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The Little Engine That Could

The Little Engine That Could

A perfect add-on for your new TAG Learning System, this book features the TAG staple of reading education, but also offers games that teach rhyming, counting, sight recognition, logic and opposites. Timeless sweet story lends itself well to the TAG system and should be a part of the library you build.

Tag Reading System

Tag Reading System

According to our testers, this new reading system from the always innovative folks at Leapfrog, is every parent’s dream. It does one thing, help your child to read. Well one more thing, it gives them the opportunity to fall in love with reading. Packed inside are hours and hours of great educational playtime all based

Gymini Monkey Island

Cute, entertaining and delightful to look at is pretty much what you look for when choosing an entertainment center for young babies. A place they can be stimulated and entertained. Babies in our testing centers certainly were both, they loved the attached smiley face toys but the cute monkey that lights up when baby grabs

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus

Not too many building block kits come with fully articulated dinosaur body parts and eyes that really light up. But then Lego loves pushing the envelope. The box lists and shows a Stegosaurus but the reality is that inside the box are instructions for rebuilding again and again and not just a the ridged back

Patrol Boat & Tower

Patrol Boat & Tower

This new Lego boat model really impressed our testers. Featuring a very life-like boat loaded with all kinds of cool equipment, it is nicely designed from the Control Room down to the anchor. The colors are not traditional Lego block colors instead they use a new palette that testers really liked. What truly stood out

Turbo Car Chase

Turbo Car Chase

This fantastic looking action set, complete with race car, helicopter and loads of gadgets is also great fun to play with. The car is a James Bond fan’s dream. There are play guns that pop up from the hood, while the back features grenade launchers. The helicopter has a nice set of playful weaponry as

Legoville Police Station

Legoville Police Station

According to our testers it’s never too early to introduce the concept of obeying the law, praising those who protect and defend and bringing bad guys to justice. Two years old is about as early as anything like that can be introduced and Lego has given it a terrific effort. The quality of the play

JumpStart Advanced Preschool World Premium Edition

The JumpStart Series is not new in the educational software arena but they are leaders in the field and for a very good reason. They have built on a solid foundation with various releases, always ramping up the features and learning experiences. Now, with interactive characters that talk with your child there are so many

Rock!

Rock!

This quick-play card game from the makers of the classic Apples to Apples is full of fun and fast thinking. We have all played the game Rock, Paper, Scissors. This is the card game equivalent and it does a nice job of bringing the timeless aspect of the game to the table. The rules are

Easy Change Mattress

Easy Change Mattress

It’s one of those realities of life, making a bed, especially a crib, is often back breaking work, awkward and difficult. We twist ourselves inside out to stretch those contour sheets, limbs all akimbo, as we pull and tuck. Why is that? Isn’t there an easier way? Until now the answer was no. That all

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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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