Education Programs

Avenues in Motion offers free, standards-based, in class, education programs for Kindergarten through 8th grade students, as well as independent projects for High School students. Each interactive program helps students develop skills to identify and safely respond to traffic safety hazards as a pedestrian or bicyclist.

Avenues in Motion’s facilitators work with one classroom at a time so each session is entirely interactive with games, activities and challenges. Avenues in Motion offers standard workshops for each age level but can also customize a program to suit your areas of interest or time limitations. Contact us to discuss which program is the best fit to give your students the tools to choose safe, active transportation.

Walk and Roll to School

All ages

Avenues in Motion encourages all schools to encourage active transportation by planning Walk to School Day events. These events are not only fun ways to get students and parents excited about walking and biking, but they also enable students to learn the benefits of walking and biking to school and begin fostering a culture of active transportation to school. Some examples of walk and bike events include a Walk and Roll to School Day, a Walking School Bus, a Bike Bus, or a Campus Walk/Walk at School. Avenues in Motion encourages schools to participate in Walk, Bike and Roll to School Day in October and May. We are available to attend your Walk to School Day with a fun safety activity and giveaways on a limited basis. For more information, please contact Fatima Mian.

Traffic Safety Explorers

Pre-School-Pre-K

Traffic Safety Explorers is a fun and interactive program that teaches students the essential pedestrian and bicycle safety skills they need to navigate walking and biking to school. The students will go on an imaginary walk, encountering driveways, crosswalks, intersections, traffic lights, and other essential road safety features. The students will learn how to stay safe in certain situations on the roadway. Students will also get a chance to learn about the importance of helmet safety and how to properly fit their helmet, and, lastly, explore ways to be visible in the dark with reflective wear. For more information or to schedule Traffic Safety Explorers, please contact Emily La Polla.

Ready To Walk and Roll

Kindergarten-2nd Grade, Designed for classroom setting, 25 minutes

Students collaborate to create a model neighborhood while reviewing safety infrastructure and traffic signs. Their streetscape becomes the stage for an interactive, storytelling experience. A facilitator leads a “choose your own adventure” narrative about students walking and biking to school. Students manipulate physical characters around the streetscape and identify safety hazards along the route. These hazards include passing a driveway on a sidewalk, interacting with traffic control devices, crossing the street and communicating with drivers. Students work together to decide the safest response and practice how to share the road with all users. For more information, please contact Fatima Mian.

Traffic Safety Town

3rd-5th Grade, Designed for gymnasium or multi-use space, 40 minutes

Avenues in Motion fills a standard gym with a sprawling streetscape for an immersive, hands on experience. Students review traffic signs, signals and laws then navigate the neighborhood as drivers, bike riders and pedestrians. Through guided exercises and independent decision-making, students practice nonverbal communication between all road users, acting predictably in the traffic system and responding to hazards. Students demonstrate the responsibilities of each road user to create a safer shared environment. For more information, please contact Fatima Mian.

Bike Driver’s Ed

6th-8th Grade, Designed for classroom setting, 25 minutes

This off-bike program equips students with the tools they need to get around safely on two wheels. Students review traffic signs and laws to identify bike rider’s rights and responsibilities. Students learn about lane use, turns, how to share the road with drivers and pedestrians, stopping distances, and safe and unsafe responses to hazardous situations. An optional e-bike module can be added to this presentation. For more information, please contact Fatima Mian.

Outside of Class Options

These programs may be adapted for your extracurricular group! Contact us to discuss building a program to bring interactive pedestrian or bike safety to your nontraditional setting. You may also consider an on-bike workshop, hosted by Avenues in Motion League of American Bicyclists certified coaches.