File photo provided by Strider Education Foundation
Valley Grove Elementary School has partnered with the Strider Education Foundation to implement the All Kids Bike Program which teaches students to ride a bike as part of the kindergarten physical education curriculum.
Strider Education Foundation has a mission to place kindergarten learn-to-ride programs in schools through donations and partnerships from individuals, businesses and other organizations. The program includes 24 balance-to-pedal bikes, pedal conversion kits, fully adjustable helmets, one teacher instruction bike, and an eight-lesson Learn-to-Ride Curriculum. The program estimates the bikes can be reused by the district for seven to 10, teaching hundreds of future kindergarten students to ride, according to a Facebook post on the school's page.
Strider Education Foundation has a mission to place kindergarten learn-to-ride programs in schools through donations and partnerships from individuals, businesses and other organizations. The program includes 24 balance-to-pedal bikes, pedal conversion kits, fully adjustable helmets, one teacher instruction bike, and an eight-lesson Learn-to-Ride Curriculum. The program estimates the bikes can be reused by the district for seven to 10, teaching hundreds of future kindergarten students to ride, according to a Facebook post on the school's page.
| "Students at Valley Grove Elementary will benefit tremendously from the All Kids Bike Program," physical education teacher Elizabeth Kolodziejczak-Sanner wrote. "This program and equipment will enhance our kindergarten curriculum in the following ways: first, each student will develop the balancing skills needed to learn to ride a bike without training wheels. Then, when the pedals go on, there will be no stopping their continued physical and cognitive development. Each kindergarten student will obtain the skills and knowledge needed to safely ride a bicycle outside of school before they leave for the summer." In order to start the program at Valley Grove Elementary School, the district must fundraise a portion of the overall cost - $6,000. "We will have a series of fundraising efforts that our community can participate in," the district posted. Among those efforts is a donation drive. Money can be donated to the school's program through the Strider Education Foundation website. As of May 13, the school has raised 12% of the needed funds or $723. "Of course, the vast benefits are not limited to the aforementioned such as safety, knowledge, gross motor coordination, and more. This program will afford some of our students an opportunity that they may otherwise not have," Kolodziejczak-Sanner wrote. |   |
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