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Yamodo Party Time

Yamodo Party Time

A follow-up to the award winning Yamodo, Idea Storm has built and expanded the experience of what our testers saw as a first rate Family Game Night game. Loads of fun for all ages it taps into the imagination and creativity centers of your brain and pulls you along for a wonderful ride. What makes […]

Lauri Locktagons

Lauri Locktagons

A runaway hit in our testing centers, Lauri Locktagons delighted parent testers with its ability to entertain and engage children and their imaginations for extended period of time. We saw such a broad variety of inventive construction, from castles and cars to houses and freeform creations that were, well, we’re not sure what they were

Number Ninjas

Number Ninjas

This very entertaining and often exciting board game will capture your children’s interest and have them doing mental calisthenics at the same time. Using word and number problems, players move around the board gathering quest items to prepare themselves for the final challenge which is to get the gold dragon. Parents found the game to

Ready, Set, Cut!

This exceptionally simple, easy to use kit provides an unmatched fine motor skills experience for young children. Inside you will find scissors, glue, stickers and a pamphlet with nine different designs. Young testers were delighted with the opportunity this kit gave them to create, cut and generally express themselves artistically. The pride of showing off

Lets Pretend School

If you have a child who is just starting or getting ready to attend preschool this is a wonderful activity set. Playing this together with your child really provides a rich experience for you both. Ring the included bell and the school day begins. You can do art projects together, check out a map or

Dynamic Internet Guard

Testing this new web-filtering solution designed for service providers, like AT&T, Roadrunner and the like, was challenging and unique. Since this is not a service that is marketed or even available for purchase by parents and there is no MSRP, we had our hands full. We persevered though and discovered a truly powerful filtering system

Webber HearBuilder - Following Directions

This interactive, computer-based game targets listening skills with such focus that parents were stunned, not only at how engaged their children were with a product that was so behaviorally based, but how remarkably effective it was. Using games that are fun and diverse, the program uses varying skill levels to capture and engage the child.

Webber HearBuilder - Phonological Awareness

A tremendous tool for helping to build your child’s phonological awareness and auditory skills this CD will engage and create a desire within them to achieve. Parents reported that the software was very easy and intuitive for them to use. The instructional booklet provides a superb outline of the skills that are being developed at

Scoot 2 Skate

Scoot 2 Skate

Scoot 2 Skate is a marvelous toy that parents thought was an excellent value in that it converted from a scooter to a skateboard thus giving it years of life. Perfect for introducing riding of this nature as it has four wheels to stabilize the ride and ease kids into the experience. Superb for developing

Triplica

Triplica

Easy to learn, easy to play, fast paced and tremendously entertaining was the verdict handed down on Triplica by our parent and child testers. A straightforward game with clear instructions that took virtually no time to master. The game features a nice level of strategy that will challenge kids as young as seven without overwhelming

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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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