This is the comprehensive set of mounted lesson plans for Green Level Horsemanship in the Learning Levels equine curriculum, containing 22 lessons for beginner Western riders, with suggestions for modifications.
This Level encourages increased independence while teaching students to consider their influence on the horse and their responsibility for the horse’s welfare.
The lessons shared here have all been used in our riding school and can be adapted to suit students of any age.
What’s included in the Green Level Horsemanship plans?
- An introduction to teaching Green Horsemanship.
- Twenty-two separate lesson plans.
- Mounted skills include: efficient and self-directed ground handling and tacking up; warm up and cool down with awareness of conditions; rating horse’s speed at walk and jog; riding the lope along the rail, through large circles, and over a single pole; awareness of posting diagonals and leads; riding without stirrups and bareback at walk and jog; balanced and secure position over ground poles.
- Additional teaching tips and cautionary notes.
You can use the bookmarks and links in the document’s Table of Contents to easily navigate to the following lessons:
- Tortoise and Hare
- Leapfrog
- Let’s Lope!
- Giddy Up
- Look, No Hands
- Turning For Home
- Learning Leads
- Make a Change
- Xs and Os
- Choosing Sides
- Take It In Stride
- Fitness Foundation
- Bareback Fun
- Two Point Tune-Up
- Over and Out
- Multitasking Poles
- Three Ways to Play
- Funky Four Leaf Clover
- Poles For Points
- Infinity Pole
- Mix and Match
- Roadblocks
NOTE: These lessons were previously available in 2 separate sets of download files. The new single PDF file contains updated versions of ALL of those lesson plans — plus an introduction to teaching horsemanship lessons and a comprehensive explanation of Green Level Horsemanship objectives.
