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Math Detective Beginning

Math Detective Beginning

The review of this book needs to begin and end with an emphasis on the fact that this is NOT your ordinary math workbook. A wonderful assortment of problems and scenarios demonstrate how math is all around us and is in fact an integral part of everyday activities. Comprehension is key here, children cannot simply […]

Reading Detective Al

Reading Detective Al

If you are looking for a tool to enhance your child’s reading comprehension take a long hard look at this terrific offering from The Critical Thinking Company. Using a higher-order thinking technique it develops and advances comprehension in ways that just astounded our parent testers. What makes it all work is the quality of the

Lets Choose

Lets Choose

A great, new game that helps children learn about the natural consequences of their actions, Let’s Choose impressed our testers with its unique concept. The directions took just a few minutes to read and process. It is a game that kids enjoyed but parents especially loved that they could use it as a method to

TK2 Scope

TK2 Scope

Microscopes are not often referred to as “cool” or at least that’s what we used to think. After spending time with kids who spent time with the TK2, our opinion has shifted. Clearly there is magic in that lens especially when you can use up to 400X power to see things like leaves, hair, fur,

Summer Sparks Activity Cards

This innovative set of educational activity cards really impressed our parent testers as an innovative method for sparking a child’s interest in learning, even during the summer months. The cards offer parents an easy-to-prepare set of activities that touch on language arts, math, science and social studies. The cards, which reminded some of recipe cards

My Reading Tutor: Kindergarten to 2nd Grade

Parents and kids alike were exceptionally enthusiastic about this fun and educational game for the Nintendo DS system. Over and over again parents praised the methodology whereby wrong answers are just ways to learn. The “tutor” encourages and then asks if perhaps there is a better answer. Kids responded to this wonderfully, they really wanted

Zillionz Savings Goal ATM

Zillionz Savings Goal ATM

One of the most popular ways kids play is acting like grown ups. Well now they are one step closer with their very own ATM (not like we have our own, but wouldn’t that be cool?!). Zillions works just like a real ATM using real money. This is a great way to help kids learn

Your Child Can Discover!

Your Child Can Discover!

There are numerous products and programs on the market to help your child learn and advance educationally while still at home with you. The sets range in price from very affordable to pretty astronomical. Your Child Can Discover! falls somewhere in the middle. It is a fun way for children to learn colors through descriptive

Little Reader Deluxe

Little Reader Deluxe

One of the most complete, comprehensive and expansive systems you will find for teaching your child to read. Parents will find numerous tools to assist them in teaching their children the various stages of beginning reading. There is a significant time and financial commitment required here, but our testers found it to be worth the

Webber Hearbuilder Auditory Memory - Home Edition

Parents were so impressed with this exceptional software from Super Duper. They believed it to be a great method for improving their child’s listening and comprehension skills. This is not designed to look or feel like an extension of school. Kids are drafted as secret agents on missions, which helps distract from the reality, that

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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