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American Innovative Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock and Nightlight | 
| Brand: American Innovative
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $39.95
as of 7/30/2010 00:31 UTC details
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Seller: CLASSICAL MEDIA & FITNESS
Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 388
Color: Basic Packaging
Batteries Included: Yes
Age: 3 - 10 years
Battery: 2 AAA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 4.1
MPN: TMT081US
Model: TMT081-US
UPC: 860078000308
EAN: 0860078000308
ASIN: B0019IHE8I
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 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 |
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Product Description
Parents select the on, off and (optional) "Ok to wake!" time -- the time at which I change color to "Green means Go!" Features color-changing soft glow nightlight. Teaches kids to stay in bed. Soft yellow glow at bedtime and green means go! Time to see mom and dad.Features: - Teach me when it's "Ok to Wake!", teach me how to tell time, teach me how to use my very own alarm clock! Press my left toe and my hands jump to a new time (digital time hidden). Press my right toe and I'll display the digital time below and say it out loud! Measures 5"H x 3.5"W. Requires two "AAA" batteries for backup, not included.
- Interchangeable Colored Bezels (yellow, blue & pink included)
- Grown-Up Alarm Clock
- Bright Backlit Display (AC adapter included)
- Hidden Parental Controls
- Built-In Nightlight with "Ok to Wake!" timer
- Animated Snooze
- Teach Me Time! Interactive Game
- Analog & Digital Clock Displays -- Help kids to make the association
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Love it! July 9, 2010
Tracy DiPietro
My 4 year old son loves this clock! (His parents love it too!) My son was coming into our room way too early. I set the light alarm and now he doesn't leave his room until the green light comes on. And, he is fascinated by time now. He loves pressing the talking time feature. He loves running to his room to find the time. He has had the clock for about 2 months and now can look at any digital clock and tell us the time. I was just hoping not to be woken at 5 am - telling time is just an added bonus! I would highly recommend this clock!
 Cannot set a seperate Ok to wake time for naps July 8, 2010
L. Monahan (Campbell, CA, USA)
While it is true that you can set the green light to turn on when it is Ok to wake up, there seems to be no way to do this both for morning wake up and naps. This means I have to reset it every time my toddler has a nap and every time she goes to bed at night. Not worth it. However, I think the teaching time concept is a good one and that feature of this clock might be more useful if my child was 4 or 5 years old. Right now, she's almost 3 yrs old and it's over her head.
Good for helping kids know when it's OK to get up June 13, 2010
1st time mom
I have to agree with the other reviewers who wished the green light could be brighter, and the display could be dimmer. Aside from that, I think it's a great product. My 3 year old son was very excited to get it and start using it. The green light feature has been very helpful for him to know when it's OK to get up in the morning, without having to keep asking me. If he wakes up too early, I just ask him if the green light is on yet, and when he says no, I remind him that he needs to go back to sleep -- he usually does. We use it at nap time, too. I'll be looking forward to using the "Teach Me Time" feature as he gets older, too. I also like that the display can show either digital or analog, or both. I normally wouldn't have spent this much on a clock, but I expect that we'll get many years of use out of it, in which case I think I will have gotten my money's worth.
Love it! May 27, 2010
M. Whitaker (Detroit, MI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My children (2 and 4) share a room and one was always waking the other one up. Their wake up time was creeping earlier and earlier in the morning and I was dragging and they were melting down during the day. On the recommendation of friends, we bought this clock. I was a little skeptical that my $40 would be well spent, but it was completely worth it! After a few days the kids had it down. Now I hear "It's Green!" at the time when I want them to wake up, and rarely anything before that. I have gained at least an extra hour of sleep each morning. A must have for anyone with small children!
Yes "nightlight" feature is optional but Super Bright LED's in feet are not! Here is how to fix. February 22, 2010
M. C. Thomas (Charlotte, NC United States)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
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. :-))
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."
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