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Seal of Approval Report

Choppin Fun Learning Pot

LeapFrog has created another winner with the Choppin’ Fun Learning Pot. In typical LeapFrog fashion, the Choppin’ Fun Learning Pot is a multi-level interactive toy that taps into the many facets of children’s imagination. The packaging is bright and colorful, with the product displayed nicely for demo use. Right out of the box, the product […]

Touch & Learn Nature ABC Board

The LeapFrog Touch & Learn Nature ABC Board is an interactive and educational touch toy tablet for young and growing minds. You probably guessed all that as soon as you saw the name LeapFrog, especially if you are a frequent reader of our Seal of Approval reviews. Among the first things parent testers noticed was

LeapStart Learning Success Bundle

Leap Frog’s LeapStart is an interactive educational tool that teaches children about counting, phonics, shapes, colors, writing, critical thinking skills, math, and reasoning through interactive stories and touch-and-talk pages. This is a starter set as you begin to explore all that this terrific series has to offer. This bundle comes with the learning system and

KidiZoom PrintCam

Here’s a thought (posed to us by one of our testers), if we don’t want our kids to be as glued to phones as they already are, then we need to stop taking so many pictures of them with our phones! Hmmmm. The Kids Zoom Print Cam could be precisely what they need to learn

KidiGo Basketball Hoop

When looking to buy an indoor basketball hoop, make sure the KidiGo Basketball Hoop is on your list. This hoop is not only great fun to use, but it also looks totally cool. Our children and parent testers loved the realistic sound effects, encouraging messages, and different game modes. Children got a real kick out

Marble Rush Ultimate Set

Marbles are an agelessly wonderful part of childhood. Our great grandparents played with them in their youth, but now, instead of flinging marbles in the dirt, there is a dizzying array of marble mazes available. VTech, who always has its finger on the pulse of toy trends, has created a genuinely dazzling toy in Marble

Sort & Recycle Ride-On Truck

Looking for fun ways to teach your little ones about recycling? Look no further! The Sort & Recycle Ride-On Truck by Vtech is a must-have for your child’s collection. Unpacking the toy is a breeze and can quickly be done in front of an impatient child who is ready to play! With just a few

Triangle Math Flash Cards - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division

Flashcards have been a part of the memorization and educational process for pretty much all of our lives in one form or another. These new Triangle Math Flash Cards take the time-honored concept and make it more effective than ever, teaching the Core Four of math, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and their relationship with

Make-a-Fort Explorer Kit

Make-a-Fort Explorer Kit

There is no denying the fact that there is something about cardboard boxes that draws children like magnets. Whether making houses, rockets, forts, etc., children love to use their imagination with cardboard boxes, just as we did when a new appliance box magically appeared in the neighborhood. But, that was then, now the Make-a-Fort Explorer

Eating in Season: Ecologic Memory

Eating in Season: Ecologic Memory

The Ecologic Memory game Eating in Season is a sweet, educational game that helps children with visual memory while simultaneously learning how to identify and choose seasonal fruits and vegetables and helping the environment. The first thing that caught the eye of our parent testers was the helpful informational guide that provides information regarding the

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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