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William Bryant Elementary’s All Kids Bike grant teaches kindergarteners to ride; older students served as leaders
Summary
William Bryant Elementary used a Blue Springs Education Foundation grant to run All Kids Bike, a balance‑bike program that taught kindergarten and first graders to ride and engaged fifth‑grade student leaders to run stations and support families.
William Bryant Elementary’s All Kids Bike program — funded by a grant from the Blue Springs Education Foundation — provided kindergarten and first‑grade students with hands‑on bicycle instruction in physical‑education classes and drew support from fifth‑grade student leaders.
“Balance bikes help the kids learn a lot,” said Kurt Lower, the school’s physical‑education teacher, who led the program at William Bryant. Lower told the board that the program teaches gliding and balance on a flat, forgiving surface and that…
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