Object: A tricycle

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you ride a bicycle? (Let them answer.) How many of you ride a tricycle? (Let them answer.) Most of us ride a tricycle first, because it has three wheels and we cannot fall off. When we are very young we do not have the right kind of balance and we need to ride on something that has at least three wheels. A tricycle is safe. You can’t go as fast or have as much fun, but you also do not have a lot of bumps and bruises that you get when you ride your first two-wheeler.

Do you remember when you first learned to ride a bicycle? (Let them answer.) Do you remember how your father or mother ran alongside of you to make sure you did not fall over? I remember how I learned, and how glad I was that my father kept close to me. You had to h…