Stuffed Animals For Education

Stuffed Animal Education Ideas

• Learning to read...stuffed animals make great, patient listeners while you practice reading out loud
  

• Stuffed Animals can be great for role playing like how to respond to bullies, or how to respond to strangers
  

• Stuffed Animals can teach things like first aid
  

• Stuffed Animals can sit up straight and raise their hand and demonstrate other types of behavior that are great to know on the 1st day of school
  

• Maybe you have a new baby brother or baby sister coming home from the hospital.  Stuffed animals can be great aids to show how to hold the new baby and how to put on diapers
  

• Gather your stuffed animals together and count them
  

• Start with a stack of stuffed animals.  Take one from the stack and count it.  Then take another from the stack and show how 1 plus 1 equals 2.  Then show how 2 plus 1 equals 3, etc.
  

• Some stuffed animals are designed to toss.  Their round shape and soft fur make these stuffed animals easy to catch for young hands learning eye-hand coordination