grant, Northwest Crossing Elementary’s library now has classroom cruiser bikes 🚲 as part of the Ride to Regulate: Bike Breaks for Better Learning program. Students can pedal while they read, helping them stay focused, engaged, and energized. 📚🧠 Teachers are already seeing the benefits, with students loving this new way to learn and self-regulate. Shoutout to librarian Lynette Baker and the staff for making it happen!

The new Self-regulation Classroom Cruiser is designed to provide opportunities for students, grades PreK-6, to self-regulate through movement without having to leave or disrupt the class. It is ideal for inclusive environments or in the home. The Cruiser helps kinesthetic learners and any student who needs to get the wiggles out so they can refocus and engage in learning.

Student on Self-regulation Classroom Cruiser Movement, balance and self-regulation

  • Rhythmic movement, such as pedaling, has a calming effect on the nervous system and helps us self-regulate

Integrated classrooms

  • Many learning disabilities make it difficult for students to sit still and concentrate
  • The bike allows students to remain in the classroom and take a break (and not be centered out or miss part of the lesson)

Kinesthetic Learners

  • Kinesthetic learners learn best when they incorporate movement

Childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyles

  • Time and funding for physical education has decreased
  • Research shows a relationship between increased sedentary behaviors with weak academic performance*

Adult stationary bike vs Copernicus kids stationary bike

A. When a student rides an adult-sized stationary bike, ergonomics and safety are compromised

B. Designed with ergonomics specifically for student-sized riders

 

 

 

 

Safety and ergonomics

  • Our bikes are designed specifically for student-sized riders
  • Industry standard testing of 100,000 cycles is required
    for home and commercial use bikes; with over 7 million
    testing cycles, this bike is built to withstand all the miles you can put on it.
  • Proper ergonomics are critical for rider safety. Unlike
    adult-sized stationary bikes that suit only a limited range
    of riders, our bike is fully adjustable to prevent injury.
  • The covered drivetrain prevents little fingers (or anything else) from the moving parts

Designed for classroom environments

  • Very quiet enclosed drivetrain to reduce distraction
  • Digital display and work surface integrate into
    classroom activities
  • Easy to move and requires no maintenance

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