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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.

How to Brush Teeth Longer?

Virginia Berman

How DO you get kids and adults to brush teeth longer?

Here’s how to get kids to brush longer. No more nagging nor need for an expensive toothbrush.

!. Make brushing teeth fun

2. Make brushing teeth simple. No devices needed.

3. Make brushing teeth their habit, not yours to nag them to do.

4. And you don’t have to brush teeth alone—the Two Minute Turtle Timer is an adorable companion when we brush our teeth.

Even, this chap, no longer a kid, sees the Turtle Timer helping his brushing longer. Disclaimer: The person in the video is the author’s father. Check out his experience in his words: video