So far all my posts have emphasized riding skills, but there is more you can teach your students off-horse! Today’s post will give you 2 lists: Horsemanship Skills and Groundwork Skills. Remember that everything must have a purpose. Reasons you may want to teach off-horse skills include: Your student’s long term goal is to graduate from … Continue reading
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What to Teach – Riding Skills List
When I first started teaching, I had a hard time even knowing what to teach, much less how. Once I went through the PATH certification process and learned about goals, objectives, lesson planning, and progression it became easier to decide what to teach in each lesson. Something that also helped was listing out every possible skill I … Continue reading
Perspective
As a new instructor sometimes I get really nervous about teaching. I feel overwhelmed at all there is to know, feel pressured by myself to be this amazing teacher full of profound knowledge and wisdom, feel inadequate. At times like these I need to remember that really, all the kids want to do is just … Continue reading
The Lesson Plan – Basic
This is the basic lesson plan template I always work from. It’s a good one! THE LESSON PLAN – BASIC Date: Instructor: Short & Long term Goals: Objective of Lesson: (include riding skill, action, measurement, conditions) Teacher Preparation/ Equipment Needed: Rider Horse Tack Leader SW 1 SW 2 Ring set up (Draw arena setup) Prep … Continue reading