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"Karen Voght has begun a company which makes exciting products combining literacy and fitness. They enable children to learn the alphabet while being active and fit. Her products include braille as well as print, [and] I believe that with our country's obesity struggle — especially the lack of fitness in the blind community — this concept is brilliant."
— Erik Weihenmayer (friend and blind climber of Mt. Everest, 2002), Letter to the American Foundation for the Blind
"Using the latest understanding of brain physiology and the development of neurological pathways for learning, Wellness, Inc. has designed an educational program that perfectly suits young childrens' growing brains and bodies. Kids love that the program speaks to the active way they learn, making it a fun, more effective program. Children learn pre-literacy skills through play and with great enthusiasm. All of this makes it a model for the 21st Century."
— Janice S. Kahn, Ph.D., Parent & Health Educator, Boston, MA
"Training muscles intensifies the strength of motor memory, which becomes inherent in the pace of a child's learning. As a choreographer of muscles, I believe there is a great opportunity to integrate Alphabet Fitness with different learning styles. Its playful literacy workouts provide a well thought-out program that gets literacy off to a healthier start for kids of all abilities."
— Joan Palladino, Dean [of] Dean College School of Dance
"Prior to Alphabet Fitness we used flash cards and Hooked on Phonics to help kids work on the alphabet, which worked nicely, but were sedentary. Kids have lots of energy, so to sit is like torture. With Alphabet Fitness, they can use their bodies to move around, which is natural for them. Shy kids tend to be loners, playing parallel and outside the group ... but because this is fun, they work more together and want to be involved. Their language skills are enhanced along with their muscle skills."
— Michele Roumo, YMCA, Boston, MA
"This proposal targets an important, often neglected area of early education. The project offers an eclectic, comprehensive training package of mind-body self-regulation and integration training. Given the high rates and accompanying costs of mind-body disorders in primary care medicine, this is a worthy endeavor. The investigators appear to have the expertise and credentials to deliver the services."
— National Institute of Health, 2002 Grant Submission: Integrating Body-Mind Training In Kindegarten
"The children all enjoyed experiencing this new and fun way to learn the alphabet. Thank you for sharing this exciting and innovative approach to learning."
— Marie Uttech, East YMCA, Madison, WI
"Throw away those developmentally inappropriate worksheets that supposedly teach letters to very young preschoolers! If you want to promote literacy, along with large muscle coordination, through fun activities, get the Alphabet Fitness Guide. Kids develop a kinesthetic awareness of alphabet representations — fundamental for reading and for developing social skills, physical health, and emotional well-being!"
— Dr. Karen VanderVen, Professor of Child Development, University of Pittsburgh
"Congratulations! Great job. By using the child's body movements, Karen Voght has integrated a right-hemispheric means of learning into the predominantly left-brain hemispheric process of learning the alphabet. Small children will develop a muscular memory for alphabetic learning which will prove very beneficial."
— Leonard Shlain, author of Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
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