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March 1, 2024 by NAPPA Awards Team

Encouraging our kids to better understand the world and all the beautiful unique cultures and traditions is a wonderful gift. Through understanding and acceptance we foster kindness and caring.

These NAPPA Award winners all all about learning, sharing, caring and inspiring.

A Year of Celebraciones

Discover how cultures around the world observe the new year through decorations, gifts, foods, gatherings and more. This exciting tour of the globe will encourage kids to learn about how their own families ring in the end of the year and the beginning of the next, while discovering that there are so many ways to celebrate. $18.99, ages 4-8, apa.org

Curio Bud Subscription Box in Spanish

A quarterly book club for kids featuring whimsical picture books in Spanish. Thoughtful themes and storylines foster language development, help children express themselves and simplify learning for the whole family. $49.95, ages 0-3, becurio.co

The Littlest Turtle

For years, the little turtles climbed on top of the big turtles to eat the freshest fruit from the top of the bushes. The big turtles ate the fallen berries—sour and rotten. The Littlest Turtle sees how unfair this all is and thinks about the important question: would it be so hard to share? $18.99, ages 4-8, apa.org

The Sound of Kindness

Follow an adult and child as they explore their neighborhood on a kindness walk and begin to see and hear the words of friendship, gratitude, support, generosity and love all around them. A gentle and encouraging acknowledgment of how much it matters to be kind. $18.99, ages 4-8, apa.org

Bababoo and Friends Horse Stable Play World

Merge the power of storytelling with traditional playtime with this beautifully crafted wooden set that encourages caring and kindness. Includes horse stables and horse showers, play figures, horse obstacles, universal rail tracks and three vehicles. $63.99, ages 2+, us.bababooandfriends.com

Jisel’s Gifts: An Inspiring True Story of Empathy, Kindness, and Giving Back to the Community

A heartfelt true story about discovering our own powers to do good. Demonstrates the incredible impact small acts can have on a community inspiring young readers to find a cause of their own. $14.99, ages 4-6, abridgeclub.com

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February 6, 2024 by

Congratulations to these recent NAPPA Award winners best for babies, toddlers and new moms!

BIOBOO Hug Wearable Breast Pump

Features a unique flower cup with a 140° ergonomic curve, ensuring a gentle and secure fit. Includes 3 modes and 12 adjustable suction levels and is super lightweight. The 1.5-hour battery life can power up to 9 pumping sessions. The upgraded double-sealed flange design prevents leakage. $119, bioboocare.com

Baby Pacifier Soother Teether Pacifiers 2 in 1

Unique textured holder for great grip. Also serves as a teether to ease discomfort. Promotes healthy oral development with a comfortable fit. Also comes with a travel clip cover with hook. $12.90, ages 0-6 months, amazon.com

Snorble

An interactive learning platform delivered by an adorable character. Helps set the foundation for social-emotional learning and reinforces healthy bedtime routines. $299, ages birth to 10 years, snorble.com

STRIDER 12 SPORT

This balance bike gives kids as young as 18 months the ability to experience the thrills of riding while developing confidence and coordination. Mini-grips mean easy control of this light yet durable bike. Will grow with your child. No tools required. $139.99, ages 18 months-5 years, striderbikes.com

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February 6, 2024 by NAPPA Awards Team

As parents, we’re always searching for products to help us navigate the parenting journey. These recent NAPPA Award winners each offer ways to support parents and make life a little bit easier and less stressful.

Troomi – Safe Smartphones for Kids

Provide kids with guardrails for safety and opportunities for growth, learning, personal discovery and preparation for the future. Features flexible safety controls that allow parents to customize their children’s phone based on individual needs. Give them everything they need (like apps for school), and nothing they don’t (like social media). $199.95, ages 6-16 years, troomi.com

MASK The Magazine

A quarterly parenting manual offering solutions to the modern-day challenges. Each issue tackles a specific topic in-depth and examines how it can affect kids from pre-kindergarten to college. Includes age-appropriate conversation starters to enhance communication between parents and children. $24/annually, maskmatters.org

Custom Camp Labels Pack

Includes 73 personalized stick-on labels that are waterproof, laundry safe, dishwasher safe, sunscreen proof and bug spray proof. $39.99, ages 5+, namebubbles.com

February 6, 2024 by NAPPA Awards Team

We’re celebrating Kindness and Inclusion with these recent NAPPA Award winners. Whether it’s through music, books, toys or games, we can show our kids that choosing kindness, celebrating differences and our own uniqueness is always a good idea.

Showing respect and compassion not only promotes belonging, but it actually creates a sense of well-being for our kids. Kindness also boosts happiness and more acts of kindness.

Congratulations to these recent NAPPA Award winners:

Share Your Love

The rhyming couplets and beautiful art in this charming book carry children through the thoughtful process of extending love and kindness to themselves and the world. $18.95, ages 3-7, shambhala.com

Asian Cultural Dolls Collection

Representing diverse Asian cultures, these 18″ dolls promote self-love, heritage pride and respect. The initial collection features 6 dolls, representing Chinese, Filipina, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Indian cultures. $55, ages 2+, joeydolls.com

The Yugo Game

Developed by a yoga therapist, this game features over 40 fun and engaging poses and movements for energy and relaxation. It can be played as one larger deck or split into two smaller decks for up to 10 players. Great for classrooms, camps or at home with friends. $24.95, theyugogame.com

Rubik’s Sensory Cube

Feel the colors. A unique 3×3 cube that has six distinguishable tactile markings for each color of the cube. Designed to enable the visually impaired and unsighted users or those who enjoy the challenge of solving the cube by feel alone. Launched in partnership with the National Federation of the Blind. $12.99, ages 8+, amazon.com

Ammu’s Treasures by Chandrika Tandon

A three-volume omnibus of 35 songs in different genres and languages and 21 Vedic chants with accompanying animation videos. A gift of intergenerational love and hugs, featuring 17 maestros. $35, ages 3-10, chandrikatandon.com

How Do You Know What You Know?

A charming story that celebrates tracing the origin of everything. Encourages curiosity and shows children that everywhere they look there is a story to be told if they ask. $18.95, ages 4-8, shambhala.com

Flipeez Stuffed Animals

Adorable plushies with big personalities and the cutest expressions. Squeeze their feet for a giggle. Watch their arms flap or their ears flip, depending on the character. Get a Dragon, Puppy, Panda or a Fennec Fox. $14.99, ages 3+, myflipeez.com

Social Skills Activities for Today’s Kids

Features 75+ colorful activities and hands-on projects to help prepare children for social situations such as making friends, being at school, going to new places and being online. Includes a removable social skills handbook and family discussion starters. $11.99, ages 4-11, evan-moor.com

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