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SchoolFusion

SchoolFusion

This website, designed to be installed and used by schools as a platform for open, transparent communications between school administration, faculty, students and parents really impressed our testers. For those who had kids in schools that didn’t have sites like these the response was “I wish our school had this”! For students, being able to […]

Family Talk

Family Talk

Let’s face it, we can all use a little support when it comes to family bonding these days. There are so many distractions that pull us in every direction. But with Family Talk in hand and the resolve to put down the cell phone, turn off the TV and walk away from the computer it

Jishaku The Game of Magnetic Action

Jishaku The Game of Magnetic Action

Once again the magnetic lure of magnets entranced and thrilled our testers. Trying to determine the polarity of the polished stones while playing an assortment of games, Jishaku really captivated and tickled our testers. Feeling the pull or push of the magnets as they neared one another delighted young and old as they maneuvered their

Xeko Mission: China

Xeko Mission: China

Starting with the ingeniously clever take-out box design parents and children were challenged and intrigued with this latest release in the Xeko line of games. Part trading card game, part luck of the draw card game, there is no denying the strong educational element interwoven throughout every aspect of the game. There are quite a

Smart Girls Magical Bookclub

Smart Girls Magical Bookclub

A wonderful assortment of games and activities await your child when they pop this into their DS system. Appealing to a very young audience, and delivering as promised, there are stories which can be read aloud to your child, while the followed along with the words on the screen and complete puzzles which are based

Smart Girls Party Game

Smart Girls Party Game

Filling this game cartridge with a huge variety of games to entertain young girls certainly paid off for UFO Games as our testers returned very positive reviews. There are 18 mini games included here, more that enough to keep children entertained and amused. Ideal for travel, especially long flights. In reality, while the name implies

Smart Boys Toys Club

Smart Boys Toys Club

A wonderful introduction to the fun of video games for the youngest of gamers. Utilizing all the superb functionality of Nintendo’s DS system, children happily navigated through 18 mini games, each of which engaged and entertained fully. Favorites were the dolphin, balloon pop and racing games. Even though the name indicates that it is for

Best Pals Original Doll - Janet & Kathy

These super soft dolls, are perfect first time dolls, ideal for snuggling and imagination play. The kind of doll that we see far too few of recently, but who still connect with little girls. Very well made, to the point where Moms reported that they had thrown them into the washing machine and they came

Cranium Duck Duck 1-2-3

What a fun way to play and teach counting games with your young game player. Brilliantly packaged with the little duckling pieces visible through the window. The game play is ingenious and the instructions are very well written. The game board itself is a work of art and lends itself to the overall feel of

Cranium Cadoo

Cranium Cadoo

Ready to lubricate your creative juices? Cranium Cadoo is going to give your left brain a workout, but in such a way that you will be laughing and smiling so much that you won’t even realize how trim and buff it is. From the moment you open the box the fun begins. Kids loved finding

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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