The email below is shared with permission of the writer, and gives well deserved credit to the wonderful work of Dawn Ho. Singapore Gymnastics is very fortunate to have Dawn managing community development.

"I would like to write this testimonial to you for the Fundamental Movement Skills for Kinder Gym, which is really a good course or workshop conducted by you. Before attending this course at Republic Polytechnic, I was coaching my students in a very boring way. After that course, I learned the basics of sports movement, which can be so fun with music and games. Not just fun, the movement on occasion for kids is so interesting too. Under coach Dawn and Mr. Trevor, the guide, during the course, they taught me to be creative and use all the different elements in the lesson to make it fun and interesting for all the small kids.

I loved working with Coach Dawn. Her no-nonsense approach made it so much easier for me to run my coaching classes. I have noticed that all the fundamental movement skills are not just for the small or young. I have been using all this in my youth coaching and adult coaching classes. It works very well, and most importantly, they join the games by knowing the movements. Coach Dawn is also very patient in teaching the stages for different movements. I apply all these skills in all physical education classes in MOE, ITE (youth stage), and my Wushu coaching classes.

I achieved fantastic results by incorporating fundamental movement skills into my coaching. It really helps the kids improve their movement, balancing skills, ability skills, and coordination skills in sports. The student parents also give good feedback by seeing the improvement in their jumping, walking, and running. And I was able to see them progress from a baby cartwheel to a cartwheel with any of my support.

It is really a big thank you to Coach Dawn and Mr. Trevor for conducting a useful course. Everything that they teach in the course really helps me to improve my coach and understand the stages of movement at different ages, different kids, and different sports. Mr. Trevor also put all the important points on the safety side and in a creative way so that the kids can enjoy the sports. I can see all the big smiles on the kids' faces."