• 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

Chalk two crossing roads with lanes and a parked "car" (a cone); the parent plays the oncoming traffic.

Three minutes to get warm.

Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.

1. Walk the bike through the junction and say each step aloud: "decide, look, signal, move".
2. Stop at the line and look both ways; you, as traffic, walk past.
3. Ride through in a wide arc, not cutting the corner.
4. On the way back, pass the "car" a door's length away.

Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.

1. Decide the direction before the junction.
2. Look behind, signal if needed, move only when there is time and space.
3. Ride the centre of the lane at the junction.
4. Give way to oncoming traffic.
5. Turn in an arc without cutting the corner.
6. Pass the parked "car" a door's length away.

How much: 10 turns

Look first, then signal

Junction judge

Points

1 point for each step done in order: look, signal, wait if traffic, wide arc, a door's length from the "car".

Fouls

The turn scores nothing: signalling before looking; cutting the corner; turning in front of traffic

Win

The most points after 5 turns each.

1. ★ 12
2. ★★ 18
3. ★★★ 23

5 turns in a row with the routine in order.

End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.

Well played.

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