Sea Turtle Jumbo Plush Toy is perfect to use as a cushion or pillow. The jumbo plush toy is 80 cm wide including the flippers. over 70 cm long from the tip of plush beak until the tip of the tail and the soft plush shell is 24 cm high. It is safe for all ages. Bramblerose recommends the toy for anyone over 1 year. If the Sea Turtle does have a play and he ends up dirty, you can wipe him with a damp sponge using warm water and mild soap. Wild Republic Sea Turtle Jumbo Plush Toy is part of Wild Republic’s Jumbo range. It includes the Fox and the Pig Wild Republic especially design the soft toys to look like the actual animal. They endeavour to be as eco-friendly as possible. Why should children have a soft toy? There are many reasons why soft toys, such as the Sea Turtle Jumbo Plush Toy, can be an important part of a child’s development. One example is stimulating a child’s senses and therefore its brain through the the varying textures of the soft toys. The soft toys could also be part of the pretend play that you should be encouraging in your child. Why encourage pretend play? Pretend playing (role playing) does promote social and communication skills. Pretend play is a safe way for a child to express themselves. Children explore the world around them through play. They act out scenes that they have seen or imagined with toys like the Sea Turtle Jumbo Plush Toy. By acting out these scenes, children are also developing language skills. They learn about emotions. Pretend playing encourages problem solving and communication as well as empathy. An inspiration for STEM You can use the realistic plush animals as a springboard to the zoology component of STEM. The child can be inspired to investigate various questions. They could include where the animal lives, what it eats and how the animal has adapted to live in its environment. This animal just could become the inspiration for a passion in ecology, zoology and other related sciences.