Abstract: A plush toy for use in emotional learning is described herein. The plush toy can be used in conjunction with feeling pillows used to facilitate emotional learning. The plush toy embodiments include characters that can also be used in an online learning system used to teach emotional learning in a virtual world, which may exist, for example over the Internet or similar networking medium. The present invention further comprises methods of using a plush toy embodiment of the present invention as a means of facilitating emotional learning. These methods can be performed in the physical world with physical toy embodiments or in the virtual learning system with replicas of the physical toys.