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how our
trikes
and bikes stimulate play
and move children
children learn by moving. to support and encourage children in their play ac vi es, it is important that we give them access to a wide range of toys that inspire many different types of play. everything we build is designed to make children want to play. our products invite ac vity. they create that magical space where youngsters lose themselves in play; involved, happy, and ac ve. in this environment, children form healthy habits that will last a life me. new playmates ? with and without wheels a trike can be a fire engine. with a trailer, it may be an ambulance. or a trike can be a horse in the indians? ba le against the cowboys. in this way, physical ac vity is linked to children?s crea ve imagina ons. bikes and trikes do not determine what children play, but rather support them in their play ac vi es. it starts with a trike. it ends up as social intelligence when children play with their trikes or other wheeled toys, this play is their world. the trikes can play any part the children like, from the youngest child?s observa on games to the complicated role-playing of older children. under the right condi ons, children can rapidly turn their experiences into general understanding and awareness at a speed, and with a clear percep on, that researchers find difficult to explain. all it takes is for children to be allowed to play freely. learning to know what is important the ability to tell the difference between what is important and what is not is vital to human beings, especially in an age when all our informa on comes from television, computers and mobile telephones. children learn what is important as a reflex when cycling. when they are on a bike, they simply cannot look at everything. they have to stay focused. motor skills motor skills define the ability to move and to use the body, legs and hands produc vely in coor - di na on with the senses. good motor skills involve five different elements; strength, balance, coor- dina on, a sense of three-dimensional space, and the ability to sense the world around us, which are used to direct how the body moves. there is only one way to improve motor skills; prac ce, prac ce and more prac ce. 6
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