Horse Powered Reading & Emotional Support Group
REGISTRATION Reading & Emotional Support Group
Horse Tales-Saddle up for reading and emotional support
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How it Works
Program Overview:
Horse Powered Reading® integrates social-emotional learning with reading skills, allowing participants to experience literacy using their mind, body, and emotions. Through equine-assisted activities, children will build confidence in reading while improving key literacy skills. The program also focuses on the social-emotional component by helping participants develop focus and patience while learning new skills. Additionally, children will learn to recognize frustration and use self-regulation techniques in their interactions with horses.
Psychosocial Service Component:
This program serves as a psychosocial service by addressing both the psychological and social needs of children. The equine-assisted activities foster emotional regulation, social interaction, and the development of coping skills, which are essential for healthy emotional growth. By engaging with horses, children learn to build trust, manage emotions like frustration and anxiety, and communicate non-verbally in a supportive, interactive environment. This holistic approach promotes self-awareness, emotional resilience, and improved interpersonal skills, helping children better navigate both social and academic challenges.
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
- Receive emotional support to build confidence, reduce anxiety around reading, and foster a positive learning mindset
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"