Recently a coworker lent me her master’s project from a few years ago, a binder full of Therapeutic Riding Exercises and Activities and Equine Facilitated Learning Activities, to use as a resource for this blog! Here is her great list of Riding Mounted Activities. Enjoy! Note: most of these games require horses to be desensitized to items … Continue reading
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The Honey Bear Obstacle Course
A friend told me about this activity she saw someone do with their students, and I thought it was cute enough to share! However, I forgot exactly how it went so I may have added some of my own embellishments. Enjoy! The Honey Bear Obstacle Course Introduce the bear. He is hungry. Your mission is … Continue reading
Rainy Day Activities
I just found a wealth of resources at the Virginia 4-H extension website! I have listed all the ones for Rainy Day Activity idea here for you. Puzzling Horse Parts A Horse of a Different Color (horse colors) Do You Have Horse Sense (horse body language) Eat Like a Horse (horse feeds) Horses Wear Clothes, Too … Continue reading
Horse Parts Games
I just found this gem of a handout by the Virgiana 4-H extension. There’s some good horse parts game ideas AND a puzzle already drawn for you, all you need to do is print it! I imagine hiding the pieces around the arena and having the rider find them then put the puzzle together on … Continue reading
Groundwork Activities for Grooming, Tacking and Leading
My barn used these groundwork activities for a special group of Big Brothers/Big Sisters they just had in and I thought they were great. The organizer based them off camp games and adapted them to horses. They’re good for incorporating horse skills into teaching life lessons and social skills. Grooming Gab Need: horses, leaders for … Continue reading
Horse Parts Puzzle
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
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
“5 Themed Lesson Plans that Work” article
PATH Intl. has posted the handouts from the 2012 Conference at the 2012 PATH Conference Handouts website! One of them is the handout “5 Themed Lesson Plans that Work”. It present 5 Themed Units with 5 Lessons each, resulting in 25 Lesson Plans! The 5 themes are: Drill Team Western Dressage Challenge Course Cavaletti Gymkhana It also includes these … 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