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Teach a kid to ride a bike

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to teach a kid to ride a bike: 7 steps, about 3.3 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to teach a kid to ride a bike but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Check the bike fits and the brakes work20 min
2. 2Find a flat, soft, empty space15 min
3. 3Session one: balance only, no pedalstime block · 30 min
4. 4Session two: gliding and steeringtime block · 30 min
5. 5Session three: add the pedalstime block · 30 min
6. 6Practise starting and stoppingtime block · 30 min
7. 7First proper ride togethertime block · 45 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.