The bike is right for her size and she has training wheels but she just sits there, wanting me to push her.
2006-06-13 05:22:53 · 23 answers · asked by sparklingsapphireeyes 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
shes a little girl wat more is there to say shell learn eventually it just takes time
2006-06-13 05:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by kristymaeriley 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The best way to teach to ride a bike sounds very cruel but I guarantee you that it works. Make sure your child has the proper safety gear: A helmet, knee pads and maybe even elbow and hand pads. Then push her very fast and let go.....she will try to keep pedaling so she doesn't fall and it is much easier to pedal a bike going fast then one going slow. It will only take a couple of pushes and she will be able to do it all on her own. My child learned in a matter of 15 to 20 minutes and has done well ever since. Good Luck!
2006-06-15 01:09:54 · answer #2 · answered by mhlmawom4e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What i did to teach my sister how to ride a bike is I told her to trust me (she needs to be able to trust you, no matter what your teaching her) and i would hold on to the seat of the bike behind her, tell her to peddle around a bit, and slowly I'd feel her become more used to it. When i felt the time was right, I let go, and stay CLOSE behind her until she relized she was riding on her own! ( Make sure you do this with the training wheels off.)
You may have to do this a couple of times before she is used to it. And you MUST make sure the bike ISN'T to big for her, otherwise it will never work.
Hope this works! If you have any questions you can email me @ thms_stpn@yahoo.com.
2006-06-13 12:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by DiRtAlLtHeWaY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing to learn about riding a bike is how to balance. I actually took the pedals off my son's bike when he was learning to ride. If she knows how to recover from falling she can ride, when she decides to. Maybe she doesn't want to yet. Is not getting that what you're doing wrong? I dont' know.
2006-06-13 12:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by zephmama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found that with my daughter the easiest way was to go to a hill (not a very steep incline, just enough that she can coast down) I held the bike while she got on and then let her go. She was able to coast down and this gave her the confidence to try and pedal. Once they see that the bike will balance them the rest seems to follow. Good Luck!
2006-06-13 12:28:39 · answer #5 · answered by lola 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's how I did it .With her on bike seat and feat on pedals, u r standing behind holding the seat preparing to push, find a way to keep her feet on pedals while you push so she can get acclimated to the pedals moving forward.I used duct tape. It's totally safe as long as you are keeping the bike up. Good luck..
2006-06-13 12:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by jack g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure how old she is but she will get used to it. If she wants to go she'll go! It took my niece awhile to start using her petals on her little bike and she's non-stop on that thing. Place her feet on the petals and push her legs a bit to show her how it feels. Even if she uses her feet to push the bike on the ground it'll come. One of these days she'll just start and wont stop!! =)
2006-06-13 15:17:10 · answer #7 · answered by Brandi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what you're doing wrong, you just answered your own question. Don't help her little spoiled ***, she just want you to push her all day. My mom never taught me, she's just going to have to get out there and learn on her own. It's like driving no one can teach you how to drive only the fundamentals, you have to get the rest by yourself. Let her know that she has to pedal and keep her balance, but leave the rest up to her.
2006-06-13 12:28:33 · answer #8 · answered by brittany_mo2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds to me like she's just not quite ready to learn how to ride a bike, maybe she's not that interested in the whole thing. Or maybe she wants you to be involved in the whole bike riding thing so that is why she wants you to push her.
2006-06-13 12:27:25 · answer #9 · answered by sbg172002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't push her...in ANY sense of the word. She'll do it when she's ready....I remember when I learned to ride a bike...I never liked doing it with my parents around cause it was embarassing for me to fall down...I ended up teaching myself so that no one was around to see me fall...all by myself...when I was ready.
Leave her alone, it's no big deal...she'll do it when she's ready...she may be rebelling against all the pressure you're putting on her anyway...set it aside and she'll be riding circles around you in no time.
2006-06-13 12:41:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem. I tried riding beside my son this weekend showing him how to pedal. I think their little legs need to get strong enough and until then they need that little push.
2006-06-13 12:26:43 · answer #11 · answered by Mommyme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