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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.

Little Toothbrushing Turtle Timer is Pulling its Weight

Virginia Berman

This review from KL in Cleveland Ohio must be seen.

Thank you to KL for taking time to post this 5-star review on a large e-commerce site, March 2021! We are so glad the Two Minute Turtle Timer is working for you all, and thank you for your customer reviews!

It sounds a bit silly to love a timer, but the Turtle Timer does exactly what I wanted and that was hard to find. (4).png

“I never write reviews, but I am compelled to share that this silly little toy has completely changed our nightly toothbrushing ritual from bargaining, whining, and so, so many prompts to "brush longer" and “make sure to get the back" and "just give me the toothbrush already" to….complete silence for two minutes. The different (turtle) legs light up to easily correspond to the different quadrants so that both my 6 and 3 year olds only needed one set of instructions before picking up on the idea. Now, there are times when they seem too quiet and independent that I get suspicious and check in, only to find them brushing the corresponding quadrant as the turtle EVERY time. I purposely waited over a month to post this review because I was sure the novelty was going to wear off, but instead it seems like quality toothbrushing has become habitualized. Never has a child gadget (toy) been this effective for this little money, I feel like I stumbled on the secret treasure of parenting, gifting me a few moments of peace in the nightly bedtime routine.”

While we are not addressing society’s biggest problems like economic inequality and systemic racism, there is real value in a moment of peace for parents at bedtime. That’s our role and the little Turtle Timer is pulling her weight. Thanks to all who write helpful reviews :).