Use this teaching guide for beginner unmounted HorseSense lessons to 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.
But memorizing rules isn’t enough: students need to understand the rationale behind each barn rule, so that they start developing the critically important ability to think like a horse
We expect our students to be able to discuss these basic rules well enough that they could safely introduce a friend or family member to the barn.
Lessons cover:
- Rules for safety practices for all three equine environments: barn, arena, and pasture.
- The importance of identifying potential hazards.
- Interactive teaching tools such as learning games, hobbyhorses, and hands-on prompts that help reinforce safety concepts.
Teaching tips include:
- creative ideas for teaching this topic with both private and group lessons
- suggested Challenge materials (games, worksheets, etc.) and other teaching tools
- strategies for adapting for your unique teaching situation
If this is your first time using our unmounted teaching guides, please make sure that you download and read:
HOW TO TEACH HORSESENSE USING OUR TEACHING GUIDES – IMPORTANT INFORMATION
OTHER TEACHING RESOURCES YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL:
- Prompts for Red Level Safety Rules - Red HorseSense
- Red Level HorseSense Study Guide
- Stuff Happens in the Barn - Red Level
- Stuff Happens in the Pasture - Red Level
- Stuff Happens in the Arena - Red Level
- Stuff Happens While Riding - Red Level
- Level Up Question Cards - Red HorseSense
- Teaching Guide - Red HorseSense - Dressed for Success
- Teaching Guide - Red HorseSense - All Tied Up
