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Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

For simple monthly planning with large, easy-to-use calendar space

Dated July 2026 - June 2027
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Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

For simple monthly planning with large, easy-to-use calendar space

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Looking for a simple monthly planner that keeps everything visible at a glance? The Carmen layout is designed for people who want an easy way to track appointments, tasks, routines, and plans without managing weekly pages or a more detailed planning system. This academically dated version runs from July 2026 through June 2027 and features spacious monthly calendar boxes that give you room to see your month clearly and stay organized.

 

The Carmen is designed for those who want a simple monthly layout to keep track of plans, appointments, and tasks.

 

This July 2026–June 2027 academic planner gives you a clean, easy-to-use monthly layout with generously sized boxes, so you can keep track of your plans without feeling cramped.

 

Whether you're using it for appointments, routines, goals, or one specific area of your life, she helps you keep everything visible and easy to manage without extra pages or unnecessary complexity.

 

It’s a straightforward, approachable way to stay organized on its own or alongside your main planner.

  • Dated July 2026 – June 2027
  • 2026 and 2027 holiday list


Monthly spreads include:

  • Monthly calendar
  • Notes section


Additional pages:

  • Yearly plan (one spread)
  • Dot grid pages (2)

For visual measurements, please refer to the “Measurements” image.


Want to see how it feels in real life? Download our free size comparison printable.

MATERIALS

  • Cover: 100 lb lightly textured paper
  • Binding: Sewn
  • Interior pages: 130 gsm premium paper


LARGE SIZE

  • Weight: 9 oz
  • Closed: 8.5” W x 11” H
  • Open: 17” W x 11” H


Monthly Layout (Large Size):

  • Calendar (left side): 5.75” W x 8.75” H
  • Calendar (right side): 7.75” W x 8.75” H
  • Calendar boxes: 2” W x 1.75” H
  • Notes section: 2” W x 8.75” H



SMALL SIZE

  • Weight: 3.5 oz
  • Closed: 5” W x 8” H
  • Open: 10” W x 8” H


Monthly Layout (Small Size):

  • Calendar (left side): 3.375” W x 6.5” H
  • Calendar (right side): 4” W x 6.5” H
  • Calendar boxes: 1.062” W x 1.25” H
  • Notes section: 1.062” W x 6.5” H
  • Want a simple monthly view without extra pages or distractions
  • Like having large calendar boxes with room to write your plans
  • Prefer keeping one area of your life organized in its own space
  • Use a planner alongside another system for different needs
Still Deciding? Compare Our Planners

Frequently asked questions

Every Laurel Denise planner offers a unique blend of daily, weekly, and monthly views to help you stay organized. Some layouts focus on just monthly or weekly views, while others combine weekly, monthly, and even daily pages for more detailed planning.

The Nancy features short weekly pages in the center with horizontal rows, sitting on either side of the coil when the planner is open.

The Anne has short weekly pages in the center with vertical, lined columns for time-blocked scheduling.

The Scout is spiral-bound, with short weekly and daily pages running along the bottom. Each day has a lined vertical column for structured planning.

The Rose doesn’t include short daily or weekly pages around the coil (though inserts can be added!). It offers a large monthly view on the left and space for categorized lists or brain drops on the right.

The Carmen is our most traditional layout, featuring a large monthly planner.

Curious about our other layouts?
You can find a full list of all our planner formats on our Compare Our Planners page.

Returning customer?
See our layout name change guide to match old names to new.

Choosing a planner size is a big decision, and handwriting size can matter. We have images on each product listing showing several people's handwriting so that you can see how your handwriting compares and which size to pick based on that.

Plus, we offer a free size comparison printable so you can test your handwriting in each layout before purchasing.

Here’s a quick guide to help you find your perfect fit:
Small Size: Small but mighty
  • Perfect for simple planning and lighter schedules
  • Fits easily in most handbags and totes, great for on-the-go
  • Less open space helps keep things feeling manageable for beginners
  • About the size of a cookbook or a sheet of paper (just a few inches shorter)

Large Size: Room to breathe
  • Ideal for juggling work, personal life, kids, and all your lists
  • Plenty of space for detailed planning, notes, and to-dos
  • Portable enough to carry (about the size of a slim laptop)
  • Great if you want to spread out and see your whole week at a glance

Choosing a planner online can feel tricky, especially when you can’t flip through it first.

Before You Buy:

Planner Sizes at a Glance:

  • Small: Compact and portable, about the size of a cookbook, great for simple planning.
  • Large: Larger, like a 15" laptop, perfect for detailed planning.

After It Arrives (Before You Write):

  • If you’re unsure, hold onto your packaging and wait before writing in it.
  • Test writing lightly on a blank sheet over the layout to check spacing.
  • Hold the planner and feel how the coil sits, comfort matters!
  • Flip through and imagine using the layout to see if it fits your style.

Returns:
You can return unused planners within 30 days. Following these tips helps keep your return option open. See our full policy here.

Helpful Resources:

While we don’t offer customizations to the layout or cover (due to production costs and timelines), our planners are still totally customizable, just in your own creative way!

