May is National Bike Month, which is promoted by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast.

Bike Month is a celebration of biking as transportation and as recreation. Riding a bike is healthy, fun, and a low-impact form of exercise for all ages. Plus, it's a family-friendly way to get outside and get fit together.

Check out our Riding a Bike video clip to review bike safety rules, and enjoy some simple ways to incorporate biking into you and your students' lives:

• Choose one day each week to ride a bike to school, to the park, or around your neighborhood
• Create a bicycle group with friends and family and start by planning a weekly ride together
• Start a biking challenge where people log their miles/minutes the entire month of May
• Incorporate bicycles into an art project by having kids design their dream bicycle with various colors, features, etc.
• Organize a biking day where fellow students, parents, and educators meet up to ride their bike together
• Add in some geography by allowing your kids to research popular bike rides around their community and even around the world

We hope you and your students find a way to embrace the simple pleasure of riding a bike.