Awards

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2009

The following products were recognized for high quality, superior design and outstanding interactive play.

Oppenheim Gold Seal Award for TAGGIES™ Colours Toss.

Gold Seal Award

Mary Meyer
Colours Soft Caterpillar
Naturals Organic Soft Pony
Naturals Organic Soft Puppy

WTS Toy Review
Four Star Certified - TAGGIES™ Peek-A-Boo Blanket
TAGGIES™ Peek-A-Boo Blanket are a unique item and for sure a great baby gift. So colorful, cute and cuddly, our team loved to place them on and around their babies. Visual Appeal and Originality are definitely its strongest points.

WTS Toy Review
International Playthings
Five Star Certified - TAGGIES™ Smile Camera
TAGGIES Smile Camera doesn't disappoint - it has more features than the average take-along baby toy and it's priced right. Great new gift on the market for little ones, especially those already interested in mom or dad's camera!

TAGGIES™ Treasures was evaluated by outside reviewers including people such as a licensed childcare facility/school, experts in the field and most importantly parents! Based on their feedback it was honored as one of the Best Products Call of 2008!

A great manipulative toy, Taggies Treasures features slots for you to slide in family pictures in a soft sided cube that babies will love and keep close. Babies loved the various colorful tag holds that they could lace their fingers through and grab. With the pictures inside parents were thrilled when they saw glimmers of recognition from their young babies. Parents predicted that this was one baby toy that will stay long past the baby years.

2008 Canadian Toy Testing Council has awarded the Toss the TAGGIES™ the highest rating of three stars! This award demonstrates excellence in all areas of function, design, durability, battery consumption, and most importantly, play value.

2008 TAKE-A-LONG TAGGIES™ TRAVEL TOY WINS BABYZONE'S TOP TOYS FOR BABIES' AMAZING TOY AWARD

Toss the TAGGIES™ has been honored with an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award. The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio was founded in 1989 and remains the only Independent review of children’s media.

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2007 "one of the best toys of the season" For: Toss the TAGGIES™

For: TAGGIES™ Flower Me Fun Plush Pillow Pal and Touchdown TAGGIES™ Plush Football.

-Taggies products have won more Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Awards. Daisy, Dot and Dandy, have won the 2006 Best Baby Product of The Year Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award. Love Notes Little TAGGIES™ has won Best New Baby Product.

Toss the TAGGIES™ has won a prestigious 2006 NAPPA Award (announced in 2007) This award is sponsored by the United parenting Publication, Inc. and promoted in association with Parenting publishers across the US.

Taggies, Inc. has earned the "TTT" rating and was featured in the Summer 2007 Issue of Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine.

ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailer Association) announced in a September 5, 2007 press release that Taggies, Inc. was named by ASTRA as one of the Best Toys for Kids, 2007.

Today's Parents Award (Canada's #1 Parenting Magazine)
- entire Mary Meyer Taggies Line

The Taggies Plushie Blanket has been selected to appear in the 2007 TDmonthly Specialty Toys Report!

What 4 Stars Mean
The product is very good for children in that disability category.

We are pleased to announce that this is the sixth award we have garnished from the Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award Program and the second time Taggies has won the Best Baby Line Award.

iParenting says of this prestigious award: “These products exceeded our high evaluation standards to take their place among the best in the industry.”

Dr. Toy’s Smart Play/Smart Toys Products Awards Program 2005 was developed by noted child development authority Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (a.k.a. Dr. Toy) as a service to consumers who desire to purchase safe, affordable, educationally-oriented, and stimulating toys and products for children. Dr. Toy’s Smart Play/Smart Toys award-winners were carefully chosen from among hundreds of products that Dr. Toy has reviewed, using extensive criteria developed during more than 35 years of experience evaluating, writing and speaking about toys and children’s products. The winning products are affordable, well designed, and reflect the wide range of children’s interests. They meet Dr. Toy’s high standards and offer the child something “extra” for optimal learning, play, and fun.

"With most companies, there's products that are winners and losers; however, I haven't found one loser with TAGGIES™...have any idea how incredible that is? That means that no matter what item you choose to purchase, it will be a winner!" ~ Jodie Lynn, syndicated columnist of Parent to Parent, CEO of www.AddingWisdomAward.com and author of family/health book, Mommy-CEO

Wristies has been selected as a winner in the Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award “Christmas in July Gift Guide.” This is the very first such gift guide, and the Adding Wisdom Award Family Testers were allowed to nominate only a few of their previous favorites. (Wristies was named a 2005 Baby Products Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award winner in April 2005.)

iParenting Media Award for Little TAGGIES™ and Take A Long TAGGIES™ Hottest Products for 2004 "The products that won the title of Hottest Products for 2004 truly are the hottest products for families in today’s marketplace,” says Alvin All, CEO of iParenting Media. “The award winners endured rigorous testing and intensive review and demonstrated excellence in their product categories, making them smart purchases. Whether they are safe, educational, or just plain fun, they are all hot products.”

