Manufacturer Name:
Glide Bikes, Inc.
Product Name:
Customer Quote: I have never seen such a bike! It helped my daughter understand how to ride a bike and it gave her the practice so when she got on a traditional bicycle, she could easily handle it. -- Father of two, Chicago, IL
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Cognitive Description
Go Glider helps combat childhood obesity.
The Go Glider is a larger size than other similar products on the market. This helps children who are older but haven’t yet mastered the skill of balance in order to ride a traditional bicycle.
When children ride the Go Glider, they are feeling the compression of their joints in their hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. This proprioceptive input their bodies receive helps children better focus and attend to cognitive tasks presented afterward.
The Go Glider makes the transition from riding a bicycle with training wheels to riding without training wheels much easier for a child. He learns how to balance on two wheels without having to negotiate pedals during this process.
The Go Glider is more intuitive to learn how to balance and ultimately ride a two-wheel bicycle.
Skills
The Go Glider helps children practice motor planning skills and enhance coordination.
As children learn how to position their bodies and balance on the Go Glider, problem solving skills emerge.
Children sequence steps to ride the Go Glider. This assists with cognitive processing skills.
Play Ideas
Play “Red light, green light.” Have one child on the Go Glider and the other controlling the game. When “red light” is called out, the child on the Go Glider must stop. When “green light” is called, he glides forward.
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Sensory Description
Go Glider helps combat childhood obesity.
The Go Glider is a larger size than other similar products on the market. This helps children who are older but haven’t yet mastered the skill of balance in order to ride a traditional bicycle.
Children who have gravitational insecurities or difficulty with movement may prefer riding the Go Glider over a traditional bicycle because there are no pedals involved; therefore, their feet can be firmly planted on the ground and moved on the ground, similar to walking.
When children ride the Go Glider, they are feeling the compression of their joints in their hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. This proprioceptive input their bodies receive helps children better focus and attend to cognitive tasks presented after.
Balance requires the processing of sensory information along with the body and muscles’ response.
Rubber tires provide a smooth, quiet ride.
The seat is slightly padded.
Skills
The Go Glider helps children practice motor planning skills and enhance coordination.
Visual processing takes place as children ride the Go Glider and are aware of their surroundings and when and where they need to stop riding (e.g. at the end of the block, if there are people blocking them, etc.).
Play Ideas
Set up a simple obstacle course for the child to maneuver through.
Adaptation Ideas
Communicative Description
Go Glider helps combat childhood obesity.
The Go Glider is a larger size than other similar products on the market. This helps children who are older but haven’t yet mastered the skill of balance in order to ride a traditional bicycle.
When children ride the Go Glider, they are feeling the compression of their joints in their hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. This proprioceptive input their bodies receive helps children better focus and attend to cognitive tasks presented afterward.
Skills
The Go Glider helps children practice motor planning skills and enhance coordination.
Waiting, patience and negotiation are worked on as children take turns riding the Go Glider.
Play Ideas
Have children compete for how long they can coast. Draw a line in chalk as the start point. With chalk, mark the stopping point of each child. Take turns trying to beat the other’s distance.
Children can take turns riding the Go Glider and running next to it to race.
Play “Red light, green light.” Have one child on the Go Glider and the other controlling the game. When “red light” is called out, the child on the Go Glider must stop. When “green light” is called, he glides forward. This activity incorporates receptive language skills.
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Physical Description
Go Glider helps combat childhood obesity.
The Go Glider is a larger size than other similar products on the market. This helps children who are older but haven’t yet mastered the skill of balance in order to ride a traditional bicycle.
There are no pedals to negotiate while learning how to balance. Feet provide the forward motion. There are foot rests that can be used or positioned out of the way. The foot rests are beneficial because once a child gets moving on the Go Glider, they can place their feet on the rests rather than hold them in the air. This requires much more leg strength to do.
Rubber tires provide a smooth, quiet ride.
Rubber handles with enlarged ends help maintain proper hand positions.
The seat height is adjustable.
The front handlebars control the movement of the front tire.
The seat is slightly padded.
Skills
Bilateral coordination is used as children use the same movement on their left and right sides simultaneously.
Children practice balance and balance reaction as they propel forward using their feet on the ground and pushing. As they ride, they learn how to correct balance changes in their body positions.
When children ride the Go Glider, they are moving their legs, increasing leg and core strength.
The Go Glider helps children practice motor planning skills and enhance coordination.
There is one hand brake that can be placed on the right or left handle and works on hand strength when squeezed.
Play Ideas
Set up a simple obstacle course for the child to maneuver through.
Count how many seconds a child coasts before putting his feet on the ground. Have the child try to beat his time.
Adaptation Ideas
DESCRIPTION: Approx. Price: Over $100Box Age Range: 2+ yrs# of Pieces: 1Washability: Surface WipeStorability: Directions: Simple Play Locations: Outdoor Adjustability: Levels of Play: Beginner and AdvancedBatteries: None needed
Features and Benefits
Promotes Active Play Connects/Assembles Securely High Quality Inviting Due to Uniqueness Durable One-Piece Unit Upright Position for Play
Developmental processes promoted
Balance Gross Motor Proprioceptive Input Physical Range of Motion Problem Solving Coordinated Movement Core Strengthening, Trunk Strength, Stability Action Concepts e.g. In/Out, Push/Pull, On/Off, Go/Stop Cause and Effect Motor Planning Weight Shifting Sequential Thought Bilateral Coordination
