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Here are the programs we offer:
Read for Steeds
Local schoolchildren come to the stables and ride in groups of 8-12. We work with the teachers to provide a safe and fun experience. Kids who do their reading assignments get to ride! It's a great incentive. Our kids have marked improvement in their reading scores.
Work to Ride:
This is a program for the older children to come and take a lesson once per week, in exchange for doing some barn chores. We are targeting middle school and high school children for this program. Each session will run for one month, or 4 weeks.
Crossties:
Taken from the name of a method to tie a horse, we will have children out to learn horse care, grooming, and some riding, incorporated with learning bible verses applicable to the lesson taught that session. We will be teaching appropriate behavior applications, and just general "Golden Rule" life lessons to children who might have exhibited behavioral problems in the past. We will be asking our local churches to sponsor these programs and will take referrals from local therapists, social workers, on children who might benefit from this program.
Horse Crazy:
This is an invitation for kids from our local school system to have the opportunity to come out for 4 weeks and take lessons, learn horse care, grooming and just be around their favorite animal. To qualify for this program, we are requesting the school systems to identify children who are underprivileged and have exhibited "extreme horse crazy behavior" in the classroom i.e., write about, and draw horses, etc. Targeted age group is elementary school. Groups of 4 kids will meet one afternoon per week, for a month.
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