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Kidizoom Smartwatch

Parents have been telling us for years that they appreciate how Vtech keeps designing more creative and innovative toys for their children and the Kidizoom Smartwatch further cemented that connection. The watch is loaded with all kinds of high-tech, cutting-edge gizmos. There is a clock naturally, but there is also a camera that can take […]

Kurio Xtreme, the Ultimate Tablet for Kids

Holy Moly, did Techno Source hit a home run with this exciting new tablet. Parents were falling over themselves with their reviews. “Love, love, love everything about this tablet” is how one mother put it. OK, so what is this lovable new device? Much of the delight came from the fact that the gyroscopic motion

LeapTV

LeapTV

Using both a camera and a motion sensing controller, LeapTV is bringing action and movement to the experience of playing video games. The difference between this and other gaming systems that feature this technology is the fact that the brand behind it is LeapFrog, so you know that the content is going to be educational

LeapPad Ultra XDi

LeapPad Ultra XDi

This might just be the device that stops your child from begging to play with your iPad. The newest iteration of the LeapPad tablet has loads of new features the most significant of which is their web-safe Wi-Fi. What is that? It’s LeapFrog’s proprietary browser that lets kids search through a safe, “enclosed” environment and

Air Hogs RollerCopter

Many of us have seen and some have tried their hand at piloting R/C helicopters. For the most part they never seem to perform “As Seen on TV”. It is a tricky proposition that requires a deft hand and lots of practice. Many testers told us about the hours they had spent chasing after crashed

Air Hogs Zero Gravity Laser Racer

After two months of testing we still don’t totally grasp how this amazing race car does what it does. For the record, neither do our tester parents or kids but they don’t care because it’s so darned cool! Using something that Spin Master calls Wall Climber Technology you can drive this car on floors, up

Zoomer Zuppies

Zoomer Zuppies

Robotic pets are becoming more commonplace and so the push is on to raise the technological bar or bring the price down to make them fun yet affordable. Spin Master has opted for the latter here and they have succeeded. Zoomer Zuppies (more on that later) are small “puppies” that have interactive qualities that make

Ozobot

Ozobot

You know how everything that used to be a 3D/real experience, like your favorite board games, are now apps? Lately we are starting to see a new trend of virtual technology coming off the screen and becoming real. Stay with us here. Meet Ozobot. Under his domed body Ozobot has wheels and sensors that read

Tiggly Math

Tiggly Math

Tiggly is back. The groundbreaking toy that works literally ON your iPad. Inside the box, you will find five pieces that are really unique because your child places them directly on the screen. These well made colorful counting toys feature special capacitive “feet” on the bottom that interact with the touch screen of an iPad.

LeapPad Aardvark Adventure Tales: Quest for the Monkey Kings Treasure

This new LeapPad title is a fun game featuring two Aardvarks that are put to different tests on a quest to discover the Monkey King’s treasure. There are 40 levels of adventures and puzzles so you can be sure that your child will be “questing” for quite a while. They must first figure out how

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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