Nursery World - Essential Resources: Bikes

Most children love bikes, and learning to use them teaches more than physical skills. Nicole Weinstein offers some buying tips

Bikes play an important role in a nursery, not just because of their obvious ability to get children moving and improve their physical development, but because they are also prized possessions within a setting.

Some children simply like to just sit on them without moving, much to the annoyance of others who are desperate to feel the freedom and joy of riding them. Others spend time figuring out how they work, moving the pedals around or spinning the wheels. And some enjoy covering them up, protecting them from the rain, and then uncovering them.

Quite simply, children love bikes. In a study by Dr Lala Manners of children in deprived areas, bikes were the top resource that children were most happy to be reunited with post-lockdown (see More information), and they are becoming ever more popular with families.

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