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Karen Voght is the author of The Kids WellnessGuide: How Well They Feel, How Well They Learn, and
The Alphabet Fitness Guide. She is also the founder of
Wellness, Inc., a Brookline, MA company which focuses on translating key scientific research findings into constructive innovations for the prevention of childhood obesity, illiteracy and other stress related childhood disorders.
View Karen's Curriculum Vitae (downloadable PDF)
Wellness, Inc. designs curricula and games that promote movement linked learning. Its educational-fitness programs are 'evolutionary tools' that help children adapt and be confident within their changing environments. Children develop a heightened level of learning readiness, kindness, impulse modulation, and cooperation — basic preparations for future school years and for life …All Wellness programs synthesize the following fields of research:
- Childhood play theory
- Relaxation techniques
- Bio-mimicry
- Positive mental imagery
- Cross-hemispheric brain-body activity
- Mirror neurons
- Sport visualization skills
Wellness, Inc. programs align with Wellness Policy Mandates; State & National Frameworks for Language Arts; Physical Fitness & Early Childhood Education; English Language Proficiency; UN Article 31 Arts, English Language Proficiency; and UN Article 31 Rights of the Child.
Wellness, Inc.'s Alphabet Fitness activities and Professional Development Trainings are posted on this website, along with information for today's preschool / kindergarten children to now participate in the President's Challenge Physical Fitness PALA Awards through Alphabet Fitness activities.