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@Dammit
This may sound backward- but I'd say learning how to handle the bike at low speeds is extremely important, as is braking confidently without pulling an endo.
A bike becomes stable at higher speeds, at lower speeds it wants to have a lie down, which is inconvenient when you typically perform some tricky manouvers at a low speed.
When I were a nipper I spent hours in the car park of a local church (always empty) just practicing balance- things like making the bike travel forward at a crawl without pedaling but just by moving your weight around and so forth.
I think it would be worse for your cycling confidence to wobble out into traffic at too early a point- basic skills must be learned first.
Sorry if this comes over as patronising, if you can already balance at a near standstill with ease and confidence by all means hit the roads this weekend.
If not please go to the park.