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FLY Pentop Computer

FLY Pentop Computer

Introduced in 2005 the FLY Pentop Computer is still one of the most remarkable new technologies that any of our testers or any of our staff have ever seen. It’s one of those products that makes you shake your head and say: “How does it do that?!” That, is a handwriting recognition system that will […]

100 Hoops

100 Hoops

Our testers were unanimous in their exuberance about 100 Hoops, the newest award winner from the creative minds at Leapfrog. Combining the fun of shooting baskets with visual and audible counting in both English and Spanish, children delightedly shot baskets and tracked their success by gleefully repeating the tally of their score. Parents will have

Learning Friends Pop-Up

Learning Friends Pop-Up

Young babies were delighted with the Learning Friends Pop-Up toy that features a great variety of sounds, music, ABC’s, shapes and colors. Parents agreed and added that the price was very attractive as well. Manual dexterity is an developmental process for children in this age group and this toy is loaded with lots of hand-eye

LeapStages Learning Piano

LeapStages Learning Piano

Introducing music to children at an early stage is a gift that keeps on giving. You can be sure that your little one will have hours and hours of fun playing on this wonderful toy from Leapfrog. Bright and colorful with a very nice sound chip that plays a great assortment of classic sing along

Pentago

Pentago

This beautifully designed game is worthy of a prime spot on your coffee table. The picture here does not do it justice, but the real question is, “Is it fun to play?” The answer is Yes. Think of sophisticated, updated version of tic-tac-toe and Connect Four. You’ll need to keep your eyes on the boards

Big Fish Lil Fish

Big Fish Lil Fish

Fast paced, frantic and fun this game is perfect for family game night, just between you and your child as an after homework reward, in the car or plane or just about anywhere. Quick thinking and decision making are essential here, not to mention pretty nimble fingers. The basic premise of the larger fish being

Codebreaker

Codebreaker

A truly ingenious twist to the familiar game of card matching made Codebreaker a real standout in the game category for our testers. Instead of relying solely on your memory to make matches, now you can leave your own personal code on the backs of cards you’ve seen. The trick is to make your mark

Dillys Music and Movement

Dillys Music and Movement

Filled with lively, upbeat music this CD will get your child up and moving like no other music CD. Targeted and delivered perfectly for its very small demographic Dilly strikes all the right chords when it comes to delivering smiles and getting little ones tapping their toes, kicking their heels and twirling like tops. The

Hylands Teething Tablets

Hylands Teething Tablets

When it comes to teething pain there is nothing that parents haven’t or won’t try to relieve the pain that their children endure. While we’re not in the business of endorsing anything as a “magic pill”, but we must faithfully report back to you that our testers were head over heels in praising the healing

NASCAR ProBuilder Jimmy Johnson

Unless you’ve been living in a cave these past few years, you know that NASCAR has become about as hot a property as iPod’s these days. The appeal has stretched from beyond its southern roots and the cars and drivers are as recognizable as other athletes. This fun building set will make your child’s eyes

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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