Horse Powered Reading Information
REGISTRATION FOR SADDLE UP FOR HORSE TALES
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How it Works
Horse Powered Reading® integrates social-emotional learning with academics; thus allowing students see and experience reading with their entire mind, body and emotions by creating metaphors for the skills involved in reading.
Students interact with horses from the ground, while using toys and props to identify obstacles and learn five critical reading skills - phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
*Session goals vary depending upon the needs of the individual or group
Power Through Challenges
Horse Powered Reading® focuses on the learning process for the individual and builds upon children’s natural curiosity and determination.
During sessions, students are allowed to make discoveries and experiment with knowledge firsthand.
Our facilitators are trained to see what tools (toys and props) the child uses to choose and connect with their book (horse) and how that connection is made.
The interaction between client and horse gives the facilitator insight into what the client is experiencing inside and what patterns are working or not working for them. That interplay allows for profound learning to take place.
Through this process, the horse creates an opportunity for immediate feedback and experiential learning to take place.
Skills addressed
- Decoding - building phonics skills and sight word recognition
- Vocabulary enhancement
- Fluency development - reading quickly, accurately and with expression
- Overcome barriers blocking comprehension
- Practice study skills
- Comprehend textbooks
- Learn new, unfamiliar, and multi-syllable words
- Achieve higher order thinking
- Use critical and creative thinking
Why horses?
Horses can help clients learn to build connections~
- They are honest in the way they react to situations
- Horses are extremely sensitive to the actions of humans
- Horses have an incredible ability to pick up on our non-verbal behavior
- Horses will only bond with someone when they feel the person is being "authentic"