With some prodding, Charlie decided to try training wheels. At first he struggled with confidence, coordination (steering while pedaling) and strength (notice at the start of the video he'll just stop - either he couldn't get his right leg over to pedal, or sometimes he'd accidentally push it backwards and stop). Once he got it all down, he loved it.
While they were biking around the clock tower, Charlie took a turn to fast and one training wheel went way off the ground. I told Charlie he was close to tipping over and falling and if it happened again to put his foot down to catch himself. No more than a minute later, it happened but worse. Charlie starting falling over but caught braced the fall with his leg. Doing a slow motion tip over before putting his hands down to catch himself. He was a bit upset and cried - I think out of fear at the fact that his bike can in fact tip over, but he was physically fine and got back on the bike.
Miscellaneous from the week of June 8th
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