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I've done the same with balance bikes at that age, a 1hr "lesson" that is a 2min talk on the most basic of ground rules followed by a series of races/challenges that each encourage a skill to develop and then a 2min talk at the end to ask what they found fun and just remind/tell them what they have learned by rewording how we describe the games.
1 - "long jump" balance over bike, run upto a line and see who goes the furthest, developes balance
2 - "grandmothers footsteps" that game where you turn around they need to sneak up behind you then you turn back and they freeze/stop, practice braking.
3 - "stop on the line" ride along then using the brake try and stop with the front wheel on a line, teaches about improves accuracy when braking
4 - "relay races" mix it up a bit ride across playground stop+dismount, hop/skip/run/jump/whatever back, encourages them to ride more and improve mounting/dismounting
5 - "assault course" a small circuit usually with some cones to slalom around and a little down hill, improves controlA million and one ways to cheat the games and ensure everyone feels they are winning for maximum participation, do the races as teams so even the slowest gets to be on the winning team or just judge on "style" and award to whoever.
Didn't "teach" them anything, just playing games, have had that as both a compliment and then as a criticism from bemused teachers who quietly said sorry when they understood the planning behind the games.
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I have just started a job teaching kids 2 to 6 sports and seeing how they pick up stuff through games is interesting, I had done football training to older kids but the younger kids is far more interesting esp seeing how they rember certain things.