Woman Uses Stuffed Animals to Help Students Learn about Emotions

Karen Cuthrell

In the Wednesday Dec. 5 issue of the Winston-Salem Journal, reporter John Hinton writes about Karen Cuthrell using 12 stuffed-animal characters to teach children at Kimberley Park and Ashley elementary schools about healthy ways to express emotions. Her long-term goal It help them succeed and to stay in school.

Cuthrell’s pilot program, called The Feeling Friends, will last through May 2013. Each animal character represents a human emotion such as love, joy, nervousness, angriness, and sadness. She is instructing 300 kindergarten students and fifth-graders at Kimberley Park, and 15 second- and fourth-graders at Ashley.

Journal photographer Lauren Carroll took the photos. For the complete story, go to Winston-Salem Journal