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Audio for Children

Cool Kind Kid

Cool Kind Kid

When we asked reviewers about this CD which teaches manners and social skills the last things we expected to hear were “fun”, “upbeat”, “catchy” or “music that we loved dancing to”. Just goes to show you. We read rave reviews time and time again as parents sang the praises of this marvelous audio CD. Of […]

I Love To Talk To Plants

I Love To Talk To Plants

This audio CD snuck up on our testers. Plum Juice Records is not exactly a well-known, music publishing powerhouse, but don’t let that fool you. This is a very well produced children’s CD featuring truly good vocals to go along with a really nice assortment of tunes and styles. This is not your standard musical

Santa Songs & More

Santa Songs & More

The Twin Sisters magic has produced so many award winning titles that it is really no surprise to see them add to their trophy case with a great collection of Christmas songs. Always well produced and performed this will get put into high rotation in your home and car all season long.

Music Together - Family Favorites

This wonderful CD of family sing-along songs was met with warm reactions by our testers young and old. The music has a folksy appeal to it. Testers told us that they enjoyed the positive, upbeat and happy energy of the tunes as well as being impressed with the enclosed booklet that gives parents further suggestions

Ready to Rock Kids

Ready to Rock Kids

Ready To Rock Kids provides catchy music with strong lyrics that attempt to teach good social skills and values. The very first track, “Bye, Bye Bully”, really impressed our testers with its upbeat rhythm and empowering lyrics. Other favorites included “Let ‘Em Out” (“‘Em” being your emotions) and “Sharing Friends”, a song about playing with

We Wanna Rock

We Wanna Rock

Among our testers the preschool set really enjoyed Thaddeus Rex’s music and lyrics which are generally catchy and upbeat. The songs have lyrics that range from cute and silly to mildly religious, which led testers to note that a mention of this on the jacket would go a long way towards not upsetting or catching

Rockin In The Forest with Farmer Jason

There is such a wonderful assortment of upbeat, lighthearted fun on this CD that we predict that it will quickly become one of your in-the-car favorites. Our testers told us how their children listened curiously the first one of two times through but in a relatively short time picked up the lyrics and the tunes

Make a Sound and Move Around

Make a Sound and Move Around

This is a wonderful music CD that parents and children alike really enjoyed listening to. The songs are fun and upbeat, well-written and memorable. Kids quickly memorized the melodies and the rhythms and were jumping and moving with the boundless energy that only children this age can. A particular favorite is the opening track “The

Mr. Quizmee Asks About Our Watery World

This interactive, educational children’s audio CD is perfect for your next long car trip. As you motor down the highway you and your children will learn about ships and sailors, fish and other sea creatures. Mr. Quizmee uses a question and answer format that helps listeners stay focused as the assorted characters, including Oobee Octopus,

Something Good for Kids - Vol. 1,2 & 3

Parent reviewers gave these audio CD’s very high marks based on the quality and professional skill and care put into each of these disks. There is a great variety of music that you can explore from hip hop and country to jazz, rock and more. The songs are very educational and the liners include all

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’24 February 15th March 13th April 19th May 8th
FALL ’24 June 1st June 24th July 31st August 15th
HOLIDAY ’24 September 1st September 24th October 31st November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners will be announced in a media release distributed to over 4,700 media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There was three testing periods each year:

Each submission was accompanied by a small product testing fee (we offered multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners was announced in a media release distributed to over many media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report were forwarded to buyers retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report were featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’23 February 15th March 10th April 24th May 10th
FALL ’23 June 1st June 23rd July 31st August 16th
HOLIDAY ’23 September 1st September 22nd October 30th November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period

SPRING '24

FALL ‘24

HOLIDAY ‘24

Testing Begins

February 15th

June 1st

September 1st

Submission Deadline

March 13th

June 23rd

September 24th

Testing Ends

April 26th

July 31st

October 31st

Report Issued

May 14th

August 15th

November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

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