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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.

Part 2: Cook Children's Health Care System Dentist, Recommends Turtle Timer for Toothbrushing

Virginia Berman

Learning to Brush Teeth with Turtle Timer

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We design and develop the Two Minute Turtle Timer.  In our family we all like it and use it, but its real value comes when others find it and LIKE IT, too! Thanks to the folks at Cook Children’s Health Care System and Dr. Fuqua, more families are finding the Two Minute Turtle Timer. This young lady, Ava, is a young brusher and she is focused!  According to her dad, she loves her Turtle Timer. I think the photo captures this too. That determined face shows she is going to brush her teeth for the full 2 minutes!

We love to see your Two Minute Turtle Timer in action. For parents who prefer not to have another device in the bathroom at bedtime, the Two Minute Turtle Timer is for you. It’s also for folks of all ages who need a nudge, a game, or flashing turtle feet to help them keep track of where they are in their 2 minutes of brushing.  If you have a Turtle Timer and can take a photo of you or your youngster using it, we would love to share that with others wondering about the Turtle Timer.

Thank you to the Cook Children’s Health Care and to Ms. Ava and her family for showing us how you put the Turtle Timer to work in your home. We wish you many quiet brushing nights—no more reminders. And uneventful dentist visits—fingers crossed—no cavities!