Virtual Lessons Your Students Will Love
With the right mindset and a little preparation, you CAN make virtual equine lessons an option for inclement weather days.
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Take Your Lesson Plans to the Next Level
Thoughtful lesson planning can take a bit of time and some creative effort, but it saves time in the long run, and will help you walk into the arena confident that you’ve done everything you can to help your students succeed.
How to Launch a Learning Levels Program
Take your Learning Levels launch one step at a time, learn and adjust as you go, and celebrate your progress — just like your students!
3 Ways for Students to Level Up
We promise that once you find a testing structure that works for you, your Learning Levels program will become a well-oiled machine.
Marking Milestones: Tips For Tracking Your Students’ Progress
Careful tracking can improve your teaching and training, creating happier students. It also makes it easier to recognize your students’ accomplishments — which keeps them motivated and coming back for more!
5 Paths to Success with Unmounted Horsemanship Lessons
Unmounted learning is essential for good horsemanship and equine welfare — and for the financial stability of a lesson business.
Why Unmounted Lessons Fail
Do your students appreciate ALL aspects of horsemanship, and look forward to lesson time whether that lesson is mounted or unmounted?
Nail Your Student Newsletters – with a Template!
We like our communication with students to be effective and efficient, which is why we think newsletters from our equine business are well worth the time they take to put together.
Are You Ready for Summer Horse Camp?
Summer horse camp season can be intense, but you’ll enjoy it more when you’re prepared with proven camp schedules, lesson plans, horsey crafts and fun unmounted activities.
23 Lessons We Learned from Running a Riding School
Here are 23 nuggets of wisdom we’ve learned over the past two decades of teaching about horses and riding… some of it the hard way!
5 Secret Goals for Teaching Teal Level Horsemanship
Teal Level students can excel at any competitive discipline they choose, English or Western, in the arena or in wide open spaces. They have the skill set to learn how to train or to teach, if their heart pulls them in that direction.
The Trick to Treats: How to Safely Use Food Rewards in a Lesson Program
It takes knowledge, timing and some thoughtful horse training to use food rewards ethically and safely.
Eight Creative Ideas to Boost Your Riding School Revenue
Running a profitable horse business during tough economic times requires some careful budgeting and the willingness to adapt – and to think outside the box.
Keeping School Horses Sane
It takes happy horses to make happy customers … and if your horses aren’t happy, then we think your business is missing the point!
More Unmounted Games For Horse Camps and Riding Lessons
Every equine learning game should broaden or deepen students’ knowledge AND leave them with a taste for more – whether they’re in or out of the saddle.
Too Hot to Trot: How to Teach Safe Summer Riding Lessons
Six creative ideas for keeping students and horses safe in horse camps and riding lessons during hot weather.
Six Fun Horse Camps Your Students Will Love
Our proven specialty horsemanship camps will give new life to your summer riding program – and help you create memorable experiences for students and instructors!
Teach Ground Training Skills – and Connection – with HorseCentered Levels
Our new three-step ground training curriculum is inspired by years of experience with natural horsemanship and positive reinforcement training – but it’s designed to let you teach lessons with your own training philosophy.
Are Your Students Ready to Jump?
It’s a good idea for ALL students to learn low jumping skills, no matter what riding discipline they prefer – and thorough preparation is key to ensuring a safe, successful introduction to riding over fences.
5 Ways to Attract New Students Using Social Media
Social media is a wonderful tool for reaching new students for your program. At the same time, I know your plate feels very full with running a riding program, caring for horses, and everything in between. So make a choice to do what works for YOU.
Fostering Authentic Connections with Horses through Equine-Facilitated Learning
By introducing Equine-Facilitated Learning into traditional riding programs, students can create a deeper relationship with their school horse, lease horse, or personal horse from the ground up.
Valentine’s Day Riding Lessons
Valentine’s Day can be a good opportunity to celebrate the bond between horse and human with holiday-themed riding and groundwork lessons.
Longe Lessons Your Students Will Love
Like any other lesson, longe sessions should be thoughtful, varied, and FUN. Think beyond endless circles of sitting trot – with a little creativity, your students will look forward to longe line days, and may even ask you for more!
22 Ways to Level Up Your Riding Lesson Program in 2022
After all, everything we do comes from a love of a horses… it will keep us learning, growing, and striving to do our best for our horses and students – and attracting clients who are equally invested in leveling up their horsemanship!
