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my experience with my now 9yo, who started skateboarding at a similar age (late 5yo I think):
After a bit of rolling along as you described, I spent some time getting her to get used to just standing on and stepping off the board whilst stationary. At that age it’s actually a big step to go from rolling along, with both feet on the board, to having the confidence to take one foot off and do the slight crouch necessary to put the foot on the floor, wether to step off of to push along. The more confident they are with that motion the better.
If they get used to stepping on and off the board without feeling all wobbly, then they’ll have more confidence in how the board acts underneath them.
AlexD
Quick kid skating question, jnr is almost 6 and enjoys going to school and various places on their skateboard, I pull them along and every so often give them a bit of a push so they ride along solo, balancing on the board by themselves, until they slow I catch up take their hand and pull them along again.
Their balance is pretty good whilst moving, my question is how do you incorporate pushing into this routine?
How did you start your kids off pushing? How long did it take ( I know it’s a bit of an open ended question) before they were confident/competent at pushing themselves?
There’s a skate school in peckham that I’m thinking of taking them to maybe during a half term early next year, if they’re still showing an interest which might be a good if they haven’t started pushing themselves by then, as I’m only just learning to skateboard myself, so don’t want to be teaching them bad habits.