A wall calendar by early-years educators·Coming to Kickstarter Q1 2027·Early bird $349
The Starting Point

Why CURI TIME BOX.

Every family we teach asks the same question: how do I help my child manage time without nagging, and without another screen? Here is our answer.

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Our Answer

Three problems.
Three answers.

On the left, what CURI TIME BOX teaches. On the right, where it stops.

Problem 01 · Time is invisible

Put the day on the wall

To a young child, “in ten minutes” means nothing. CURI TIME BOX turns the day into blocks they can see, touch and move.

Problem 02 · Routines run on reminders

Let CURI TIME BOX do the reminding

When it’s time, CURI TIME BOX says so gently. The child hears the calendar, not another round of nagging.

Problem 03 · Children only follow

Let children make the plan

Dragging a card, swapping the order: the child is choosing. That is executive function in practice: planning, waiting and following through.

A girl reads her brush-teeth reminder on CURI TIME BOX
Render of the CURI TIME BOX design
Where it stops

No videos, no games

The screen shows the child’s own day and Time Window cards. Nothing endless, nothing designed to keep them staring.

Where it stops

No camera, no microphone

CURI TIME BOX speaks, but never listens and never watches. Nothing on the wall records your home.

Where it stops

Nothing sold on the wall

Core features are free for life. TIME BOX Plus is optional, lives in the parent app, and is never advertised to your child.

Hardware & Software

Simple by design,
built around a child’s day.

One calm, large screen and a parent app. Every choice is made so a child can use it on their own.

01 — Hardware

Made for child height

A matte screen that stays calm in daylight, with touch that works for small fingers.

i.Display · 21.5″ Full HD matte IPS
ii.Touch · 10-point capacitive
iii.Connectivity · Wi-Fi
iv.Power · Mains powered, no battery
v.Privacy · No camera, no microphone
vi.In the box · CURI TIME BOX, wall bracket, power adapter · Size & weight [TBC]
02 — Software

A calendar that talks

It opens on today, and everything has a little speaker, so children can use it from age 3.

i.Views · Day, Week, Month and star Chart
ii.Planning · Drag-and-drop task cards, one column per child
iii.Voice · Read-aloud and spoken reminders, English and 中文
iv.Rewards · Stars, a growing companion, parent-set rewards
v.Time Window · Illustrated cards for festivals, national days and nature’s calendar; Special Day · countdowns to birthdays and family anniversaries
vi.Sync · Google, Apple and Outlook calendars
What It Replaces

The alternative to nagging isn’t
another screen.

Chore charts, fridge magnets, phone alarms: CURI TIME BOX brings them onto one wall, and hands the controls to the child.

A family at the CURI TIME BOX star chart
Instead of the reward chart on the fridge: stars on the wall that count themselves.
CURI TIME BOX on a kitchen wall
Instead of phone alarms: reminders spoken to the child, not the parent.
CURI TIME BOX in a nursery
Instead of a tablet: a screen nobody stares at for long.

Renders of the CURI TIME BOX design. Campaign photos will be taken with the working prototype.

Launching Soon on Kickstarter

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).

We’ll email you once, the day the Kickstarter goes live. The day you nominate helps us choose the first Time Windows.

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