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Educational Products

InnoTab-Go! Go! Smart Wheels Busy Day in Alphabet Town

If you have an InnoTab and you have a toddler then this game should be on your radar. This car-themed game combines fun activities with educational elements like the alphabet, numbers and counting to make this a tech game you will actually feel good about giving them. The car characters are adorable, and the backgrounds […]

We Both Read

We Both Read

Recommended for children from pre-school and on through elementary school this expansive series of short books is a marvelous way to introduce the joy of reading. Unique stories that are packaged as a treasure trove of reading exploration, the books are written for and marked to identify various reading levels. Children loved discovering all the

The O SmartBall

The O SmartBall

The concept behind The O SmartBall, that you actually take your precious iPhone and put it inside a foam ball for your kids to throw and bounce seemed both terrifying and absurd to our testers. Their reaction after actually letting this happen? Amazed. The phone, snug and secure inside the SmartBall, never fell out and

PreK Achievement Rings

PreK Achievement Rings

Parents found these Development Achievement Rings to be a good tool for introducing educational activities into the lives of their young children. Right from the start testers found the package very appealing, with its carrying handle and ability to store all the contents when not in use. The components and supplies inside are great learning

Math Power Pack

Math Power Pack

TREND enterprises has compiled a powerhouse set of educational card games that impressed testers with elementary school aged children. The Math Power Pack is a set of 4 different flash card sets. The cards teach/reinforce addition, subtraction and telling time along with a fun “war” style card game. The packaging is clear, bright and quite

Reading Power Pack

Reading Power Pack

TREND wasn’t kidding when they included the word Power in the title of this new educational release. This all-inclusive reading program is designed to help children develop very comprehensive reading skills. It covers all major areas of reading – decoding and phonics, using picture clues, stringing together consonant-vowel-consonant words, sequencing and sentence making, as well

Cursive Logic

Cursive Logic

Many of us elder folk recall the mind-numbing, hand-cramping tedium of learning how to write in cursive. We probably moaned about it to our parents much like our kids do when the internet is slow. Turns out cursive is not all that hard to master, but it took the people at CursiveLogic to show us

Hot Dots Tots Interactive Board Book Sets

Hot Dots has once again proven itself to be an excellent introduction for toddlers to interactive learning. It all starts with the hot dot pen which is designed as a friendly bear character. When used together with the two included books that center on shapes, color, object recognition, body parts, and family members. When placed

Hot Dots Jr. Princess Fairy Tales Interactive Story Book

From the moment little girls got an eyeful of the packaging they were begging to play. The vibrant colors, the see-through window, and sweet characters are very inviting. This is a perfect activity for any little girl who loves princesses. An informal polling of our testers showed that that was pretty universal. The play pattern

TestRocker SAT & ACT Prep

TestRocker SAT & ACT Prep

Teen testers and their parents were thrilled to discover this online SAT/ACT Prep course that students can use at their own pace. With all of the activities kids do these days it is hard to find time in their schedules for something even as important as these tests. TestRocker gets it and has created a

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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