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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).

Teach Kids How to Pace Themselves with Toothbrushing

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.

Teach Kids How to Pace Themselves with Toothbrushing

Virginia Berman

The Two Minute Turtle Timer teaches us how to pace ourselves. Do you remember learning how to run the 1 mile in grade school? Many of us sprinted in the beginning and by the end we were staggering to the finish or walking. Learning how to pace oneself comes slowly. It takes practice.

With tasks like toothbrushing, kids may think faster or harder is better. We know that’s not true. They (and we adults sometimes) are eager though, to just get it done. But like with many activities throughout our days, toothbrushing too-it needs to be methodical.

Here is how the Two Minute Turtle Timer gives kids a way to pace themselves, the very first time they use it! The 4 LEDS inside each turtle flipper, correspond to the corners of the mouth. The user brushes the part of the mouth corresponding to the blinking flipper-follow the lights and without putting much thought. Like Simon Says, follow, brush each part until the Victory Lap for the tongue -2 minutes slow and steady!

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So now you can brush:

  • evenly

  • thoroughly

  • mindfully

and WITHOUT:

  • Screens at bedtime.

  • expensive toothbrushes.

  • kids quitting before 2 minutes is up!

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categories 2 minute talks, kids timer, toothbrushing, toothbrushing timer, two minute turtle timer
tags 2 minute timer, 2 minute timer for toothbrushing, two minute turtle timer, bedtime routines, helping kids to brush teeth well