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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 Teach Kids to Brush Their Teeth?

Virginia Berman

How do you teach kids to brush their teeth for 2 minutes?

Teach them how to make brushing fun!

Can you do that—teach kids to brush their teeth well, make it fun? Yes AND teach the valuable lesson slow and steady is better than fast and furious!

Our answer to how to make brushing fun is found in the features of the Two Minute Turtle Timer, specifically designed to get kids to brush their teeth well and enjoy doing it!

7 Features of the Two Minute Turtle Timer that help kids learn to brush their teeth well, once and for all!

  1. It’s Placed Where You Need it. Turtle Timer sticks to the bathroom mirror or stands on its own.

  2. It’s Water-Resistant. It’s made for kids’ wet hands in the bathroom.

  3. Feels Good to Press. Turtle Timer is tactile. The soft rubber green button feels good to press. Screen-free.

  4. 2 Minute Count-Down Timer. Turtle Timer turns what can be a long time for kids—2 minutes of brushing—into fun. 2 minutes becomes four 30 seconds intervals of colorful lights.

  5. Fun Game. Follow the blinking feet. Which one will blink first? The lights SHOW a child where to brush and for how long. Turtle Timer is like Simon Says for the mouth!

  6. Success Breeds Success. Kids want to brush until the end with their Turtle Timer because they want a Victory Lap. Kids see and feel that they did a good job when all of Turtle’s feet light up!

  7. It’s Long-lasting. Battery-charged. Uses 2 AAA batteries (not included).