CURI TIME BOX · Ages 3–9
Time is our own.Little planners, growing up.
A wall calendar where children aged 3–9 plan their own time, ask for what they’d like to do, and look after a pet of their own. You set the limits from your phone.
Kickstarter · Q1 2027Early-bird pricing goes to the waitlist first: $349.
Most family planners are made for parents.
This one is made for the child.Built by early-years educators, for ages 3–9.
CURI TIME BOX is a 21.5″ touchscreen for the family wall. You decide when homework has to be done and what’s allowed. Inside that frame, your child decides the order, picks the extras, asks for what they’d like, and earns a star for planning it themselves. Every card and every minute is read aloud, so it works before they can read.
It talks them through the day.
No reading needed.
Children feel time long before they can read a clock. CURI TIME BOX says it out loud: what each card is, how many minutes are left, and what comes next.
Tap any card and it says its name. A 3-year-old who can’t read yet can still plan, tick and ask on their own.
Tap the clock and it tells them how long is left: “5 minutes until homework.” Minutes become something they can hear running down.
At the right time it calls them: “Mia, dinner time!” Then it shows what’s next, so the evening has a shape: dinner, then bath at 7.
Parents plan. Children follow.
We turned it around.
Chore charts and routine apps hand children a finished plan. CURI TIME BOX hands them the planning, inside limits you set. That is where a sense of time comes from: deciding what fits before dinner, and finding out.
Fixed by you. Planned by them.
Their plan.
Your deadline.
Give each child a window of their own, like 3:30 to 5:30 on school days. Say what has to get done inside it. The order, the timing and the extras are theirs to decide.
A window, the must-dos, a few ideas
In the app, choose the window and mark each card Must do or Just an idea. Ideas carry a bonus star you choose. A time bar shows how much free time is left.
“3:30 – 5:30 is yours.”
The wall reads it out: to-dos go in first. Your child drags each card to the time they pick, and adds an idea if they want the bonus. When it all fits: “You planned it!”
“Homework isn’t in your day yet.”
If a must-do is still missing, the wall says so, by name and out loud, and offers a time: “Put it at 4:45.” One tap, or they drag it somewhere else.
Finish an idea as well as the must-dos and the wall says “Bonus! You chose Art too.”
Their ideas.
Your yes.
Children always want something. On CURI TIME BOX they ask the wall instead of asking you ten times. They pick a picture, like Bake cookies or Call Grandma, or type their own idea, and choose when: now, later today, tomorrow or at the weekend.
The ask lands on your phone. A Yes puts the card on their wall. Not now shows your reason and a thank-you for asking. Let’s talk sets a time to talk it over: now, at dinner or at bedtime.
- Twelve picture wishes, no reading needed
- Their own idea, typed one letter at a time
- Added or moved cards wait for your Approve
- Star trades, like 10 stars for an extra bedtime story
One small thing.
Every day, for 21 days.
Pick a challenge together: read, move, practise, tidy up, or one of your own, for 7, 14, 21 or 30 days. Each day the wall asks, “Did you read 20 minutes today?” and your child taps “Yes, I did!”
- Every dayA star, and one more stone on the path.
- HalfwayA treat for their pet: a bone biscuit for the puppy, a crunchy carrot for the bunny.
- The big dayA party cake for their pet, extra stars, and a family reward you choose, like pizza night.
A missed day never ends a challenge. It stays empty on the path, and the next day carries on.
Not sweets.
A friend to look after.
Each child chooses who they’ll look after: a cat, a puppy, a guinea pig, a bunny, a goldfish or a tree. Then they give it a name and pick its colour. “Hello, Biscuit!”
The rule is the same for every pet: reach today’s star goal, then care for it once. Feed the cat. Play ball with the puppy. Day by day it grows, from puppy to young dog, and a growth album keeps every stage.
So finishing homework means Biscuit gets his ball. Tasks become something they do for someone who depends on them, which is how responsibility starts.
- Six friends to choose from, each with its own care
- A name of their own: pick one, or you type any name in the app
- Halfway treats and a party cake from challenges
- Stars also fill a jar towards a weekly family goal
Mornings, bedtimes, mistakes.
Handled calmly.
Routines as picture cards
“Mia’s morning · 1 of 5 done · out the door by 8:15.” One step at a time, with a different routine for school days and weekends.
Done, or in 5 minutes
Every reminder has two answers. A child in the middle of a drawing can ask for five more minutes, and the wall asks again. In your recorded voice, or the Time Box voice.
Oops, undo
Ticked by mistake? “Oops, undo” stays for ten seconds, or they tap the done card again. No lost stars, no tears.
Grown-up checks
Choose which tasks need an adult’s OK before the stars count. Everything else is theirs to tick.
A screen that sleeps
Dark after five minutes. It wakes for reminders, routines and your messages, and stays dark all night until a sunrise.
Two children, side by side
Each child has their own column, cards and challenge. Grandma can join as a helper who ticks tasks only.
Time they can
see coming.
Family days come first on the month view: a birthday, a grandparent’s visit, the first swim club. Children count them in sleeps. School holidays turn the whole day sunny yellow. And on festivals, a Time Window explains how the day is decided and when it comes back.
Count the sleeps
The days your family cares about, first
- Birthdays, visits and firsts, each with its own page
- “Coming up” counted in sleeps, and a Tomorrow strip
- School holidays shown as sunny days
- Swimming on Tuesday, art on Friday: the week at a glance
Understand time itself
Little glimpses of how time works
- Festivals, national days, solstices and full moons
- A 30–60 second card, read aloud
- One window, three depths: ages 3–4, 5–6, 7–9
- You choose which countries and cultures appear
You set the frame.
From your phone.
See their day as it happens. Set the windows and the must-dos, answer asks, start a challenge, and send a few kind words to the wall to be read aloud. No adverts, and children never sign in.
Family settings let parents set the frame and helpers, like Grandma, tick tasks only. Insights is part of Time Box Plus.
The same wall,
from 3 to 9.
You choose how much each child decides. Most families start here.
Pictures and a voice
Picture routines, read aloud, with the minutes said out loud. You place the cards; they tick each one, care for their pet, and ask with pictures alone.
A first own time
A short window with one or two must-dos. They choose the order, try an idea for a bonus, and take on a 7-day challenge.
More ideas than time
A longer window and more ideas than will fit. They weigh a bonus against free time, run 21- or 30-day challenges, and save stars for a trade.
It speaks.
It never listens.
No camera. No microphone. No adverts, games or videos. CURI TIME BOX reads every card aloud and goes dark when nobody needs it. Asking for TV time is allowed. Getting it still takes your yes.
A wall calendar from people who teach children every week.
CURI TIME BOX’s founder spent more than seven years building an international early-years education company. The calendar comes from what we see in class: given a frame and a real choice, children plan far more than we expect.
“We wanted one thing: a way for children to see their own day and decide what comes first. Not another screen to stare at.”
Answers, up front.
Isn’t this just a chore chart?
What does my child actually decide?
What if homework never makes it into the plan?
Can my child ask for screen time or sweets?
Can my child use it before they can read?
Does CURI TIME BOX have a camera or microphone?
Do I need a subscription?
Can several children share it?
Is there an E-ink version?
What will it cost, and when will it ship?
Time goes by fast.
Let them hold some of it.
Brand film · 27 sec · tap for sound
Give your child
their own time.
Join the waiting list and we’ll tell you the day our Kickstarter goes live, with the $349 early-bird price held for you (30% off the expected $499 retail).