What a great thread smile We haven't had much luck at preschool/school, but my daughter has a wonderful instructor at one of her extra curricular sports activities who very much gets dd's physical anxieties. She calmly and gently encourages and pushes dd past her fears and has helped dd become much, much more confident re her strength and physical capabilities (and she has been instrumental to showing dd that it's ok to try, even if it doesn't work the first time).

"If children have interest, then education will follow" - Arthur C Clarke