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Invent Boston designs and develops original products to add science + whimsy to  every day tasks at home.   Our first product is a Two Minute timer, Two Minute Turtle, a visual timer. The Two Minute Turtle helps children and adults focus on two minute tasks such as brushing teeth, physical therapy, taking a shower and speaking (practicing a presentation or learning a language).

Invent Boston™, Home of the Two Minute Turtle Timer™

Invent Boston™ blog offers tips and stories by parents, for parents of children ages 4-12 to make toothbrushing and other healthy habits at home, more fun. We write about simple tactics to help kids do what they like to do-touch, seeing, play games and strive for independence. We recommend products to help stay healthy while being kids. We share stories to transform daily healthy habits from something kids resist (for example, toothbrushing, handwashing, toilet training, organizing, taking time-out or pausing, yoga, and taking turns) into something children are motivated to do independently, without parents’ reminders. The original physical product Invent Boston has designed for families is the new light-up Two Minute Turtle Timer, an analog, interval toothbrush timer to make brushing teeth fun for kids. Kids like to press the button, follow the flippers and brush until all the lights blink—the Victory Lap signals to brush the tongue.

Help kids succeed. Help them to focus...in 2 minutes

Virginia Berman

When a child succeeds at a task she gets satisfaction.  To help a child succeed at the every day tasks of growing up, a child needs focus--brushing teeth, sitting in a dentist chair, playing games.   To help a child to focus on the twice daily task of brushing teeth, we created the Two Minute Turtle Timer.  Toothbrushing happens at the end of the day when kids are tired and at the beginning of the day when it's often a rush out the door. How to get children to focus for 2 full minutes on something they'd rather not do? 

2 minute turtle timer helps kids learn how to focus

Having a small tool like this new Two Minute Turtle Timer has helped the children go from rushed to attentive and focused.  The Two Minute Turtle timer has 4 flippers. The child follows and brushes the part of the mouth where the flipper is blinking. The blnking flippers keep a child engaged and brushing til the Victory lap to brush the tongue.  Watch how kids go from resisting to wanting to brush their teeth with the Two Minute Turtle Timer alongside. And a plus for parents - no more phones at bedtime in the bathroom. 

2 minute turtle timer helps kids brush teeth
categories healthy habit, kids timer, packing for family vacati, toothbrushing, toothbrushing timer, two minute turtle timer, visual timers
tags 2 minute timer, two minute toothbrush, two minute turtle timer, kids toothbrush, kids bedtime routine, stocking stuffer, gifts for kids, gifts for preschoolers