Dr. Toy’s Best Products Programs (since 1995)
Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, is one of the US and world’s leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. With over 30 years of direct experience, Dr. Auerbach includes educationally oriented, developmental and skill building products from the best large and small companies in her four annual award programs. Many parents, teachers and toy buyers use Dr. Toy’s guidance in making selections. Dr. Auerbach is also the author of many books such as “Smart Play Smart Toys” translated and sold in over 14 countries.
CREATIVE TOY AWARDS
An Awards Program by Creative child Magazine
Creative Child Magazine is a national bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity. Creative Child Magazine's Awards Program is unique in that all products submitted are reviewed by moms, music educators and early education professionals. Products are not reviewed by any one person. They are reviewed by many people-the very people who purchase them.
CREATIVE TOY AWARDS
An Awards Program by Creative child Magazine
Creative Child Magazine is a national bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity. Creative Child Magazine's Awards Program is unique in that all products submitted are reviewed by moms, music educators and early education professionals. Products are not reviewed by any one person. They are reviewed by many people-the very people who purchase them.
TD Monthly Top Toy Award
TD Monthly is a trade magazine by Toy Directory (since 1996)
Thousands of products are introduced to the toy industry every year, but only a limited number are good enough, playable enough and innovative enough to garner an award.
The TD Monthly Top Toy Winners were reviewed based on various criteria, including play value, safety, price point vs. quality, factors of social or environmental awareness, favorable review from retailers, consumers, experts and/or TDmonthly staff, and successful presence in or availability to the specialty market.
Toy Directory was rated as the most popular directory of toy manufacturers and wholesalers by Yahoo for the past 5 years and rated #1 Whole Trade Directory as of September 2008 by Google.
The Right Toy Award
LaQ was chosen winner for The Right Toy Award, a local toy award program in the Czech Republic. It is an honor to be chosen for this award because it is very rare for a plastic material toy to be chosen from the numerous wooden toys which are valued in Europe. LaQ was chosen for its unique creativity and high quality.
Parent’s Choice Awards (since 1978)
The Parents' Choice Award is the oldest non-profit program in the US presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels”. It is considered a "prestigious" award among children's products, and has been described as the industry equivalent of an Academy Award.
The Parents’ Choice Awards committees look for products that entertain and teach with flair, stimulate imagination and inspire creativity. Judges are interested in how a product helps a child grow: socially, intellectually, emotionally, ethically, physically. Products must be free of bias. Above all, products must not extol violence.
Adhering to rigorous standards, Parents’ Choice honors material that respects a child’s age, interests and abilities, and adheres to universal human values. The Parents’ Choice Awards Committees look for products that close the Generation Gap, looking for material to help parents and kids connect.
NAPPA The National Parenting Publications Award (since 1989)
The NAPPA recognition signifies that the winning product has been rigorously evaluated by NAPPA’s team of independent expert judges and family testers as standing out among hundreds of other products from all around the world, as the most entertaining, appealing, safe, educational, age-appropriate and enduring products. Only the best products win the prestigious NAPPA Gold and Honors Award. As NAPPA enters its 20th year serving families, the NAPPA seal has come to symbolize the innovation, usefulness and high quality that parents trust.