The great melon drop

I've now got 6 of my 15 kids wearing helmets. But I wanted to convince everyone how important it was. So yesterday we did a bike parade around the school with several other classes. Before we rode, I stood on a bench with two melons. One of then I dropped on the ground. Predictably, it cracked open. The other one I put in my helmet and then dropped it on the ground in my helmet. And it didn't break open! So what did we learn? We are safer when we wear helmets. The parade was lots of fun. Some of the kids are just learning how to pedal. Some of them being their scooters. But they all have fun.,