American Innovative Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock and Nightlight
- Teach Me Time! is an adorable child’s bedside alarm clock, time-teaching tool, and dual-color nightlight all in one
- Color-changing nightlight teaches kids to stay in bed until it’s Ok to wake; parents program “Ok to wake” time, when glow changes from yellow to green
- Clock is white with interchangeable blue, pink, and yellow bezels; face display options, volume, and brightness are adjustable
- For children 7 and above, Teach me Time! is a fully functional alarm clock with a snooze function, just like mom’s or dad’s
- External AC adapter and set of AAA batteries included; passes all tests defined by ASTM F963-07 sec. 4.3.5.1 safety specification
American Innovative was founded to pursue the development of innovative new products that should exist, but don’t. “Products that make sense” is our motto and the execution of this philosophy can be seen throughout the company’s product line. Teach me Time! is the educational bedside clock that advances as your child grows. From ages 3-5 Teach me Time!’s color-changing nightlight teaches kids to stay in bed until its “Ok to wake!” The nightlight timer is programmed to turn on and off at any time of the day. Parents can customize the “Ok to wake” time, when the glow color changes from yellow to green…. “Green means Go!” From ages 5-7, the Teach me Time! interactive, talking game helps school age kids learn to tell time on both anaolg and digital clocks. The game is designed to create a dialog between you and your child about time, keeping you involved in the learning process. The Teach Me Time! game is fully adjustable – five difficulty levels allow you to restrict which times are displayed (for example, just “round” hours) so that you can start simple and progress in difficulty as your son or daughter matures. For children ages 7 and above, Teach me Time! is a fully functional alarm clock with a snooze function- just like mom or dad’s! Teach me Time! is white with interchangeable colored bezels (blue, pink & yellow included). Safety-certified external AC adapter and optional 2x AAA batteries (included). Teach Me Time! has been tested for lead paint content and has passed all related tests as defined by the ASTM F963-07 sec. 4.3.5.1 safety specification.
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List Price: $ 39.95
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Review by M. Beth Williams for American Innovative Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock and Nightlight
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A few posters have complained that the product is too bright and you cannot have it totally dark in the room and still have the green light come on in the morning. But you actually CAN have it only turn green in the morning with no yellow light at night. This is a complaint I’ve seen on a few reviews on here, so I thought I’d post this clarification for others who may be considering buying this product.
From the American Innovative website FAQ on this product:
“I am using the “Ok to wake!” feature. Can I set just the green light to come on in the morning?
Yes. If you do not want the yellow light on during the night, you can set just the green light to come on in the morning. The LIGHT ON time will be set to the desired “Ok to wake!” time (i.e. 7am), the LIGHT OFF time is set to the time you want the green light to turn off (i.e. 9am) and the LIGHT change time must be set equal to the OFF time (i.e. 9am). With this set up the green light will come on at 7am and turn off at 9am.”
Review by Theodore Sipes for American Innovative Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock and Nightlight
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My husband and I were troubling over how to get our three-year old daughter to learn when she could “get up” in the morning…we brainstormed and thought of the most desirable features of a toddler clock. Well, this one hit the mark on every one. It runs on an AC adapter, the clock can “talk”, the voice is not obnoxious, parents can control the volume, the light changing feature at “wake up” time is perfect, the control panel is only accessible by parents, the games seem appropriate and clever, and I think the product will be adaptable for years to come…can’t say enough good things. At first I thought the price was a little high but now that we’ve received it and used it, no complaints! A must-buy for any parent, especially of a toddler.
Review by M. C. Thomas for American Innovative Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock and Nightlight
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Just to clarify things a bit. The clock has three lights. Two of them are yellow LED lights in the “feet” of the clock and are always on. A third light (also a yellow one) is in the “body” of the clock and can be set to “off”. As one poster mentioned, you can set this “nightlight” to off or on by adjusting the “OK to wake” time, but YOU CANNOT TURN OFF THE LED LIGHTS IN THE FEET!!! The feet lights are REALLY bright (about as bright as a standard wall nightlight) and cannot be turned off easily (but you can turn them off permanently as I will explain below.)
I went ahead and purchased this clock knowing it would be bright because another poster mentioned that you can turn off the LED feet lights by using a screwdriver and some electrical tape and 10 minutes. No, sorry. It is more like 30 minutes to an hour and two screwdrivers, a steady hand, and lots of patience! After much frustration and dropping of tiny screws onto the carpet, I managed to turn those LED suckers off and now it works great! I thought I would share with you my experience so that you will have an easier time of doing the job (and maybe it won’t take you as long as it took me.
