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Discovery Extreme Chemistry

Discovery Extreme Chemistry

Families with children who are discovering chemistry in school, and are fascinated by what happens when chemicals and compounds combine, will be excited when they see this science kit that allows you to bring the learning home. Inside the appealing boxed set you’ll find a decent assortment of materials to experiment with. From Calcium Chloride […]

French for Kids: Lanniversaire de Fritzi (Fritzis Birthday)

Delightfully charming, “L’anniversaire de Fritzi” is a fantastic way to introduce your little ones to the French language. Utilizing the theories of dual language immersion, this program is filled with fun, simple and engaging scenarios for kids 2 and up. Building the story around a birthday party for the show’s mouse character, Fritzi, the story

YOU*NIVERSE Ultimate Chemistry Lab

Get ready to discover a truly amazing science kit that is targeted to girls and delivers loads of fascinating and exciting experiments. The Ultimate Chemistry Lab has everything you need to make bath bombs, glowing experiments, the ubiquitously favorite, Slime, and close to 20 other creations. This beautiful, clear-plastic, lightweight and durable purple carrying case

Gator Capers

Gator Capers

Unique, educational, entertaining and wryly humorous, parents were delighted to discover this brand new subscription-based service from MCXI. Based around a fun geographical challenge, Gator Capers introduces world travelers Na V. Gator and Invez T. Gator (get it?) who travel around the world visiting a different country every month. Every week, she sends a personalized

Elephango

Elephango

The web is full of educational websites making it hard for new ones to stand out and get noticed. Elephango did just that with our parent testers, several of whom called it the cream of the crop! This site is loaded with terrific resources not only for parents of home-schooled children but it is also

Time4Learning

Time4Learning

Time4Learning is an online educational system that impressed testers with the scope and breadth of its curriculum as well as its ability to engage and excite students. The learning materials are animated and audible instructions are easy to understand and follow. No matter where your child (or children) are in the course of their elementary

Time4Writing

Time4Writing

Time4Writing.com is a program designed to either supplement your child’s scholastic writing program or perhaps even replace it as your homeschooling option. Structured in 15 different eight-week courses, the program caters to elementary, middle and high schoolers alike. All of it takes place online via lessons, quizzes, and assignments. Testers found the courses to be

The French Collection

The French Collection

Wristlefritz hits the mark again with their newest release, The French Collection. This educational product struck testers as being unlike anything else in its category, and as a result, it leaves “competitors” in the dust. The easy to use system not only introduces young children to the French language but continues to teach them how

GeoSafari Jr. Talking Globe

GeoSafari Jr. Talking Globe

If you are looking for a great way to light the spark of interest in geography and the world around us for your child, there is no better way to do that than with a globe. Now there are globes and then there are globes! In this instance, we’re referring to a talking globe that

Pixel Kit

Pixel Kit

If you have little gamers or coding fans at home, or would simply like to introduce coding to your little ones, this Kano Pixel Kit is what you have been waiting for. This learning tool, disguised as a toy, wowed testers. Speaking parent to parent they urge their peers not to get intimidated by the

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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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