Bicycle, Bicycle

Age: Infant, Toddler

Equipment: None

Space requirements: On-the-spot

Activity description:

  • Have your child start on their backs with their legs in the air.
  • Hold your child’s feet and move their legs in a circular pedaling pattern.
  • Switch the direction you are moving the legs.

Skill development:

  • Physical skills: movement patterns; pedaling motion; running motion
  • Non-physical skills: self-discovery

Adjust the challenge:

  • Move the child’s legs faster
  • Have the child move their legs themselves.

Activity modified from: LEAP BC (Literacy, Education, Activity and Play) Move

Posted in 0-18 months (Infant), 18 months-2.5 years (Toddler), A-B, No equipment required, On-the-spot

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