Sunday 9 August 2015

Learning independence: Bikes and stickers

At the last minute we decided to tie the kids bikes on top of the car for our camping trip, and we're really glad we did.  Since we bought her bike for her birthday, Marisca's only been out on it a handful of times for a grand total of about 20 metres or so.  She did ask for her stabilisers to be taken off just before we went away (she started off with a balance bike so didn't really get on with them) but has never really been confident with the pedalling.  But once we got her on the flat, wide, grassy campsite, she really started trying to make it work and day by day improved.  Each day she had something new (starting off by herself, standing up a bit, hopping off the bike mid glide, etc) and by the end of the week she was taking herself off to the toilet block and to do errands like filling with water bottles.  It's been great to see her learn and get confident with it and she's no so independent on a campsite.

Equally important although less heralded in traditional pictures of childhood, Tom has now learned how to take stickers off the paper by himself.  This is very good news for keeping him occupied for a few minutes while we get on with something else.

Well done both!



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