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ActiveMinds Makes A Storybook Kit

ActiveMinds Makes A Storybook Kit

We all know how active the minds of our toddlers and preschoolers are. Their ability to conjure up story lines with all sorts of fantastic characters, settings and scenarios often defies description. This kit is designed to give young children an outlet for expressing their storytelling creativity. The dinosaur theme makes this a perfect gift […]

Lets Go To School Book

Lets Go To School Book

This bilingual read and play along book garnered superb review from our testers who reported back that their children were active participants eager and excited to read along and of course push buttons. The associated sounds and words play in response to your child’s touch really bring the story and the experience to life. Children

I Can Play Piano

I Can Play Piano

Introducing young children to the joy of playing an instrument is so important at an early age. Study after study has taught us that children who listen to and participate in musical learning are able to process other skills with greater ease. This new system makes playing the piano fun and while it is just

Math Marks the Spot

Math Marks the Spot

Testers identified this learning toy as a very helpful tool to teach, reinforce and challenge children with their math skills. Perfectly targeted for early elementary school students there is no shortage of fun and games included here. Our testers told us that their children even made up games of their own, this was fine with

V.Smile Baby Infant Development System

Despite the bad rap it gets, the TV can infact be put to good use for our children. It doesn’t have to be a passive experience but even at a very young age it can simultaneously entertain, educate and stimulate. The V.Smile system does all this and more for a very young audience. Using colors,

Little Leaps Grow with Me Learning System

Little Leaps Grow with Me Learning System

If you are fans of the Leapfrog line, especially if you have older children who have played with their other toys, you know that this is a company that gets it right, again and again. The Little Leaps system is no exception. An infant developmental system designed to grow with your child, the system features

Leapster TV Learning System

Leapster TV Learning System

For fans of the Leapster system the release of the TV Learning System will be welcomed with great fanfare. Not because it is so cool looking (which it is) or that it features nice big controls like a stylus and a joystick (which it does) no, you and your children will love the TV Learning

V.Smile Pocket Learning System

From the outset we should say that it is beyond the understanding of anyone here to explain how this remarkable system sells for under thirty dollars. The price is reason enough to buy one, but you should know that the reason the V.Smile is such a great value is that it will become one of

Comfy EasyPC

Comfy EasyPC

Its not surprising that kids are fascinated with the computer at an early age. There are flashing images and pretty colors that seem to change when Mommy or Daddy plays with the keyboard. That’s why parents report losing the occasional critical file with only graham cracker crumbs in their keyboard left as a clue. With

Geoworld: Ice Age Excavation Kit! Mammoth & Stegosaurus

These two educational and entertaining science kits really impressed testers, especially those with dinosaur enthusiasts at home. With both sets there are two steps involved, the first is the archaeological dig to unearth the “bones”. These are encased in plaster and the archaeologist is equipped with a substantial plastic hammer to chisel and excavate. It

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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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