This week’s roundup of Mom’s Choice Award winners features family-friendly games, parenting apps, baby products + more! Be sure to scroll through the entire list so you don’t miss any of our new award-winners! All the items you see below won a Mom’s Choice Award during January 01, 2023 to January 21, 2023.
Every week companies, inventors, and publishers from around the world send us their products for evaluation. Only the best earn our designation.
The Fancy Schmancy Lifeguard: A Tale of Bravery
Written by Gilda Boram; Illustrated by Julian Boram; Edited by John Matthew Fox
The Playful Tale of a Persistent Puppy!
Buddy really, REALLY wants to be a lifeguard.
There’s only one problem …
He’s just a teeny weeny, fluffy puffy toy poodle!
Meet Buddy, an adorable pocket-sized puppy who will stop at nothing to become a lifeguard. He practices hard every day … swimming, diving, rescuing … but no matter how hard he tries, nobody thinks he can do the job. His heart is full of hope, but when the family move from beachside Sydney all the way to chilly London, this determined little dog’s efforts to chase his dreams don’t go to plan at all!
Can he find a way to prove his bravery and show everyone there’s more to him than meets the eye?
Buddy will steal your heart, and his spirit-lifting journey will inspire every reader to follow their dreams.
Children’s Picture Books:
Developing Social Skills
Story Swapping – A Family Tradition
Written by Vassi Rombis; Illustrated by Frances Rose Espanol; Edited by Bobbie Hinman
Kalianne loves the bedtime stories her mom tells. She yearns to share a story of her own but is convinced that nothing exciting ever happens to her. It takes a little nudge from her teacher for Kalianne to realize that everyone has a story to tell!
Children’s Picture Books:
Growing Up / Personal Growth
My Good Friend, Ted! The Sea-quel in The Ocean of Colour
Written and illustrated by Robyn Gram-Barclay
My Good Friend, Ted! The Sea-quel in The Ocean of Colour: Join Ted, a Red Blue Whale and grand protector of the ocean, as he navigates true friendships in a meaningful and heartfelt story about kindness, respect, diversity, and acceptance. Written in rhyme and illustrated in watercolour, children and parents alike will be captivated by the sweet story and vibrant pictures, while being introduced to and educated about unique sea creatures along the way.
Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Poetry
My Good Friend, Ted!
Written and illustrated by Robyn Gram-Barclay
Book 1: My Good Friend, Ted! : Join Ted, a RED Blue Whale and the grand protector of the ocean, as he gathers friends in a fun-filled game of tag and togetherness. Written in rhyme and illustrated in watercolour, children and parents alike will be captivated by the sweet story and vibrant pictures, while being introduced to and educated about unique sea creatures along the way.
Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Poetry
Missing Lynx, the Global Wildlife Rescue Game
Rescue endangered animals by traveling the world, gathering information, sharing clues and solving the mystery! The faster you can figure out who is safe and who is not, the sooner the animals can live wild and free! Become a master of deduction and inferencing while navigating whether to share information to gain points or keep it private in the hopes of a bigger pay off. You will be so focused on rescuing the animals you may not even notice how many fascinating new facts you learn about the animals, food sources and habitats along the way. Every game is a new adventure!
Toys, Games & Puzzles:
Ages 9 to 12
Kites
The sun is shining, the wind is blowing, and you know just what to do – gather your friends to fly some kites!
In Kites, everyone works together to keep all their kites – represented by colorful sand timers – in the air. Take turns playing cards, flipping the sand timers, and coordinating with other players to ensure none of the timers run out. If it does, a kite has crashed!
Play all of the kite cards in the deck and everybody wins!
Toys, Games & Puzzles:
Ages 9 to 12
Kidly
Suitable for preschoolers, school-age kids and tweens, Kidly stories are selected with great care, reviewed by psychologists.
THEMES THAT SUPPORT CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Each Kidly story supports your child’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. The Kidly library contains titles on subjects such as mindfulness, yoga, self-worth, environmental awareness, animal rights, philosophy, science, art, gender equality, and many more!
PEDAGOGICAL QUALITY CERTIFICATE
Kidly is an Education Alliance Finland (EAF) certified product! This Pedagogical Quality Certificate verifies that Kidly is a high educational product that efficiently promotes learning. University researchers in Finland, the world leader in education, developed the EAF evaluation to discern the learning impact of a product’s learning goals, pedagogical approach, and usability.
DIRECT THE ADVENTURE: CHOICE STORIES
Kidly’s choice stories are fun for kids. Directing the story helps support your child’s decision-making abilities.
To offer kids both fun and safe quality screen time, download Kidly now!
Apps & Software:
Ages 5 to 8
i1 Space General-purpose Pillow MINI
i1 Space General-purpose Pillow MINI focuses on the characteristics and needs of their growth and creates a scientific pillow to protect their necks at various age stages. Compared to the traditional pillow on the market, the innovative X-shaped allows the internal padding to be evenly distributed while the low center and high surroundings are designed to better fit the curve of the head and neck, to give a comfortable and restful sleep all night long. The pillow adopts the ingenious X-shaped 5-zone design, and the multi curved surface structure ensures that different sleeping positions can also bring users the same suitable height of support.
