Learning to Ride a Bike: Older Child
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How Do You Teach a Child to Ride a Bike?
Asked by L.L. from Rochester
on September 9, 2011
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The title says it all, but here are the details...
My six and a half year old daughter needs (in my opinion) to learn how to ride her bike. We bike a LOT as a fami...
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- NO TRAINING WHEELS!!!!!! My husband worked at a bike shop and is a long distance biker...like a 'wanna be Lance' type of guy. At the bike shop they would teach child...
- Slap some pads on her and send her down a grassy hill. Thats what worked for my 2 oldest anyway. My youngest is 4 1/2 and decided one day he was going to go no trainin...
- I asked this same question a while back and got a lot of very thoughtful, well thought out responses. Here's a link http://www.mamapedia.com/questions/1457462163768619...
Learning to Ride a Bike
Asked by J.Q. from Chicago
on March 25, 2009
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My son just turned 9 and he does not know how to ride a bike yet. We tried last summer to teach him but he keep giving up. My 6 year old daughter can ride her bike a...
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- I taught my daughter in the grass. I told her to pedal hard. By being in the grass it allowed for her to put some force into it without fearing she was going too fast....
- Maybe trying a Glider Bike would help him before putting him on a bike without training wheels. It's a "balance bike" and has no pedals -- designed to be the easies...
- I did not read the other responses, so sorry if I repeat. My husband read an article a couple of years ago that said to take off the pedals and let your child use thei...
Teaching How to Ride a Bike
Asked by J.M. from Lansing
on April 5, 2008
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We are trying to teach our 8 y.o. daughter how to ride a two wheel bike. She cries the entire time and just feels as if she can't get it. This isn't her first time t...
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- My husband taught both our girls to ride their bikes in one day (if you can believe that!) One was 4 and the other 5. Taking the training wheels off and lowering the s...
- Just a couple differnt views on bike learning- My oldest daughter was taught by a neighbor girl of the same age on a tiny bike. I taught myself as a child by coa...
- You could try moving the training wheels up so they are still on, but not on the ground. She will feel like she has safety with them on & it may give her the confiden...
Learning to Ride a Bike!
Asked by A.D. from Denver
on May 7, 2008
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We are in the process of teaching our 5-year-old son to ride his bike without training wheels. Any tips?
Thanks!
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- Hey, A.. I had a hard time teaching my son until someone at a campground taped a tree branch (seriously)to the back of his bike (angled in under seat). This is h...
- My daughter refusedto ever have training wheels, she was sensitive to the sound they made.She also does not want help with these things... I just let the issue go, I n...
- have fun! if he falls, don't make it a big deal. get up and try again.
Riding a Bike
Asked by S.D. from Phoenix
on October 22, 2010
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I am so beside myself on what it takes to teach a 10 year old how to ride a bike ?Is this a difficult thing ? My child has no balance at all. We have tried various t...
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- My seven yo grandson has been trying to ride a bike since he was 4. He's just plain unable to ride a bike. He also is not well coordinated, physically. He's awkward,...
- Wow, 10 and just learning? I think it's probably harder to teach an older kid because they KNOW what it feels like to crash and burn so she is probably more scared th...
- I'll second the idea of taking off both pedals and training wheels. It forces a child to balance themselves just using their feet to scoot around. 1. Show her how yo...
Learning to Ride a Bike
Asked by A. from Houston
on February 26, 2008
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We gave our son a bike with no training wheels for his 7th birthday. Dad took him out this past beautiful weekend to attempt to learn. On his first go round he took ...
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- Our son sounds a lot like your son. He refused to get on the bike for months and months. (He had a couple of falls and it would take forever for him to try again.) ...
- My five year old son was exactly the same way. We actually put the training wheels back on and let it go for a few months. Then when we attempted again, I never let ...
- I don't want to sound harsh, but put the training wheels on. If he is one that is easily afraid anyway, why would you not give him training wheels first? Don't force...
Teaching a 6 Year Old to Ride a Bike
Asked by S.C. from Allentown
on May 1, 2009
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Please help!!! For the last 2 summers I have been trying to teach my now 6 year old daughter to ride her bike without training wheels. I think her biggest obstacle i...
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- I agree with previous posts...........let her ride in the grass, smaller bike AND load her up with protective gear (helmet, elbow/knee pads and wrist guards) so she fe...
- I like Barbi's advice -- this was how I learned how to ride without my training wheels, and I was six at the time (I also agree - it may have been too soon to start ea...
- As a child I had the same problem. I finally learned to ride a bike in 2nd grade. My neighbor taught me with these steps. maybe they will work for you. 1.Learn...
Learning to Ride a Bike Without Training Wheels
Asked by S.G. from Chicago
on May 24, 2011
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My daughters, 5 and 7, MUST learn to ride their bikes this summer without the training wheels. We have a new larger bike for the 7 year old, and the 5 year old can mo...
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- Go for small BIke, only caveat is that you will have to bend to let it go! My daughter has been biking since two and last year T 4 she took off. I removed the training...
- I think its easier to start with the smaller bikes. I think it helps with their confidence in the begining. My boys were both 5 1/2 yrs and in kindergarten my daught...
- Smaller bike is easier for sure. They are closer to the ground and more comfortable. My husband ran along our daughter & she got it. Someone told me about some long...
How to Teach Child to Ride Bike with No Training Wheels?
Asked by L.K. from Boise
on July 18, 2011
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Our dtr is almost 4.5 and she has a skuut and a bike with training wheels. My husband would like to the training wheels off but I'm not sure. How do you teach a child ...
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- How to: take the wheels off and run behind the bike until they feel confident and not wobbly then let go. Make sure they are watching where they are going. It took my...
- Here is the tired and true method that we did with our 3 kids and a ton of other kids on the block b/c their parents weren't active enough to run with them: 1) ra...
- I taught all three of my kids by holding the bike from behind and running along with them, then letting go. Boy was that exhausting!!! lol! One of my sons learned to ...
When Is Your Child Old Enough to Bike Ride Alone?
Asked by J.J. from Minneapolis
on April 6, 2010
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Moms,
I've got an independent 8-year-old that keeps asking if she can go for a bike ride around the neighborhood by herself (I know she does this in hopes that she'll...
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- Granted we grew up in a great neighborhood, we WERE NOT allowed to go anywhere without someone else with us. When we could go places on our own was around 12-13 years ...
- J., Here is my story. My children are almost 12, 10 and 8. Two boys and a girl. Still at this age they are not allowed to ride their bike on the streets by themselv...
- My DD is not old enough to ride a bike yet; however, my neighbor across the street lets her son who is 5 ride alone around the neighborhood. Personally, I think that'...
