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EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING


Short attention spans,  desire for motion,   

independent choice and engagement, ....

Children in the early years 

require a special approach.  

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

BIKE THEMED BOOKS for CHILDREN

BIKE THEMED BOOKS for CHILDREN

BIKE THEMED BOOKS for CHILDREN

BIKE THEMED BOOKS for CHILDREN

BIKE THEMED BOOKS for CHILDREN

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

If we start  at the early years, 

children will grow to adulthood 

fluent in 

bicycling and transportation safety 

where biking 

is a normal part of life.  

GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

Coordination through repetition

Take caution to not confuse short initial duration of activity as disinterest. It takes time to build stamina.  Because children are usually so "high energy", running all over, we think that they can ride for a long time.  Start with 90 seconds a day. 

Balance through muscle development

Riding a balance bike will use different muscles than normally used, ..... a lot of muscles.  Just like planning a dinner party, connecting tiny muscles, like details of your event, involves coordination.  The more you plan events, repetition, the better you get.the easier the task becomes.  "Before I could do little, now I can do more." 

Control through coordination and balance

With repeated attempts and muscle development, children will develop control.  Riding straight then veering left or right.  Add a cone or a toy to "circle around", "see if you can ride around the tree, starting on the left side this time."  "Are you turning clockwise or counter clockwise?"  Talking about control helps children become aware that they are indeed in control!  

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Self-concept

"I am...able to ride a bike.      

            able to stop when I want to.       

            able to explore.

            able to...

Determination

 "I will do this..." When learning something new, we all need to convince ourselves first.  Start small, lots of animated "so cool" and SMILES!  

Self-confidence

"I can do a lot of things..." Once we have learned we can add more to that learning because of success.  "Before I couldn't, now I can."  "Do you recall when you needed help."

ACTIVE LIFESTYLE WITH EXERCISE BUILT-IN

Bike as transportation

to and from school, sports, and errands.  

Bike as means of exploration

of new places.

Independent mode of travel teaches rules of the road at an early age

"Cyclists fare best when they act as drivers of vehicles." League of American Bicyclists.  This phrase sums it up.  From day one, every time you are on the road with your children, talk to them about what you see  - obstacles, road features, ... driver movements, "Watch, this driver is going to turn left without a blinker."  As your children take to the streets or pathways, ride behind them so that they can hear you and you can see what they are doing.  Talk as much as you can describing everything you would want your child to know if you were teaching them to drive a vehicle.  

PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT using balance bikes

Cognitive

Thinking

Associative

Thinking less

Autonomic

Muscle memory

ten minute video

CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOCUSED ON MOBILITY, WALKING, and BIKING

Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen

by Cari Best

Together We Ride

by Valarie Bolling

Last Stop on Market Street

 by Matt de la Pēna

If You Give a Girl a Bike

by Hayley Diep

Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World

Allan Drummond

Joy Ride

by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Bicycle Bash

by Alison Farrell

B is for Bicycles

by Jeanine and Scott Fitzgerald

Runaway Signs

by Joan Holub/ Alison Farrell

Walking in the City with Jane

by Susan Hughes

Nerdy Babies Transportation

by Emmy Kastner

Project Kid: Crafts that Go

 by Amanda Kingloff

Sidewalk Flowers

by JonArno Lawson, Sydney Smith

Katy and the Big Snow

by Virginia Lee Burton

I Can Ride My Bike

by Claire McGee

This Way Watson

by Claudia Pearson

The Best Bike Ride Ever

by James Proimos

Signs in our world

by John Searcy

Super Grandpa

by David Schwartz

The Car That Wanted to Be a Bike

by Lior Steinberg  

Born to Ride

by Larissa Theule, Kelsey Garrity-Riley

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