For the inside:

We offer a growing collection of Planner Inserts designed to fit our coil-bound and spiral-bound planners. Whether you need space for detailed lists, lesson plans, project planning, or something else entirely, there’s likely an insert (or booster pack!) that fits your needs. Just be sure to select the insert size that matches your specific planner.

Note: Inserts are not compatible with our sewn/bookbound planners due to the fixed binding.

For the outside:

Many customers personalize their covers with stickers, washi tape, vinyl decals, and even paint, and we love seeing all the ways you make it your own!

We offer a few different formats so you can choose the one that fits your schedule best. Each one includes 12 months of planning:

  • Calendar Year Planners (Yearly) – Dated January through December
  • Academic Planners (Mid-Year) – Dated July through June, perfect for the school year
  • Undated Planners – Totally flexible! You fill in the dates as you go. This one is a great choice if you want to start your month and your weeks on different days or if your life doesn't start on a Monday or a Sunday.

At this time, we don’t offer an 18-month planner. We’ve found that keeping the format to 12 months helps reduce bulk, keeps things more lightweight, and allows us to keep pricing as approachable as possible.

Planning beyond a year? Many of our customers like to keep a second planner on hand for future planning or use our Insert Packs and Sticky Notes to jot down what’s ahead before transferring it into their next planner.

Still deciding? Head to our Compare Our Planners page to see all the formats side by side and find your perfect fit.

Most of the time, our processing time is 1-4 business days, but during our busiest seasons, it can take a little longer (about 5-8 business days). Occasionally, we offer pre-orders for items before they’re officially available, and when we do, we’ll always share the specific processing and shipping details for those orders in the order confirmation.

Our fulfillment team, based in Utah, works Monday through Friday, 9 AM–5 PM PT, and takes a break for all major U.S. holidays.

High Volume Months:
September, December, January, April

If you're shopping during one of these months, thank you for your patience! We’re packing orders as quickly (and carefully!) as we can!

We want you to love your purchase! Unused, unopened items can be returned within 30 days of delivery for a full refund (minus shipping). Just make sure it’s in new condition and original packaging. Sale items are final sale and are not returnable.

Returns are only available for orders shipped within the contiguous U.S.

We’re not able to accept returns from international addresses, U.S. territories, or Hawaii and Alaska at this time.

Start your return through our Returns Portal and we’ll send you a prepaid label once it’s approved. Return shipping is $8 unless we made a mistake or your item arrived damaged.

No direct exchanges, but you’re welcome to return and place a new order. Refunds are processed within 5–10 business days once your return is received.

Questions or something arrived damaged? Submit a request (including a photo of the damage) within 7 days, we’ll make it right!

View our full return policy here.

Choosing between a Sunday or Monday start just comes down to how you like your week to begin. A Sunday start places Sunday as the first day in your weekly layout, while a Monday start shifts everything so the weekend is grouped together at the end. Totally up to your planning style!

Start with this question: How do you like to see your week?

No matter how busy life gets (juggling kids, work, school, or all of the above) our planners are designed to help you manage everything on your plate. The real key is figuring out how your brain likes to see everything organized.

Not sure where to begin? Here are some of the most common things we hear from our community (maybe one sounds like you):

“I like my week to flow left to right, with plenty of open space to jot down my plans, tasks, and notes.”
That’s The Nancy planner, if you don’t need to schedule by the hour but want room to write and separate different parts of your day.

Shop The Nancy Planners

“I must time block all of my day.”
If that’s you, The Anne planner is a great fit. With lined columns, you can plan your day top to bottom by time, by category, or as one big to-do list. Psst...The Scout planner is also a good option for time-blockers.

Shop The Anne Planners

“I’m more about tasks than specific times, and I love seeing a big monthly calendar.”
The Rose planner pairs a full monthly spread with a four-column layout for tasks, goals, or categories—perfect if you keep your schedule digital, use the Kanban method, or like pulling from a master list based on your time and energy.

Shop The Rose Planners

“I want a spiral-bound planner with vertical days, but shorter columns that still give me plenty of room.”
That’s The Scout planner, known for its short pages at the bottom and a monthly view that lines up perfectly with the weekly layout.

Shop The Scout Planners

“I’m an educator and need sections to organize my day by subjects or classes Monday through Friday.”
The Valerie planner gives you five blocks per day. Need more room? You can always split a block or two for planning periods or meetings. If these are sold out, you can choose another planner and add in our block inserts to create a setup that works for you!

Shop The Valerie Planners

“I like to keep it simple, with just a big monthly calendar to see the whole picture.”
The Carmen planner keeps things minimal, great on its own or as a supplement for meal planning and other schedules.

Shop The Carmen Planners

“I’m overwhelmed and just need to pick something to get started.”
We hear you! The Rose planner is a great place to begin. It's simple, flexible, and easy to build on. You can try adding Horizontal or Vertical inserts so that you can test out which weekly layout you'd prefer.

Shop The Rose Planners

Choosing a planner can feel like picking your favorite ice cream flavor, so many great options! Our best advice? Check out our Compare Our Planners page for the full scoop on each layout. Don’t stress about finding the “perfect” one right away; sometimes the best way is to start with one that feels right and adjust as you go.

