THINGS-"Spiderman Bike is a BIG Hit"

We placed a notice on our white board offering parents the opportunity to bring in any form of transport they might have that our children could explore. The offer was overwhelming with parents offering to bring in the different types of transport they used for their work. We also had M and EJ's dad offer to bring in their bikes. We gladly accepted all offers and then created a diary so they all didn't turn up at once :)
First came the bikes and they were a huge success. EJ's dad has a brand new Harley and while the Harley was favoured by most of the teachers......our children only had eyes for SPIDERMAN!!!!!!!

Vrrrmmmmm! Vrmmmm! The noise of motorbikes growled through the centre and the children gathered eager to see them up close. There were 1-2-3. One was a Harley Davidson, there was a big black bike and last a small but very cool bike with Spiderman designs on it.

I-L was keen to hop on the Spiderman bike and the other children gathered round. She seemed very comfortable as she held onto the handle bars. The children were absolutely convinced that this was sideman's bike.

"We need to be sure that what we are doing in our centres, everything that we are doing, adds value to children's learning" (Armstrong, 2007, p. 30)

The visit of these bikes gave I-L the opportunity to find out what it felt like to sit on a bike and to appreciate their size and the need for balance. I asked her if she liked the helmet but she shook her head. Perhaps it was a bit too claustrophobic? But she loved touching the shiny metal and was happy to sit on the bike.



The bike visit gave us an opportunity to talk about helmets for safety. Some of the children wanted to try the helmets on and were happy to wear them, other children found them quite heavy and claustrophobic.