New School Year: Addressing Declining Confidence Due to Difficulties in Writing and Tool Handling – Tips to Change "Only My Child Can't Do It..." Plus, 35 Stationery Items and Interaction Methods for Children Struggling with Clumsiness.

Pastel Communication Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kayoko Yoshino), led by its representative Kayoko Yoshino, operates "Pastel Soken," a website dedicated to preventing developmental gray zone issues from carrying over into adulthood, offering solutions to problems that couldn't be found in five years, now discoverable in five minutes. To prevent children from losing confidence due to increased homework and classroom difficulties in the new school year, Pastel Soken has released a free booklet titled "35 Recommended Stationery Items for Clumsy Children," accompanied by a bonus video. This bonus video explains how to foster children's motivation from the perspectives of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Download it here: The new school year is a time when children adapt to new environments, but it is also a period when learning difficulties tend to surface. In particular, children who struggle with fine motor skills such as writing, erasing, and drawing lines often encounter difficulties in daily learning situations. They tend to face problems such as: * Taking a long time to write characters * Being unable to draw straight lines * Being unable to erase properly with an eraser As a result, they are more likely to accumulate experiences of "not being able to do it." Such accumulated experiences can lead to a decline in children's confidence and motivation to learn. To foster children's confidence and motivation, it is considered important to accumulate successful experiences where they feel "I did it!" Pastel Soken believes that an effective approach involves two aspects: * Interaction methods that draw out children's motivation * Ingenious tools to reduce difficulties The booklet released this time compiles stationery items selected by over 20 ambassadors who have learned and practiced Developmental Science Communication, based on their trial and error in actual parenting situations. Furthermore, in the bonus video, Kayoko Yoshino, the founder of Developmental Science Communication and head of Pastel Soken, explains how to maintain children's motivation, differentiating between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. This is a specially edited part of the special content usually distributed exclusively to members of the paid online parenting school "Nicotto! Juku." By utilizing both the booklet and the video, parents can find hints to review their interaction methods with children and how to prepare their environment. ~Booklet Table of Contents~ ~Video Content~ The new school year is a crucial period for children to have a smooth school life. We hope this serves as a help for parents and children to accumulate experiences of "I did it!" together. [How to Download the Booklet and Video] https://www.agentmail.jp/lp/r/17872/147774/ Please register your email address and name here to receive them. Pastel Soken ■ What is Pastel Soken? It is a research institution aiming to prevent developmental gray zone issues in children from carrying over into adulthood. By conveying a correct understanding and response to developmental disorders and gray zones, we are creating opportunities to build an era where children can live more easily. We digitize the voices of mothers raising children in the gray zone, distribute research results, and disseminate information that helps mothers enjoy parenting. We want to be a "4D Pocket" from which reliable ideas spring forth whenever mothers are in trouble! With this in mind, we conduct daily research and information dissemination. 1 minute a day! Email course on responding to developmental disorders & gray zones, learning from scratch Kayoko Yoshino ■ Profile of Representative Kayoko Yoshino Born in Oki-gun, Shimane Prefecture, a remote island with magnificent nature. After graduating from Keio University Graduate School (completed doctoral program), she engaged in neuroscience research with companies and developmental support at medical institutions for 15 years. Based on the idea that "365 days of developmental support at home is the best!" derived from her experience in counseling and developmental support for parents and children struggling with development, she established "Developmental Science Communication," a unique developmental support program combining methods from neuroscience, education, and psychology. From her own experience of growing up in an underserved medical area, she started online developmental consultations and courses with the desire to deliver developmental support to all children! These services are used nationwide in Japan and overseas. Information on books and media appearances can be found here: Please feel free to contact us for information gathering, regardless of whether it becomes an article. Please also feel free to contact us for research, requests, and consultations. We understand you are very busy, but we would be grateful if, through the power of the media, this information could reach struggling parents and serve as an opportunity to improve the lives of children, including those in the developmental gray zone. [Company Profile] Company Name: Pastel Communication Co., Ltd. Representative: Kayoko Yoshino Location: Sunshine 60, 45th Floor, 3-1-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-6045 URL: Supporting member of "Healthy Parent and Child 21," a national movement where all related people, organizations, and groups work together to realize "a society where all children grow up healthy."