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You will need:
- 1 “small” phillips head screwdriver
- 1 “tiny” (like for computers or eyeglasses) phillips head screwdriver
- Black electrical tape
- 1 thumbtack or needle or something sharp
I recommend that you do not drink coffee before attempting this because you will need VERY steady hands. Also, use a large table without clutter so that you do not lose the screws. You can also use a towel to place the screws on so that they don’t roll off the table. Prepare for this to take 30 minutes to an hour, depending on your skill with a screwdriver and working with very tiny things.
1. Turn clock over.
2. Use “small” screwdriver to remove battery compartment screw and place aside.
3. Use “tiny” screwdriver to remove screws from bottom of feet and place aside.
4. Turn clock partially over again and find deep screw holes in the backs of the feet. Remove screws using the “small” screwdriver.
5. Pull white body of clock apart to expose circuit boards in feet.
6. Carefully remove two screws from one circuit board. (Do them one at a time so that you can compare how the first one is put back together by looking at the second one.)
7. Place a small black square of electrical tape over each LED on the front of the boards. (I used two layers to completely shade the light.) The two LED’s are labeled in tiny letters and are located on each end of the circuit board.
8. Punch holes (using a thumbtack or needle) in the tape where the circuit board holes are (so that the board will fit back into place over the plastic protuberances that poke through it).
9. Once circuit boards are in place screw them back to the clock and repeat each step above in reverse order.
From the other poster’s advice on how to turn off the nightlight by adjusting the “Ok to wake” feature:
From the American Innovative website FAQ on this product:
“I am using the “Ok to wake!” feature. Can I set just the green light to come on in the morning?
Yes. If you do not want the yellow light on during the night, you can set just the green light to come on in the morning. The LIGHT ON time will be set to the desired “Ok to wake!” time (i.e. 7am), the LIGHT OFF time is set to the time you want the green light to turn off (i.e. 9am) and the LIGHT change time must be set equal to the OFF time (i.e. 9am). With this set up the green light will come on at 7am and turn off at 9am.”
Review by D. Straight for American Innovative Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock and Nightlight
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I bought this clock for my two little girls, neither of whom can tell time. I have a mixed review.
I love the hidden controls, that’s genius. I love the way the nightlight turns green at a preset time, that’s also genius. The dual display is nice, and that you customize whether it displays digital or analog, or both, is nifty. (I’m not sure if it’s that important, but it’s nifty.) It’s really nice that it will tell my kids the time, verbally, at the touch of a button.
And now, a little about the features — or lack thereof — that I’m not crazy about.
In my perfect clocky world, this clock would allow you to still flip the nightlight on and off with the left toe button, EVEN when the nightlight timer is set. Why would that be hard to do? Whether it’s on or off, the timer could still either turn it on, leave it on, or turn it green when the preset time arrives.
Also, in my perfect clocky world, you would be able to turn off the backlight. Prior to owning this clock, we did not use nightlights, at all. (Studies are coming out with evidence that it’s a pretty good idea to get a good chunk of time at night in the darkest possible conditions, for both a properly functioning biological clock, and for preservation of eyesight.) Now, this clock, even with the nightlight turned off, is very bright. Bright enough to function as a nightlight, which I don’t want. If I could turn off the lighting completely, and still have the green light come on at 7am, I would be overjoyed. But the only way to turn off the backlight is by unplugging it and running it on the battery, which will not allow the nightlight/green light timer to function at all. So it’s an either/or. If I unplug it, then my kids get a nice dark sleeping space (which they LIKE), but then, the whole point of this clock for me — the green light function — is shot.
I’m not sure we’ll keep it yet, because for the price, I think it should be a little more flexible. But it’s a great idea and I have hope that with some tweaking it will evolve into a totally awesome timepiece.
Review by FKH for American Innovative Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock and Nightlight
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Overall, conceptually this is great, I have a 2.5 yr old and the turning green when it’s time to get up is perfect, we have cut the number of early awakenings to zero. However, someone clearly let the industrial designer have too much control without thinking things through, the silly LEDs in the “feet” are so bright they can light the room (not helpful in getting him to sleep at night in the first place, it’s almost daylight with them on). Luckily you can fix this with a Philips head screw driver, ~10 minutes and some black electrical tape (I taped over the LEDs on the feet circuit boards). With this modification, it’s a great product.