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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).

Survey on Cavity Prevention with the Turtle Timer is In!

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.

Survey on Cavity Prevention with the Turtle Timer is In!

Virginia Berman

There are timers that are fun. And timers that are fancy. But the bottom line is: Does the timer work? Does it get kids to focus? Does it get results? And the answer for is….Yes! The Two Minute Turtle Timer helps prevent cavities!

We sent a user survey to 110 of the Two Minute Turtle Timer users from over the past 3 years, 2017-2020. We received 31 responses back. And of those, 100% said “We have not had a cavity since we started using the Turtle Timer.” And that’s not all. They said more good things:

The Turtle Timer helps kids brush teeth for 2 minutes and reduce cavities

So, if you are looking for a toothbrushing timer that kids will use reliably and does not add another screen to the bathroom at bedtime, look no further. The Two Minute Turtle Timer is designed for you, by parents who were fed up. Our kids had spent too many hours and too many dollars on the dentists! Until the Turtle Timer!

Make brushing fun and effective with your own Turtle Timer today!

Survey of users show the Two Minute Turtle Timer helps kids reduce cavities