We got our 4yo his second pedal bike for xmas (or Santa did, perhaps!). A "real" one with gears. I was really pleased he took to the gears almost immediately and I think he gets that you need a low gear to go up hill and can go in a high gear to go down hill and fast etc.
Then on the third day he went down a curb, somehow wrong, fell off forwards and split the inside of his top lip. Thankfully no other injuries anywhere, and he was wearing a helmet. His hands were sore but not grazed or cut. I've bought him some bike gloves now.
I was just wondering what I can do to help him avoid this again in future... he and his friends had been dropping off the curbs for ages so it did seem to be a one-off, but I also think he got off pretty lightly considering the way he fell and I would hate for the same, or worse, to happen again. I saw him come off and think he just came down at a bit of an angle and the front wheel was turned to the side too much, so it flipped him off.
There used to be a bike shop near us that did children's MTB courses but they have closed down. The only other courses I could find from a quick Google were aimed at kids who could only *just* ride a pedal bike, he's way beyond that as was riding his old non-geared pedal bike for 2 years already.
Is it just that he will get used to it over time, or is there something I could actively do to help him improve and be safer? Any thoughts welcome!