Raleigh school joins movement to teach kindergarten students to ride bicycles

Gym class will get even more fun for kindergarten students at Green Elementary School now that they’ll learn how to ride bicycles.

The gym at Green Elementary, located off Six Forks Road near Raleigh’s North Hills community, erupted in cheers Thursday afternoon when the kindergarteners learned that a set of 24 bicycles had been donated to their school. Green will join the All Kids Bike program that uses physical education classes to teach kindergarten students to ride bicycles while at school.

“We’re in North Carolina,” said Leslie Blake, Green’s principal. “The weather is beautiful for a large part of the year and this is another way to encourage kids to get outside, have a life skill that can continue to feed into healthy habits.”…

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