- Check the space and the kit.
- Get your child's attention first.
- Show it from two sides.
- Say one thing only.
- End on one that works.
Put the phone down where you can see it. Tap Next with your thumb, or use the arrow keys.
Is the space marked?
- The start line
- Two lines of cones
- A square
- A stopping line for the braking game
The bike with the saddle low (both feet flat); cones; a chalk line.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Stand on the left of the bike with both hands on the handlebars and fingers over the brakes.
- Walk it in a straight line, then squeeze both brakes gently to stop.
- Brakes on, swing a leg over and sit down with both feet flat. Brakes on again before you get off.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Walk the bike in a straight line with fingers over the brakes.
- Stop with both brakes gently.
- Turn in a big circle.
- Put the brakes on before getting on and before getting off.
How much: 10 stops and 5 get-ons
Squeeze, do not grab
Stop on the line
The rules
Walk the bike and stop it with both brakes exactly at the chalk line.
- Draw a chalk line 10 m from the start
- Walk the bike toward it at a steady pace
- Stop with both brakes so the front tyre touches the line
- 10 walks
Fair play: A younger child may stop within a foot's length for 2 points.
- Points
- 2 points for the front tyre on the line; 1 point for within a hand's width.
- Fouls
- No points: grabbing the brakes so the wheel skids or the bike jerks; stopping with one brake only; getting on without the brakes on
- Win
- Beat your best score from 10 walks.
- 8
- 13
- 18
Walk, stop on a call and get on with the brakes on, 3 times in a row.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
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