“The products that earned the iParenting Media Award during the Back to School 2004 Call for Entry are quality items for today’s families,” says Alvin All, Chief Executive Officer of iParenting Media. “After withstanding extensive review and testing, the award-winning products shone as leaders in their product categories, which signifies to parents that they are the best of the best.”

TAGGIES™ products have been tested and very favorably reviewed by Toy Tips®, an independent voice for child development. Based upon quantitative research that surpasses industry standards, all Toy Tips testing is unbiased and conducted by The Toy Research Institute, a consumer-focused international research organization that actively conducts ongoing academic studies with children of all ages and demographics. To maintain its untainted and unbiased credibility, Toy Tips does not accept payment in any form from manufacturers, nor do they publish any publicity awards. Results of their studies benefit parents, grandparents, educators, caregivers, and consumers.

They are the first two baby products ever to receive this distinguished award. For the past five years, we have awarded websites across the Internet our award for family friendly and safe content. Now, we are only doing what many of our very same customers, PR firms, retailers, manufacturers and the general public have asked us to do, create an award program for products from pregnancy to infancy through young adults.

We evaluate products based on feedback from child care facilities, experts and parents nationwide. Our criteria are an intricate part of our process in finding the best products for moms-to-be, children and young adults. Our goal is to reward these products with recognition by various media outlets on an international basis through print, radio and the Internet through, but not limited to, our award winning column, Parent to Parent, written by internationally syndicated parenting/family columnist, expert and author, Jodie Lynn.

Parents, grandparents and child care facilities want to know which products really are the best for families -- and now they can.

Taggies won the 2005 Best Baby Product Award for Daisy, Dot, and Dandy. Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award™ committees look for products that entertain and teach, inspire imagination creativity. The committees are interested in how a product helps a child grow ethically, socially, intellectually, emotionally and physically.

Giving baby not only warmth and comfort, but enjoyment when playing with the tags. This is great as baby begins to unwind for nap or bed time. They will now lull themself to sleep, while clenching, twisting, and feeling the tags that are so much fun. Those little hands grasp those little tags non-stop!
The fleece, used to make the pillows and blankets, are a soft, SOFT touch. There are many colors and prints to choose from, and each piece can be personalized for a special added touch! They are absolutely beautiful and so comfortable you may be tempted to cuddle close yourself.

TAGGIES™ Toes are so adorable, and a delight for every baby lucky enough to be given a pair to wear, discover, and explore. If you want to see how flexible a baby can be, and how quickly they can learn where their feet are and how to grab them - Buy TAGGIES™ Toes!
Not only do these booties keep little feet snuggly and warm, they offer both a bunny, and tags to discover. As we all know, babies love faces to look at. Now, those of us who have discovered Taggies with our infants, have found they like TAGS just as much. Faces are fun to stare at, and gaze upon - smile at and enjoy. TAGS, on the other hand, are fun to look at, fun to touch, fun to feel, fun to chew on... they are FUN!

2005 - My First TAGGIES™ Book: I Love You, Big TAGGIES™, Take-A-Long TAGGIES™, and Taggies plush toy Dot are honored with Creative Child Magazine’s Top Creative Toy Awards!

Creative Child Magazine is a national publication that focuses on providing parents with the latest information on how to nurture creativity in their children. Each year over 1,000 sample products are submitted to the magazine’s testing department. Taggies was honored with two Preferred Choice Awards (for My First TAGGIES™ Book: I Love You and Big TAGGIES™) and two Seal of Excellence Awards (for Take-A-Long TAGGIES™ and the Taggies plush toy, Dot).

2005 - Taggies Wins Innovation Award!
Taggies, Inc. is a winner of a 2005 New England Innovation Award, presented by the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) at its 19th annual "Evening of Innovation" on May 11. Of the record 150 companies competing for this year's award, eight were chosen as winners by a panel of judges using four criteria: the specific nature of the nominee's innovation; the social and/or industry impact of the innovation; the company's rate of growth; and its financial stability. Taggies is proud to be among the winners!

2005

- Wristies and TAGGIES™ Toes are named 2005 Baby Products Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award winners!
"With most companies, there's products that are winners and losers; however, I haven't found one loser with Taggies...have any idea how incredible that is? That means that no matter what item you choose to purchase, it will be a winner!" ~ Jodie Lynn, syndicated columnist of Parent to Parent, CEO of www.AddingWisdomAward.com and author of family/health book, Mommy-CEO (revised edition).

