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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).

Time-Out Turtle Gift for Kids

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.

Time-Out Turtle Gift for Kids

Virginia Berman

Kids need time to be alone. Not just punishment but time to stop, slow, breathe. The Two Minute Turtle Timer is one way for kids to want to slow down and have a companion when they do. Give your child the Two Minute Turtle Timer. It fits in their hand. It’s water-resistant. It’s feels good to press, it lights up. It’s theirs. Plus, no screens and no distractions.

The Two Minute Turtle Timer gets kids to want to stop, to watch the lights blink and as it does, time and they slow down. To give kids the tool and habit to take 2 minutes is a gift.

2 minute turtle timer for time-outs

Next time your child needs a time-out? Let them want to take it. The 2 minute timer, Two Minute Turtle Timer, helps kids to pause. You will be giving them the healthy habit for life- taking 2 minutes to collect themselves and breathe when they need it most.

2 minute turtle timer for 2 minute tasks
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