Clock Maker Noah Precision Releases Free Time Management Learning Material 'Time Challenge Drill' on 'Chibimusu Drill'

Clock manufacturer Noah Precision Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Taito-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hisayoshi Honma), which develops its in-house brand 'MAG', has released the printable learning material [Time Cultivation Time Challenge Drill] for free on 'Chibimusu Drill', one of Japan's largest free learning material websites operated by Paddinhouse Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Sapporo, Hokkaido). This release is part of the 'Time Cultivation Project', which aims to foster children's ability to manage time proactively.

This drill is supervised by Shizuka Takatori, an educator and recipient of the Prime Minister's Award. Designed for toddlers through early elementary school students, it is structured so that children can learn not only how to read a clock but also the basics of lifelong time management, such as 'feeling the duration of time' and 'organizing priorities', all while playing.

It supports solving daily 'time struggles', such as getting ready in the morning and starting homework, through parent-child communication.

■ Japan's largest free learning material website 'Chibimusu Drill'
Now in its 18th year of operation, it is one of the largest websites in Japan, offering over 20,000 learning materials for free for children from toddlers to junior high school students. The 'carefully handmade, sheet by sheet' printouts, born from Representative Mika Uchida's own parenting experiences, have received high support from parents and educators nationwide for 'hitting exactly where it itches'. Providing a wide range of materials from main school subjects to intellectual training and play, it joyfully supports daily home learning.

■ Solving the 'morning rush' not with willpower but with 'skill acquisition'
A month and a half after the new school term begins, this is the time when an increasing number of parents start to worry about morning rushes and delayed homework...
Struggles such as 'preparation doesn't proceed no matter how many times I tell them' or 'they put off homework and rush right before bedtime' are major challenges common to parenting generations of toddlers and early elementary students.

While schools teach children how to read clocks, opportunities to train in how to use time—such as 'how many minutes are left' and 'what to start with', which are essential in daily life—are limited.
This project was launched with the desire of Noah Precision, a clock manufacturer that has always faced the concept of time, to 'deliver the basics of time management to children'.

[Time Challenge Drill] Introduction Page
Redirects to the Chibimusu Drill website.

■ The '5 Skills' cultivated by the 'Time Cultivation Challenge Drill'
1. The ability to divide time
The ability to focus and say 'I will do up to here' without dragging things out.
2. The ability to write out and organize
The ability to organize 'what must be done' and 'what I want to do', making thoughts 'visible'.
3. The ability to consider priorities
The ability to judge for oneself 'what to do right now' and 'what can wait'.
4. The ability to foresee
The ability to predict 'how many minutes are left?' and 'what time should I start to be in time?'.
5. The ability to structure time
The ability to plan what to place and how within a limited time frame.

■ Main contents of the drill (5 types in total)
This drill is not just about acquiring knowledge;
It is practice for 'thinking with one's own head' that will be useful in tomorrow's life.
There is no need to proceed from the first page. Starting from a comfortable entry point tailored to the child's interests, such as 'timing is fun' or 'I like making lists', leads to a proactive (personal ownership) attitude toward thinking.

- 'Comparing and measuring time': Experience the duration of time and develop an accurate sense of time.
- 'Operation write out what to do!': Acquire the habit of separating what must be done from what one wants to do.
- 'Mission: ○ minutes later / how many minutes left': Acquire foresight through calculating time.
- '40-minute puzzle! Mission to protect spare time': Learn tips on how to use time in a puzzle format.
- 'Deadline mission drill': Experience the 'backward planning' thinking method to finish by a set time.

[Time Challenge Drill] Introduction Page
Redirects to the Chibimusu Drill website.

Drill 01: 'Comparing and measuring time'
In this drill, children develop a sense of time by comparing which task takes longer or by actually measuring the time it takes.
Thinking about 'long' and 'short' is the first step to foreseeing time.
First, we recommend predicting 'which one seems longer?' and then actually measuring the ones that can be measured.
It's perfectly fine if the actual time differs from what was expected.
The realizations of 'it took longer than I thought' or 'it was surprisingly fast' lead to the ability to think about time.

Drill 02: 'Operation write out what to do!'
In this drill, we divide tasks into 'things that will cause trouble if not done' and 'things that would be nice to do'.
Rather than holding tasks only in the head, writing them out and organizing them makes it easier to see what should be done first.
For children, it is very common to mix up 'what I have to do' and 'what I want to do'.
Through this drill, we start by separating the two, and then becoming aware of the order.