Mark your calendar for The Great Olympia Bike Rodeo, returning June 1, at Garfield Elementary School! Come learn, play, and share the joy of biking! This is a free, family-friendly, community event. Bring your bike or scooter and helmet to participate. Youth will visit stations where they will learn and practice bicycle safety and handling skills. Visit the website for more details.
Children gaining skills and independence is a wonderful thing, but can increase parental anxiety. Knowing kids are well-educated on the rules of the road as they navigate their neighborhood and city is a necessity. A team of traffic safety educators will provide a safe space for kids to learn and ask questions about bicycle safety.
Young children through 8th graders will be given a free bicycle safety passport. Traveling from station to station at The Great Olympia Bike Rodeo will earn them stickers. Earn a prize for completing the passport!
A traffic garden team sets up a small-scale version of the roads and intersections that children will be interacting with. Educators will guide the bicyclists through the course, teaching the skills and signals needed to navigate in the real world.
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