To See Something Isn't Easy, Like Having a Friend Isn't Easy. To See Takes Time Like to Have a Friend Takes Time * Could a Turtle Timer Help You Keep Friends?

*Georgia O’Keefe poem

The Two Minute Turtle Timer was designed for toothbrushing and it works well for that. You already know that—you brush each corner of the mouth corresponding the blinking flipper, until the Victory Lap signalling to brush the tonuge.

BUT this interval Two Minute Turtle Timer has other uses. What else would you use it for? One way I recommend-it’s simple but not easy—in this season of Saint Valentine is to use it to help see—someone you like.

Find someone you love (family, friend, lover—you know who). And ask them for 2 minutes and if they will play a game with you. The game? Press the turtle and each of you look into the other’s eyes until the Two Minute Turtle Timer stops blinking (you’ll see it from the corner of your eye!). Try it out. It’s a tried and true way to become more intimate with one you love.

This Valentine’s Day take time to look. Let the new Turtle Timer help all of us to slow down and see the beauty in those around us.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Would You Like to Have One of the Original Two Minute Turtle Timer that Speed People Up By Slowing Them Down?

Invent Boston designed 10 versions of Two Minute Turtle Timer prototypes til we landed on the one that met our needs for design, function and price. We made 1350 Two Minute Turtle Timers. We sold 1200. We’re excited to be coming to the end of the bunch with just 30 left. We’ve done all we can making them by hand. It’s time to find support—investors—to mass produce and overseas.

Thanks to the creative customers of the Turtle Timers we have new interval timer problem solvers—Time-out Turtle, Therapy Turtle, Talking Turtle and Toilet Training Turtle. How about the Five Minute Frog for…showers?

Would you like to be a supporter of the original Two Minute Turtle Timer? We would love you to join us—receive an email, ask a local store to carry the Time-Out Turtle, find a preschool to test it out and help make daily tasks for parents and kids, easier.

How do Children Learn?

Children are visual learners-they see everything for the first time. They see colors, shapes, pictures.   They respond to visual cues and intuitive ones too.  Toothbrushing is not an intuitive task but we ask 4 year olds to do it every day, 2 times a day for 2 minutes and when they are waking up or tired and going to bed. 

How do children learn new habits? In response to how our kids learned, we designed a two minute timer for them to watch, follow and enjoy, to make toothbrushing more appealing.  Children need visual cues especially learning something they don't want to do. And when it's bedtime--they are tired and parents are tired too. 

Learning is hard work. Sometimes it doesn't have to be as hard and that's why we created the Two Minute Turtle. And while we are on the turtle ocean topic and how to make learning more fun, a message from the Ocean to all of us...

Two Minutes To Make Your Day

Forming healthy habits is not easy but 2 minutes is-we can do anything for 2 minutes!   Use the Two Minute Turtle to take 2 minutes to start a new habit.  What new habit will you choose? Two minutes-you can do that!  Get your today. Choose the color, press the button, let the turtle guide you. Go slow, steady...win.

How a Two Minute Turtle timer helps you Speak?

Preparing for a brief Two Minutes takes hours of practice

How can the Two Minute Turtle help you to speak? 

1) Practicing for a pitch or presentation. Often 2 minutes is enough. Visual cues at each quarter of the talk, helps pace the talk.

2) Facilitating meetings. A visual timer helps the facilitator stick to an agenda while allowing participation. The Two Minute Turtle timer neutralizes the cut-off too so it's not a person but the Turtle telling when it's time. 

3) Learning a new language.   Try talking straight for 2 minutes in that language with someone. 

Why use a Two Minute Turtle when you have a phone or a clock to keep time?

1) It's colors work well for visual learners.

2) It's quick and easy -just a press of a button, no downloading or setting times.

3) It's fun-engaging and playful with the quiet countdown.

4) It works--people respond to the quarterly visual cues and no one has to be the "bad guy" reminding someone their time is up.

Breaking the 2 minutes into 4 even parts helps a speaker to pace herself.  The Two Minute Turtle timer takes the responsibility off of the instructor or facilitator and gives it to the participants-each one is using and following the same colorful lights.   Bring a Two Minute Turtle timer to your next meeting or classroom or pitch to help you pace yourself and engage the group.