| A balance bike is a great way for young child to learn | | | | feel like they are really riding a bike and they are |
| how to ride a bicycle. While these types of bicycles do | | | | learning the essential skill of balance. |
| not traditionally have pedals, chaining crank sets, or | | | | In many cases, initially giving your child a balance-based |
| even training wheels, they are a good way to get your | | | | bicycle can help them move immediately from this |
| child used to riding a bike. It can never be too early to | | | | style of bicycle to a standard small two wheeled |
| get your child started on the path of being active. | | | | bicycle. It is a useful stepping stone to entirely skip the |
| Children love bicycles. They are fun to ride, and are a | | | | training wheels stage, which can lead to habits that will |
| fun activity for them to do with their friends. A balance | | | | do hard for them to break free from later on. The |
| bike is good for a child that is too young to ride any | | | | ultimate goal with this style of bicycle is to get them |
| other type of bicycle that requires pedals. Children as | | | | from the scooting along the ground with their feet |
| young as 18 months can effectively use a balance of | | | | stage to the stage where they push themselves along |
| bicycle and have fun. | | | | and they lift their feet off the ground. This can be an |
| With these bikes, children learn to be able to balance | | | | exhilarating feeling for them, and can make your child |
| before they learn how to pedal. This is an essential skill | | | | not be scared of standard bicycles when they are a |
| for anybody to use, but for children it's important for | | | | little older. |
| them to learn how to balance early on. A balance bike | | | | There are two ways that you can get a balance |
| allows them to do this relatively easily, and it is a fun | | | | bicycle. You can buy them specifically, which can find it |
| way for them to be able to get some physical activity | | | | just about any children's or toy store, or you can make |
| while learning an important lifelong skill. | | | | your own. You can either make it out of a standard |
| If you're wondering what a balance bicycle is, and | | | | wood base and attach your own wheels feet, or you |
| here's an explanation: a balance bicycle is essentially a | | | | can take an old and very small bicycle and remove |
| bicycle that does not have any components besides | | | | the chains and the pedals from it. Whichever way you |
| the seat, that handlebars, and the wheels. In the | | | | decide to give your child a balance bike, they are sure |
| beginning, children most often to sit on the seat and | | | | to have a great time. |
| push themselves along with their feet. This way, they | | | | |