finleysmaid Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 Our scooters at pre-school were looking really shabby so ive sold them off and am now trying to decide what to replace them with. We already have didcars ...which I love! I'm not keen on the usual heavy metal scooters (I value my ankles too much!) but wondered if anyone had any other suggestions for replacements ? It doesn't have to be scooters but probably needs to fulfil the role of balance for gross motor skills. Anyone got any recommendations?
louby loo Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 Probably not the best advice - but we have the mico-scooters. We have these as the park-keepers keep finding them left in the park, and the donate to us if they are not collected after two weeks! 3
sunnyday Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 On 27/08/2018 at 19:10, louby loo said: Probably not the best advice - but we have the mico-scooters. We have these as the park-keepers keep finding them left in the park, and the donate to us if they are not collected after two weeks! That's what I call a result! Balance bikes? I haven't got any but have been thinking about it...….
Stargrower Posted August 29, 2018 Posted August 29, 2018 We don't have bikes, but balance bikes are meant to be brilliant and there is evidence that children who have used them, learn to ride a 'normal' two wheeler with no problems and without using stabilisers. 1
FSFRebecca Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 We managed to secure a small grant to enable us to do this training: Balanceability, it went down extremely well with staff and children - we are also phasing out heavy metal trikes
finleysmaid Posted September 11, 2018 Author Posted September 11, 2018 On 30/08/2018 at 09:31, Rebecca said: We managed to secure a small grant to enable us to do this training: Balanceability, it went down extremely well with staff and children - we are also phasing out heavy metal trikes what a good idea...not really for us due to the area we have for 'cycling' but I like the idea. I am always telling parents to take the pedals off their childs bike and use it as a 'likeabike' until they have the balance right! I looked all over the internet for something different and have ended up buying the same scooters we had before!!!! but I would like to say a big THANK YOU 'for all your replies 1
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