Detailed mounted and groundwork lesson plans, with suggestions for modification, for every Learning Level objective in our Horsemanship and HorseCentered curriculums.
Use this HorseSense teaching guide for unmounted lessons that introduce equine trailer safety. Teach your Blue Level students how to perform a safety check on a truck and trailer; to identify parts and understand the process of hitching up a trailer and tow vehicle; to safely load and unload a horse, and to prepare for trailering emergencies.
Our Rainbow Level lesson plans give you creative tools for 30-minute mounted horsemanship lessons, with age-appropriate imagery that creates a fun, safe introduction to riding.
Show Me cards for Rainbow Level allow young students to demonstrate a simple horsemanship skill. Our students love using these cards while mounted in a challenge box — especially when they can use it to earn prizes.
Teaching guide for Green Level HorseSense unmounted lessons. Tips for teaching students how to take and evaluate equine vitals signs: temperature, pulse, and respiration (TPR).
Sample set of lesson plans for teaching Teal Level Horsemanship – contains two free lessons.
Sample set of lesson plans for teaching Purple Level Horsemanship – contains two free lessons.
Sample set of lesson plans for teaching Orange Level Horsemanship – contains two free lessons.
Sample set of lesson plans for teaching Blue Level Horsemanship – contains two free lessons.
This is the first set of lesson plans for Rainbow Level in the Learning Levels equine curriculum, containing 20 lessons and suggestions for modifications, for teaching unmounted horsemanship skills to young children.
Use this teaching guide for unmounted lessons that teach Yellow Level HorseSense students to confidently identify factors that would cause them to seek veterinary assistance.
Use this sample HorseSense teaching guide for unmounted lessons that give Red Level beginner students an introduction to equine behavior and stress signals.
Use this free sample teaching guide for beginner unmounted HorseSense lessons that teach the safety rules for barn, arena, and pasture. These are the skills that every Red Level student must practice from the moment they first set foot in the barn – rules that you must enforce in order to make safety-consciousness the cornerstone of your program.
This sample set of lesson plans for Yellow Level Horsemanship in the Learning Levels equine curriculum teaches flatwork skills to beginner riders, with detailed lessons and suggestions for modification.
Sample set of lesson plans for teaching Red Level Horsemanship to beginner English riders in the Learning Levels equine curriculum – contains two free lessons.
Sample set of lesson plans for teaching Rainbow Level unmounted and mounted lessons to young children – contains two free lessons.
Sample set of horsemanship lesson plans for teaching English riding lessons to Green Level students – contains two free lessons.
Use this helpful taxonomy for the Learning Levels curriculums to plan efficient mounted and unmounted lessons. This PDF download contains a simple list of our equine educational topics, with revised definitions to incorporate our English and Western Horsemanship, HorseSense, and HorseCentered curriculums.
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We’ve been blessed with many talented photographers over the years: students who voluntarily stood in sweltering/ freezing arenas, capturing lifelong memories of lessons, camps and shows. We’re grateful to all of them!
One former student, Delaney Witbrod, is now a professional photographer with a gift for animal portraits – see more of her fine work here. We’re also grateful for photos of Western riding donated by LLPro instructors – particularly Bit of Pleasure Horse School and Joyful Hearts Photography!
You’ll find illustrations throughout our online courses and printed materials graciously donated by our friend Rhonda Hagy. Evan Surrusco contributes additional illustrations and handles most of our photo processing. Contact us for information about their work.