So tonight we FINALLY made some headway with teaching my daughter how ro rider a bike. She's been so negative and down about learning to ride and although she is almost 7, she keeps fighting it. I don't know how it has become such a big "IT" that she has to overcome. She seems like she finally was able to overcome her own self doubt to try it. One thing I did while she was trying and pedaling was to repeat over and over for her "I can do it". I chanted it over and over and over when she was on the bike. And it really worked. I saw her lips mouthing the words as she pedaled and the few times she fell. She was SO thrilled and proud of herself and I am just tickled that she is finally interested. I can't even tell you what agony we've gone through with her to even just try.
So tomorrow...we'll go back again. Unfortuantely we can't really practice in our yard because it's too sloped and our driveway is a bumpy mess. We have to go to a local school that has a great basketball court that is surrounded by flat grass. It was just what she needed. So tomorrow we will go back. Our goal is to have her riding by next weekend so we can take a family bike ride...finally!
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