World Bicycle Day Activity Ideas

 

 

We all know the importance of exercise for our health and well-being. On this World Bicycle Day, why not get out for a cycle or try some fun cycling challenges with your child/ren?

 

I’ve linked some cycling-related ideas, resources and activities for you to try.

• Ready Set Ride from British Cycling features lots of activity ideas to support children who are learning to ride and to build the confidence of new riders. Ed Clancy offers more tips for confidence and skills-building here.

• Teach your children all about bike safety. Find tips and information on Kidshealth.org and on Safe Kids.

• Use these warm-ups from the NHS Change4Life programme before you jump on your bike. 

• Bikeability offers tips on cycling as a family. Where could you go today?

• Why not have a scavenger hunt along the way?

• This Australian Activity Challenge is a great idea. It sets different distance targets for children to work towards. Perhaps you can create some challenges of your own based on landmarks/monuments/routes where you live.

• Active for Life has lots of suggestions on ways to make cycling fun for kids. 

• Two Wheeling Tots suggests 15 Fun & Easy Biking Activities for Summer.

• Find more bicycle games on Bikes Reviewed.

• The Danish Cycling Federation has shared this PDF of 20 cycling games.

• Keen adult riders may have fun with some of these games! The ‘granny-gear sprint’ sounds hilarious!

Ten games to spice up your rides

 

 

Link Cycling to the Curriculum!

English

• Investigate Guinness World Records related to cycling. Discuss which one your child/ren thinks is the greatest feat. 

• Is your bike one of the fastest like Kenn Nesbitt’s bicycle? Do you enjoy riding as Pie Corbett describes? Read these poems. Which one does your child prefer and why?

• How many cycling-related words can your child think of in 5 minutes? Here is a link to terminology used by the pros.

• Use this conversation starter to get children thinking about the benefits of bicycles and cycling and why we celebrate World Bicycle Day.

 

 

Maths

 I bought a new wheel from the local bike shop, but it was missing something in the middle. When I complained, they sent me straight through to their spokes-person.

• On a spokes theme, try this problem:

• Try these time, speed and distance bicycle-themed word problems. These are from a US book and feature feet and inches.

• Can you solve this bicycles and tricycles puzzle?

• Try this brainteaser: (Solution here)

You are a cyclist in a cross-country race. Just before crossing the finish line you overtake the person in second place! What place did you finish in?

• Here is another transport brainteaser.

• Try this challenging cycling-based Singapore maths problem. Follow the link to check your solution is correct!

One afternoon, 5 friends rented 3 bicycles from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. and took turns to ride on them. At any time, 3 of them cycled while the other 2 friends rested.

If each of them had the same amount of cycling time, how many minutes did each person ride on a bicycle?

 

 

 

STEM/Design

• Try these bicycle design challenges for KS1 and KS2 from STEM.org.

• Alternatively, linked is a helmet design task.

 

History

• Find out all you can about the penny farthing. Why did it get its name?

 

Inquiry/Geography

• Investigate the Tour De France and put together a presentation to teach others about this famous sporting event. 

• Learn more about France on The School Run.

 

Other

• Find other cycling-themed learning worksheets from Scholastic. 

 

I hope you have wheelie good fun trying out these ideas! 

  

 

Take care and stay safe all!