3/29/18

"I'm a licensed childcare provider and I use the dolls with the young children that I teach from ages 2 to 5 years of age. I use different facial expressions when they are experiencing different emotions. The kids love it!"

Jennifer Jones. Family Child Care Provider, Babies Are a Blessing Childcare,Bellwood, Illinois.

3/29/18

We love Tommy our classroom friend! It really helps our toddlers regulate their emotions and show their expressions."

Lilly Robles,

Green beginnings , 

West Loop Chicago, IL

Preschool teacher

10/20/17

The kids that I work with love these dolls because it helps us focus on features of the face to tell what the feelings are like. The eyebrows going up or down help children to identify facial features to let them know what the person is feeling

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Tara Hanson
School social worker (prek - 12)

10/20/17

As an elementary school social worker, I use the emoti-plush dolls with many of my students. They love them, and they bring identifying emotions to a new level. My students often provide critiques on how to make them look angrier or happier.#engaged"

10/06/16

I have all four of the EmotiPlush dolls. I choose these dolls because of their easy to manage size for very young children. They are well used by many of my clients, from the two year olds to adults. Some use them similar to puppets and tell stories about moms and dads and children. I often change the emotions on the faces of the dolls and the children will come in and say something like "Why is she sad today? I want her to be mad (or scared or some other emotion)." Depending on the age of the child, they will make the changes to the eyebrows and mouth or they will ask me to do it.

Iowa City, Iowa, 10/06/16

I purchased the darker skinned dolls. They work really well for kids with a variety of skin complexions. Darker skin children seem to identify with the doll as being like them. But lighter skin children also seem to to be able to relate to that doll too.

I have used the doll both directively with children, asking them to create emotions & name emotions. I have also used it in nondirective play where kids have used the dolls as a baby doll and spontaneously create emotions on the doll as they play.

Olympia, WA Antioch University, 10/30/16

Fantastic way for them to relate and hold them. They hug and manipulate the lips so they have an externalizer voice. The variety of skin tones allow for cultural sensitivity to be defined. They sit and read to them, they are good lap size for teaching and Ike playing with. Soft to touch for sensitive types that don't like hard dolls. Fantastic product!

10/6/16

I have been using my EmotiPlush doll for over a year in my private practice work with children. I work primarily with children with autism and Tommy has been very popular in helping the children I work with learn emotion expression and body language.

10/6/16

The Emotiplush dolls invite emotional expression. Clients and students engage with them in learning and teaching emotional intelligence in a very natural way.

Tucson, Arizona, 10/6/18

I love to use my Emotiplush dolls with kids who struggle with understanding facial expressions. We talk about recognizing facial expressions when people are happy, sad, mad, scared, etc. Then I ask the kid to show me on the Emotiplush doll their perception of the facial expression. Sometimes I show them my face and ask them to copy it on the Emotiplush doll. Kids love the softness of the doll and the connectedness to emotions they can visually see. LOVE my Emotiplush dolls!

10/6/16

We love EmotiPlush Empathy Dolls! We have a set in each of our playrooms and the kids love using them to help show emotions they or someone else they know recently exhibited. The dolls help show emotions when the words just can't be found. They also help the therapists to teach the children different emotions through hands on expression. The plush, cuddly fabric also allows the dolls to be used in pretend play in the kitchen, dollhouse, medical area, tent, and more!

Illinois, 10/28/16

I use it with my small groups with students identifying feelings so that our students can understand the different emotions. I work with children ages 3-5 where they are understanding emerging emotions.

British Columbia, Canada, 2/2/16

My daughter was born very premature and has some sensory issues, she also becomes non verbal when upset. We received our Emotiplush Emily in the mail yesterday and there was an instant bond! She is constantly changing Emily's facial expressions to match her own. Thank you for making such a great tool!! 

Tucson, Arizona, 2/9/16

I have been using emoti-plush dolls in my play therapy practice since I purchased one this fall.  My kids love exploring how versatile the face is and showing a variety of facial expressions with just a few changes, just like real people do! She is becoming a favorite during play time as well, my clients delight in being able to change how their babies feel when engaged in regular play.  Play is becoming more dynamic and emotionally charged with the addition of Emoti-Plush dolls to my play room

Chicago, IL, 1/20/16

These puppets are a wonderful resource to help children learn to label and identify their emotions and those of others.  Empathy is evident at such a young age, and it is so important to have curriculum and materials to foster this critical social-emotional aspect of development.  Our teachers have been able to adapt the use of these puppets to meet the needs of various preschool ages.  The children have enjoyed posing the mouths and eyes to match their own feelings or those of characters in stories they have read and discussed.  These puppets can be enjoyed at home and in the classroom!

Highland Park IL, 2/2/15

I just wanted to contact you and let you know that the dolls you created are being used in my son’s LEAP program at Ravinia School in Highland Park. In fact, they were mentioned in the classrooms blog on the school’s website. I have attached a screen shot for you. You should be so proud of your accomplishment and how your dolls are being used to help special needs children.

Naperville, IL, 1/13/16

I gave each of them a turn to pick which face they wanted to make. Most of them chose happy or sad. I love the “hands on” part. They enjoyed moving the eyebrows and lips. This promoted more discussion about what their own faces look like when they are experiencing the emotion. I think they will make the connection as well…motion, movement, memory…it all goes together.

I enjoyed showing them Emily