatter from the back seat? For Figure8 carpooler Stephanie Kelmar, the answer is easy: KiDNuZ. We interviewed Stephanie this week to learn more about why she founded KiDNuZ, and why it should be your […]
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Carpooler of the Month: Jaime & Friends
Aug 01 2018
Our August carpooler of the month is Jaime and friends from North Carolina! Jaime and her friends use Figure8 to manage their daughters’ carpools to and from gymnastics. They have a packed carpool–15 gymnasts and drivers altogether! Jaime told us: “This app is so much easier than scrolling through a group text, or even a […]
