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Learning to Ride Her New Bike

My daughter got this bike as a Christmas gift and now the weather is nice its time to teach her how to ride a bike with out training wheels.  We put the helmet on today and attempted to ride a bike.  We did not go too long before I realized it was going to take some time and my daughter might not be ready yet.   So I did a little research and found this helpful information from REI .  Any of you have any tips for teaching a child to ride a bike without training wheels?  Learning to ride a bike is a classic rite of passage and a skill that, once acquired, is never forgotten. Teach a child to ride and you fling open the doors to a lifetime of fresh-air fun and 2-wheeled adventure. The method outlined here for teaching a child to ride a bike is the one used by REI Outdoor School  instructors. It's not the only approach, and every rider proceeds at her own pace, but we've seen kids use it to learn to ride a bike in a single afternoon. But ...