Originally Posted by
Fern53
I have to agree. My daughter was a slow learner- and angst-ridden over any activity that remotely required coordination.
Rather than force her -which is going to frighten her and drive her away from something that should be fun for a child- let her go at her own pace. Eventually she will convince herself she can do this, or she will see other children her age riding off into the sunset and will become determined to join them. The smaller bike might work, but I think she just needs to march to her own drummer at this point.
That's what I did with my son. On the one hand he was not the first in his K class to drop the training wheels, but he was the one with the most miles and days in, and once he did drop the training wheels he's really taken off (so to speak) in how much he rides. And how much he *can* ride. He's a better rider for going at his own pace (and not having been scared/guilted off the bike 'cause he wasn't passing X milestones in Y months).