2005 - Snuggle Time with Sweet Dreams and Goodnight Star™ Gift Pack and Special Time with I Love You and Sweet Heart TAGGIES™ Gift Pack were double winners in "Dr. Toy's Smart Play/Smart Play Children's Products for 2005" award program!

These products meet "....Dr. Toy's high standards (safety, design, durability , diversity , price, etc ) ...products that offer the child something "extra" for optimal learning, play and fun". Taggies, Inc. is "...among the cutting edge companies providing the most innovative, developmentally appropriate products for children of all ages."

2005 - TAGGIES™ Toes win for iParenting's Best Products of 2005!
iParenting says of this prestigious award: “These products exceeded our high evaluation standards to take their place among the best in the industry".

First Two Baby Products Ever To Win This Prestigious Award

Taggies, Inc. has been named a double winner in the prestigious

Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Awards 2004 competition. Little TAGGIES™ and Pillow TAGGIES™ are the first two baby products ever to receive this distinguished award.

2004 - Big TAGGIES™ was the winner of an “iParenting Media Award” for The Back To School 2004 Entry Call.

2004 - Exciting news! We are proud to announce that Taggies products have been tested and very favorably reviewed by Toy Tips®, an independent voice for child development. Based upon quantitative research that surpasses industry standards, all Toy Tips testing is unbiased and conducted by The Toy Research Institute, a consumer-focused international research organization that actively conducts ongoing academic studies with children of all ages and demographics. To maintain its untainted and unbiased credibility, Toy Tips does not accept payment in any form from manufacturers, nor do they publish any publicity awards. Results of their studies benefit parents, grandparents, educators, caregivers, and consumers.

Here's what Toy Tips has to say about several Taggies products that were reviewed!

My First TAGGIES™ Book: Sweet Dreams
"This soft fabric book features ribbon tags for a child to play with while listening to a bedtime story. The fleece cover and embroidered pages offer a unique opportunity for stimulating language development while snuggling with mom, dad or caregiver. Playing with the tags stimulates tactile sensory development and social interaction."

Little TAGGIES™
"This unique children's security blanket is portable and is designed NOT to drag on the floor. With 20 visual and tactile tags around its border, contact offers tactile sensory stimulation, interactive entertainment and comfort. The different textures on the loops kept the blanket "new" to the kids who wanted to explore, but still have the security of a nice cuddly "blankie." NOTE: Available in boy, girl and neutral patterns. TIP: This can be the type of item you have as a keepsake for child."

Wristies
"This plush toy is small enough to wear around a baby's wrist or foot or attach to a crib railing, baby carrier or stroller tray. The uniqueness of each is its' own squeak or rattle. Curious infants will dangle the toys enhancing sensory stimulation and tactile development. Shaking and squeezing these toys stimulates social interaction. Each are sold individually. TIP: Ideal as a bow companion for a baby shower gift."

2004 - Hottest Products for 2004!
Little TAGGIES™ and Take-A-Long TAGGIES™ were double winners!

"The products that won the title of Hottest Products for 2004 truly are the hottest products for families in today’s marketplace,” says Alvin All, CEO of iParenting Media. “The award winners endured rigorous testing and intensive review and demonstrated excellence in their product categories, making them smart purchases. Whether they are safe, educational, or just plain fun, they are all hot products.”

2003 - TEACHERS’ PICKS FOR BEST NEW BOOKS!
My First TAGGIES™ Book: Sweet Dreams
This soft and cuddly fleece “feelie” book is based on the popular Taggies “interactive blanket.” Sleepy hands will not let go of this comforting book of bedtime rhymes – perfect for anytime.”
- Scholastic Early Childhood Today

2003 - AMAZING BOOK AWARD!!!
My First TAGGIES™ Book: Sweet Dreams
Everyone knows that babies love to rub satin edges, labels, and tags. Taggies books provide babies with a generous assortment of tags that are both tactile and visually stimulating. Every tag looks or feels different and is bound up in a cover of snuggly fleece filled with soft cotton pages.
- Babyzone.com

2003 - ONE OF THE “BEST OF 2003” FOR BABIES!!!
My First TAGGIES™ Book: Sweet Dreams
This is a wonderful book for babies. The colorful illustrations are fun to look at, it’s made of cloth and is very huggable, and the cover is made of the hugely popular Taggies blanket, so babies can play with the tags as they hear the story.
- Borders editorial review


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