This is the comprehensive set of mounted lesson plans for Yellow Level Horsemanship in the Learning Levels equine curriculum, containing 22 lessons for beginner Western riders, with suggestions for modifications.
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 Yellow Level Horsemanship plans?
- An introduction to teaching Yellow Horsemanship.
- Twenty-two separate lesson plans.
- Mounted skills include: basic balanced position, using natural aids to guide the horse at the walk and jog, arena figures and etiquette, emergency skills, riding over ground poles and navigating ground pole courses, riding an Intro Level Western dressage test.
- 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:
- Time for Tack
- Emergency Exit
- Changing Seats
- Skip a Beat
- Slalom Cones
- Over the River
- Shrinking Gates
- Horse on Course
- Pick Up Sticks
- Barrels of Fun
- Take a Seat
- Strong Without Stirrups
- Transition Tournament
- A Fat Bay Mare
- Pinball
- Geometry Lessons
- Put to the Test
- Crazy Eights
- Serpentine Slalom
- Staying Alive
- Bumper Cars
- Dance Party
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 Yellow Level Horsemanship objectives.
