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![A toddler rides her balance bike along a bike path next to a lake. It's an overcast day and she's wearing a bright pink rain jacket.](https://activeforlife.com/content/uploads/2023/06/toddler-balance-bike-989x660.jpg)
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10 tips for teaching toddlers how to ride a bike
Learning how to ride a bike is a quintessentially childhood experience. With these helpful, practical tips, you can help your toddler learn to ride.
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5 fun activities that can help build your child’s bike-riding skills
Children pick things up faster when they’re having fun. So here are five fun activities that can help build your child’s bike-riding skills.
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Celebrate Bike to School Week with these tips
Editor’s note: This article was updated March 12, 2021. Every year, Canadians celebrate Bike to School Week. You can take part by encouraging your child or student to ride to school during this week and beyond. When done safely, cycling to and from school leads to children who are healthy, happy, and ready to study … Continued
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How to teach kids to pedal their bikes properly
Editor’s note: This post was updated on April 17, 2020. There are an estimated 2 billion bicycles in the world. In fact, after walking, biking is the second most popular form of active transportation. And for good reasons. With the new technology in bikes, you can two-wheel yourself over almost any terrain and in all … Continued
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You couldn’t ride this backwards bike and why that’s important
The truth about neuroplasticity
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Spawn builds bikes for young kids who are ready to ride
Children are learning to ride much earlier than ever before