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128 Birch Street
Boston, MA, 02131
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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.

Spring Turtles with Spring-Cleaning!

Virginia Berman

With the start of Spring comes a season of rebirth—and Spring-cleaning. What does Spring-cleaning look like for you?

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Every Spring in Boston, when the sun shines more brightly and we can start to open windows again, I’m motivated to clean those windows for a fresh start. Changing from Winter clothing requires cleaning the layers to be stored away, too. Cleaning is associated with Spring. Why not try the Two-Minute Turtle Timer as part of your Spring-cleaning mindset-shift?

Keeping our teeth clean is a year-round daily ritual, but improving dental results with the Turtle Timer is like the rewarding enhancement of Spring-cleaning. You’ll find that, with two minutes’ brushing with the Turtle Timer, you’ll clean your teeth more evenly and completely, and even—ENJOY the process. The Two-Minute Turtle Timer works for both adults and children.

I wouldn’t recommend the Turtle Timer if my family and I were not using it. In our household of two teens and two adults, as well as in our parents’ homes, Turtle Timers are used twice a day every day. Toothbrushing with the Turtle Timer is a habit for all seasons!