You can check our Restock Page for details on when items might be restocking. As a general rule, once a pattern is sold out, we typically don’t restock it, we try to plan for enough inventory when each collection launches. That said, sometimes we don’t realize just how popular something will be (The Scout, anyone?), and we make adjustments when we can. If you’re crossing your fingers for a comeback, be sure to sign up for restock notifications on the product page just in case!

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Customer Reviews

Overall rating: 4.2 / 5 from 14 reviews.

Customer photo review of Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

Today is the first day I have used this planner. I just completed putting in the events for the 2026-2027 school year. As I was closing the Carmen planner, I noticed that it had already begun coming unstitched. This unstitching should not occur in a planner at the price I paid. I am extremely disappointed in this product.

Lynne L. 1/5 Verified

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

Store owner replied: Oh no, that’s not the experience we want for you! If you reach out to our customer service team, they’ll be happy to help.

This is my first Carmen. It was the added dot grid pages between the months that sold me. It’s a great pace to capture notes and reminders. Thank you for always improving a basic idea and making it more!

Jane B. 5/5 Verified

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

Gorgeous floral cover in muted tones. I love the size,as it works perfectly with the weekly sticky notes on the dotted grid pages for each month. What a great addition these in between pages are for notes.

Jane B. 5/5 Verified

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

I LOVE this Monthly Planner! First, I love the size because it gives me plenty of space to write appointments and events. Second, I love the paper. It is nice and thick so that there is no ghosting or bleed through with the pens and markers that I use. (I use Sarasa and Pilot G2 0.5 pens with Tombow and Crayola markers for highlighting). I love that you have placed 2 dot grid pages before each month. I am using this Monthly, Planner for two things: (1) As an external Monthly calendar separate from my main planner, because then I don't have to keep flipping back and forth between my monthly and weekly view when planning, and (2) I have decided to try this out as a simple Memory Keeper to have as an overview of my year. I am putting photos of memories from the month on one of the dotted pages for the month, and I am recording the things I am Grateful for on the other dotted page, along with some journaling. I don't usually like to keep my weekly and daily planners because it takes up so much room, but I do like to have an overview of the year because it tends to hold so many memories. I also appreciate that I can choose between a Sunday or a Monday start, because I always have to re-date my monthly calendar in all of my planners, because I prefer a Monday start. I am really loving this Monthly Planner!

Dawn B. 5/5 Verified

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

I thought it was gonna be more to the planner than what it was little more sturdier little more thicker, and so forth

Jennifer D. 1/5 Verified

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

Store owner replied: I’m sorry to hear our planner didn’t meet your expectations. We’re always happy to process returns for unused planners in their original packaging. Please reach out to our customer service team, and they’ll be glad to assist you with the next steps.

This is the perfect simple monthly planner! We needed a place to keep track of our youth ministry events and all the activities our teens are involved in so we can show up for them throughout the school year. I wanted something separate from my daily use Nancy that I could easily bring to our meetings for the kids to add their events too. This is the best solution and it’s so pretty!

Ashley G. 5/5 Verified

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

This is perfect for my needs. The large boxes, notes margin on the left side, and dot grid pages between each month take care of everything I need in a planner. I keep appointments and short to do lists on each day's square, the left margin note section is for running to do lists and notes, and the dot grid pages in between are perfect for meeting notes, budgeting, project tracking, or even more to do list space. The only thing that would truly improve this planner would be the addition of a pocket on the back cover. I love the simplicity of this planner!

Cheyenne S. 5/5

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

I really value the Carmen Planner and have been a consistent user. I used one throughout 2025 and still rely on my large Monday-start 2026 planner as a portable monthly calendar alongside my Rose planner and Hobonichi Techo Cousin. What I have always appreciated most is the simplicity, clean layout, and lightweight feel, even in the larger format. I recently purchased the 2026–2027 small Monday-start academic version, hoping it would be a great dedicated tool for big-picture planning. I appreciated the intention behind adding more note space, and I saw the preview in advance. However, in practice, the additional notes pages between each month significantly change the experience for me. The added pages create more bulk than expected in what I hoped would be a compact, easy-to-handle planner. It makes flipping between months slower and less intuitive, and the planner no longer folds or stays flat as easily as previous versions. The original strength of the design, a streamlined monthly view that is quick and practical to use, feels diminished as a result. While I understand and appreciate the goal of offering more writing space, the tradeoff in increased bulk makes this format less functional for my needs. I would prefer to see notes pages consolidated at the back, perforated for flexibility, or even printed on lighter-weight paper to maintain the portability and simplicity that made earlier versions so effective. I remain a fan of the brand and will continue using my older planners, but this version does not fit my workflow. I share this feedback in the spirit of support, as the original concept is something I truly value.

Kerry B. 2/5

Academic 2026–2027 | The Carmen Planner | Speckled Moss

Store owner replied: We are sorry to hear our planner didn’t meet your expectations. You've provided us with some very valuable feedback regarding Carmen's format change, and we truly appreciate the time you took to share this with us. We’re always happy to process returns for unused planners in their original packaging. Please reach out to our customer service team, and they’ll be glad to assist you with the next steps.

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