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Although our playground has limited resources, we have the perfect, paved area that’s just right for trikes. Thus, I am requesting three tricycles so that I can provide my students with the necessary equipment to enhance their core muscles, postural stability, and bi-lateral coordination. I’m also asking for three helmets to protect their growing brains. We will be sharing our tricycles with our preschool, first, and second grade students. Overall, approximately 85 students will benefit from this project. Working on gross motor skills is often limited during the school day, so incorporating tricycles will provide for this opportunity. As Claude Pepper wrote, “Life is like riding a bicycle: you don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling.” This being said, children need to be given a chance to participate with the “pedaling.” Many children do not have the advantage to develop their large motor skills outside of the school environment. Providing my students with access to tricycles would support this important development and give them enhanced confidence in their physical abilities. If a child doesn’t have the proper upper body strength or posture, they may have difficulty with writing, too. Additionally, research shows that steering a tricycle right and left teaches children the foundational lessons of directionality used in reading skills. This helps children grasp the concept that their body has sides (right, left, front, back) and assists their brain in distinguishing between these sides. With reading, this is useful when distinguishing between b’s and d’s and differentiating words such as “on” and “no.” Tricycles and helmets funded to our students will be greatly appreciated. I can already envision all of their smiling faces! Riding a trike will provide them with fun, fitness, and a lifelong love of active play and priceless memories.

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Although our playground has limited resources, we have the perfect, paved area that’s just right for trikes. Thus, I am requesting three tricycles so that I can provide my students with the necessary equipment to enhance their core muscles, postural stability, and bi-lateral coordination. I’m also asking for three helmets to protect their growing brains. We will be sharing our tricycles with our preschool, first, and second grade students. Overall, approximately 85 students will benefit from this project. Working on gross motor skills is often limited during the school day, so incorporating tricycles will provide for this opportunity. As Claude Pepper wrote, “Life is like riding a bicycle: you don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling.” This being said, children need to be given a chance to participate with the “pedaling.” Many children do not have the advantage to develop their large motor skills outside of the school environment. Providing my students with access to tricycles would support this important development and give them enhanced confidence in their physical abilities. If a child doesn’t have the proper upper body strength or posture, they may have difficulty with writing, too. Additionally, research shows that steering a tricycle right and left teaches children the foundational lessons of directionality used in reading skills. This helps children grasp the concept that their body has sides (right, left, front, back) and assists their brain in distinguishing between these sides. With reading, this is useful when distinguishing between b’s and d’s and differentiating words such as “on” and “no.” Tricycles and helmets funded to our students will be greatly appreciated. I can already envision all of their smiling faces! Riding a trike will provide them with fun, fitness, and a lifelong love of active play and priceless memories.

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