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Bikes can be an integral part of outdoor play. Claire Warden shows how Iam often asked about the use of bikes outside. My view is that if they are used selectively and with a purpose, they can be an integral part of outdoor play. Here are some suggestions for resources to enhance play with bikes and other wheeled toys that are based on ideas given to me by children in a nursery in Scotland.

Iam often asked about the use of bikes outside. My view is that if they are used selectively and with a purpose, they can be an integral part of outdoor play. Here are some suggestions for resources to enhance play with bikes and other wheeled toys that are based on ideas given to me by children in a nursery in Scotland.

Ideas to explore Number recognition.

Resources Numberplates ,parking tickets ,chalk to create parking areas and speed limits

PLOD Extend the links between indoors and out by making the numberplates inside, laminating them and attaching them to the bikes with string.

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