Personal Use Products (Skin Care, Health Care, etc.):
Children
Happypillar
When your kid has temper tantrums, everyone is miserable. Happypillar ends tantrums and reduces parent stress. We’re a digital therapeutic app that provides evidence-proven behavioral intervention, leveraging machine learning and the expertise of in-demand but expensive and waitlisted clinical play therapists to offer real-time personalized feedback. Happypillar is available in the App Store, with Android launching soon.
Being a parent today is hard. Happypillar can help.
Our methods result in significantly improved behavior, reduced caregiver frustration, and a happier, calmer family.
Happypillar is a program designed by child and family therapists to help you and your child manage behavioral issues, decrease stress, and promote healthy attachment. Parents learn play therapy skills via interactive training in the Happypillar app.
We use the evidence-proven play therapy methodologies combined cutting edge technology to help parents deliver self-directed therapeutic sessions with their kid.
Apps & Software:
Adults
Griö Baby Bottles – The Tell Me System
Developed to modernize and personalize the “one-size-fits-all” baby bottle by blending rich ideas from passionate care takers, developmental specialists, and medical professionals around the world. This innovative system creates sensory experiences to maximize engagement and to increase milk consumption; while constructing an enjoyable feeding routine that is especially tailored for you and your baby.
The “Tell Me” system uses dynamic imagery and storytelling to engage your baby. Storytelling promotes early language development and strengthens emotional bonds, while enhanced engagement increases milk consumption and reduces common feeding discomforts associated with conditions like acid reflux. Griö nipples are designed with true-to-life breast features to minimize nipple confusion and extend the breastfeeding journey. Double air vents ease colic while reinforced collar prevents leakage.
Feedings can be less stressful and about more than milk!
Gear & Accessories:
Feeding
Griö Baby Bottles – The Sense Me System
Developed to modernize and personalize the “one-size-fits-all” baby bottle by blending rich ideas from passionate care takers, developmental specialists, and medical professionals around the world. This innovative system creates sensory experiences to maximize engagement and to increase milk consumption; while constructing an enjoyable feeding routine that is especially tailored for you and your baby.
The “Sense Me” system uses soft fabric cloths to capture and hold your scent. Your maternal odor extends the bonding process when you are not physically there. The sense of smell is one of the earliest senses to develop while babies learn parental recognition by breathing and smelling amniotic fluid that contains the scent of the mother’s food and of herself. Given tight connections between the memory part of the brain and smell, capturing your familiar scent is a powerful way to strengthen the bond with your baby while promoting emotional soothing, helping the baby’s distress, and supporting early parent recognition.
Griö nipples are designed with true-to-life breast features to minimize nipple confusion and extend the breastfeeding journey. Double air vents ease colic while reinforced collar prevents leakage. Ergonomic bottle is created for easy handling and is manufactured with GreenGuard Certified Tritan – free of toxins like BPA, and bisphenol and estrogenic/androgenic compounds to allow for healthy development and healthy hormonal balancing.
Feedings can be less stressful and about more than milk!
Gear & Accessories:
Feeding
Griö Baby Bottles – The Hold Me System
Developed to modernize and personalize the “one-size-fits-all” baby bottle by blending rich ideas from passionate care takers, developmental specialists, and medical professionals around the world. This innovative system creates sensory experiences to maximize engagement and to increase milk consumption; while constructing an enjoyable feeding routine that is especially tailored for you and your baby.
The “Hold Me” system uses colorful, texturized bases to allow for tactile exploration and sensory development. The base is easy to grasp during feeds and encourages reaching while promoting the development of early motor skills. Base touching engages your baby while helping to provide calmness, reduced stress, stimulation, and reduced boredom. Tactile interaction with different textured patterns can also increase focus and attention to make feedings more effective. Early association of different textures with enjoyable feeds also promotes positive associations with a wider variety of textured solid foods, reducing “pickiness” in early eating patterns that could be due to sensory discomforts.
Feedings can be less stressful and about more than milk!
Gear & Accessories:
Feeding
Dopiverse
JOIN DOPIVERSE!
EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSE FOR CHILDREN
Dopiverse is an educational universe that combines games, education and animation, where your children can join a completely safe virtual universe and fun learning journey with friends from all over the world.
★ Free to Play
★ No In-App Purchases
★ 100% Ad-Free
So children are safe to play by themselves
What will your children get?
• Learning various topics about Science and Math with exercises and games
• Improving STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills with gamification and animation
• Assisting the school learning with the curriculum contents
• Socializing with other children from all over the world
All your children need to do;
• Customize avatar
• Decorate home
• Watch animations
• Play the various games
• Be a part of Friends’ Journey
AN ADVENTUROUS LEARNING JOURNEY AWAITS YOUR CHILD!
Educational Products:
Ages 9 to 12
Bamboo Crib Mattress Protector
Bamboo Crib Mattress protector.
100% Waterproof, Absorbent, Non-Toxic, Breathable Mattress Cover.
Our baby mattress covers are extremely soft, stay cool, are highly absorbent, and breathable
Miscellaneous:
Other
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