{"id":554,"date":"2025-08-01T14:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2025-08-01T23:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:30:12","slug":"week-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr McWheelies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At our nursery, we use a special outdoor space called\u00a0Mr McWheelies, where all children have the opportunity to explore and learn how to ride a bike.<\/p>\n<p>This garden area is equipped with a variety of bikes from balance bikes\u00a0to\u00a0pedal bikes, allowing children to progress at their own pace. Learning to ride is a big milestone, and through this experience, children build\u00a0balance,\u00a0stride, and\u00a0confidence\u00a0with every turn of the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a space where children learn important social skills like\u00a0taking turns,\u00a0making friends, and\u00a0supporting one another.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-554-1\" width=\"525\" height=\"284\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/quicktime\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/earlylearningunit\/uploads\/sites\/5934\/2025\/08\/01232907\/FullSizeRender-compressed-4.mov?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/earlylearningunit\/uploads\/sites\/5934\/2025\/08\/01232907\/FullSizeRender-compressed-4.mov\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/earlylearningunit\/uploads\/sites\/5934\/2025\/08\/01232907\/FullSizeRender-compressed-4.mov<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At our nursery, we use a special outdoor space called\u00a0Mr McWheelies, where all children have the opportunity to explore and learn how to ride a bike. This garden area is equipped with a variety of bikes from balance bikes\u00a0to\u00a0pedal bikes, allowing children to progress at their own pace. Learning to ride is a big milestone, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/week-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mr McWheelies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20771,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/earlylearningunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}