Nursery World - Book extract: Making the most of bikes, trikes and scooters

With a little imagination, wheels can give us countless cross-curricular activity ideas, says James Davolls in an edited extract from '50 fantastic ideas for bikes, trikes and scooters'

Bikes, trikes and scooters can be linked with rope to create a train

Vehicles are a tool for learning (PHOTO: Bloomsbury)

Why should we have bikes, trikes and scooters? Yes, learning to ride these vehicles encourages physical development, balance and spatial awareness, but what do they offer once a child has developed these skills?

We need to appreciate vehicles as a tool for learning – a way to support a child's development in the absence of an adult. By encouraging children to take risks, explore problems and devise their own ideas in vehicle play, we are developing key characteristics to support children throughout their entire lives.

Some settings are concerned about their limited space and resources to allow children to fully enjoy vehicle play. These activity ideas are for settings of all shapes and sizes, from those that are well-resourced to those that are not.

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