Bike Week May 4-8
Ideas for each day
Students won't be able to have a traditional Bike to School Day this year but we can celebrate Bike Week with the following events that can be done from home.
Monday May 4- Watch a video on the ABC Quick Check and Proper Helmet Fitting. Both videos are from the League of American Bicyclists.
Tuesday May 5- Create an outdoor bike safety course with traffic signs. Find a safe area to ride with little or no traffic and use sidewalk chalk to engineer your own course with traffic signs. Visit https://twitter.com/trafficgardens for ideas for your own traffic safety course.
Wednesday May 6- Practice your ride or walk to school. Draw a map of your route and the interesting things you notice along the way.
Thursday May 7- Interview a family member or adult friend about how they learned to ride their bike and the places they went on their bike as a youth.
Friday May 8- Make a video of riding your bike and demonstrating the hand signals for right turn, left turn, and stopping.
As you are doing more walking around the neighborhood it is a great time to work on your child's ability to navigate the streets and pathways. Children reach road readiness at different ages. Parents can use this checklist as a tool to gauge and track their child's walking skill development. This list of skills are important for your child to master.
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