How did you learn to ride a bike? I just recently learned this "no pedal method" of teaching someone to ride a bike and my daughter was so successful at it! She was riding her two wheeler within seconds after putting the pedals back on. I shared this on my facebook page and wanted to definitely share this with everyone on the blog too because it is so amazing!
The method is simple: Basically you remove the pedals off your child's bike and let them practice gliding on their bike like a scooter. Make sure to to lower the seat on the bike so that your child can touch the ground with their feet too. I let my daughter do this for about 3 days. She gained so much confidence mastering how to balance on her bike first. Then after the 3 days we put the pedals back on and within seconds she was riding!!! (Really) Here is a You Tube Video that explains this method:
Here is C riding with no training wheels and the pedals back on. The rest is history. No falling off the bike a million times and pushing behind her....amazing! I admit my daughter has fallen a few times as a new rider and we do practice stopping, but the actual balancing and pedaling came so easily to her with this method.
Interesting enough my Father told me that the first bicycles didn't even have pedals. So this method of learning to ride a bike makes perfect sense. The reason I share this on the blog is to show that there can always be a different way to do something that people may have been doing the same way for years. This illustrates creative thinking and that there are many solutions to reach a goal. Many people embrace this way and others just look at me like I have a third eye as if this method could never work! Here is a picture I found of the first bicycle (no pedals): source
The method is simple: Basically you remove the pedals off your child's bike and let them practice gliding on their bike like a scooter. Make sure to to lower the seat on the bike so that your child can touch the ground with their feet too. I let my daughter do this for about 3 days. She gained so much confidence mastering how to balance on her bike first. Then after the 3 days we put the pedals back on and within seconds she was riding!!! (Really) Here is a You Tube Video that explains this method:
Here is C riding with no training wheels and the pedals back on. The rest is history. No falling off the bike a million times and pushing behind her....amazing! I admit my daughter has fallen a few times as a new rider and we do practice stopping, but the actual balancing and pedaling came so easily to her with this method.
Interesting enough my Father told me that the first bicycles didn't even have pedals. So this method of learning to ride a bike makes perfect sense. The reason I share this on the blog is to show that there can always be a different way to do something that people may have been doing the same way for years. This illustrates creative thinking and that there are many solutions to reach a goal. Many people embrace this way and others just look at me like I have a third eye as if this method could never work! Here is a picture I found of the first bicycle (no pedals): source
Have you ever heard of this method of learning to ride a bike?
What other things have you (or your children) learned by doing it a different way?
A detailed article from Better Homes and Gardens about this same topic: How to Learn to Ride a Bike in 15 Minutes.
