New School Year 2024-2025

Skills learned from horses and riding can be applied outside of the horse world.

Riding teaches leadership because the rider must lead and decide where to go, when to go and how fast.

Horses give your child an opportunity to build a good work ethic. Riding horses is not easy and it is hard work to become good at it. Taking care of horses is also very important and takes hard work.

Children learn to not give up. Sometimes the horse will not respond to what the child asks. Horses sometimes try to be the leader and do what they please. When the child keeps asking the horse with clear signals and the horse finally responds for example. That teaches the child to not give up but to keep at it.

Similarly, children learn patience. Sometimes the horse or the rider is working on something that takes time and they won’t get it right away. Children need to learn to not get upset with themselves or the horse or try to force things and rush. They will get it in time and must be patient.

Children learn empathy. Horses have feelings. How do they feel when they are being ridden nicely or when the rider is bouncing all over their back. Or when a rider has quiet hands or hands that are jerking all over the place.

AND SO MUCH MORE!