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Petes Pike

Petes Pike

Great fun and brilliantly designed, Pete’s Pike will take turns challenging you and thrilling you as you discover ways to solve the brain teasers. The game board is really eye-catching and you will find reasons not to put it away. When you do everything tucks nicely away for storage or taking on a trip. A […]

Hot Spot

Hot Spot

Put on your thinking caps because you better come prepared to bring your best powers of deductive reasoning when you play Hot Spot. Your internal gears will be spinning as you call on your analytical powers to determine just which piece needs to jump where and in what order. You know the answer is there,

Cover Your Tracks

Spatial reasoning is the order of the day when it comes to solving the variety of puzzles that ThinkFun has dreamed up with their latest puzzle/game. With each card you will need to find the best or only way to cover the tracks left on the ground. The first challenges are relatively easy as they

Rubiks Revolution

Rubiks Revolution

Some people just lay eyes on a Rubik’s Cube and get a headache. Do not be afraid, this is the Rubik’s Revolution and while the design looks the same, this is a completely different game altogether. The Revolution is so far removed from the Cube that our testers questioned why it even shares a name.

Circular Sudoku

Circular Sudoku

Just when you thought the world had reached its Sudoku saturation point, Techno Source comes along with not just any Sudoku but CIRCULAR Sudoku. Forget the 9×9 grid, now we’re going round and round trying to find where numbers fit in the grid. Ours is not to question why but to gauge the level of

Yoga Bingo

Yoga Bingo

When this game was submitted for review we were curious to see what game players thought of the inclusion of yoga in a traditional game like bingo. While some approached with hesitation and admitted having some reservations, a majority discovered, quite rapidly, that not only was Yoga Bingo a very fun family game but having

Thomas & Friends DVD Bingo

Thomas & Friends DVD Bingo

We’ve been at this for quite a few years now and we’re still on the lookout for a child that doesn’t like Thomas & Friends. Another round of testing completed and still everyone loves Thomas! Playing bingo can be challenging for some young children but the combination of Thomas on DVD and the use of

Space Tivitz

Space Tivitz

With Space Tivitz, the venerable game of checkers has truly met its educational match. Tivitz is designed to take checkers and kick it up a notch by requiring players to make their pieces move across the board into scoring spaces, but not just any scoring spaces. You’ll need to have your Math Caps on as

M is for Mouse

M is for Mouse

This fun letter-learning game is terrific for young game players to show off their early language skills. It’s all about letter recognition and match making. Our testers told us that the game alternated between intense concentration and uncontrollable laughter. That’s as good a combination as you could want from a child’s game.

Skullduggery

Skullduggery

The elaborate design and presentation of Skullduggery really caught the attention of our testers and after patiently reading the well written instructions the game play was equally as appealing. There is a nice mix of strategy and luck (you never know when you roll the dice) to keep players involved, planning and plotting their next

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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