How to Make the Puzzle find a large image of a horse off Google and print it out on firm paper cut the image up into pieces that can be used to teach horse parts (above you see the tail, legs, hooves, barrel, mane, eyes and ears, and nose) Examples of using the Puzzle Short … Continue reading
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Horse Parts
Horse parts can be a good thing to incorporate into your lessons. It is an easy quick way to sneak in horsemanship. Your students need to know the parts you mention while riding (“look between his ears”). It works on their memory and socializing. It can foster a relationship with you, the horse, and the … Continue reading
Matching Games
Matching Game Resources Buy matching games online: Matching bears Memory game Set game Rhyming game Whatever you can take from home or have volunteers bring Make your own based on what you’ve been working on! I made the above cards on a word document, printed them on cardstock, and cut them out. If you want … Continue reading
Game: Horse Basketball Drills
This is a game sent in by Steph, an instructor at Bit by Bit TRC in Oologah, Oklahoma. Thanks so much, Steph! Horse Basketball Drills Steph writes, “I thought I’d send in a fun game our students enjoy playing: horse basketball drills. Most students know what basketball is and have some idea how it works, thanks … Continue reading
TR Games Book – “Games for All Seasons”
I just became aware of a new book of games for TR instructors, check it out! It looks great! Click below. “Games for All Seasons: designed for use in therapeutic riding lessons” by Nancy Hohmann (Author), Andrew Ellis (Illustrator) **************** Note: This is not professional advice, this is a blog. I am not liable for what … Continue reading
Rings Games
Rings are one of the “must have” items for every instructor’s toolkit! There are 1001 things you can do with rings, and more. This is just a short list of games I’ve come across, and with a little imagination I’m sure you’ll come up with more. Please add to the list by posting in the … Continue reading
The Dice Game I
(source) There are many different ways to use a dice in TR. This is one game I recently learned! Supplies: 2 big dice (such as the ones above, found by googling “big dice”) Game: Have both students woah at one end of the arena, facing down the centerline, side by side. (They will be “racing” … Continue reading
Fishing Games
Fishing Game from Blazing Prairie Stars The Fishing Game was used at one of the barns I worked at for both Therapeutic Riding and Hippotherapy. Supplies: 3 fish of different colors with magnet noses 1 lake with 3 magnets pieces of matching the fish’s colors 1 fishing pole with magnet on the end Note: The … Continue reading
Grooming Supplies Game
This is a game that teaches the grooming tools while incorporating riding skills. Preparation: 2 barrels grooming supplies – several matching sets 1 bucket Arena Setup: barrel 1 is at one end of the arena, on top put 1 bucket filled with 1 set of grooming supplies barrel 2 is at the other end of the … Continue reading