Kid's horse Camps
2010 Horse Camp Schedule and Activities
June 21st-June 25th (Basic Horsemanship, level 1)
July 5th-9th (Advanced Horsemanship, level 2)*
August 9th-13th (Basic Horsemanship, level 1)
Cost is $300.00 for each week of camp
* requires sucessful completion of Basic Horsemanship camp
Click the address below for the Horse Camp Registration form. Please return your completed form and deposit to the Ranch to ensure your spot in this popular camp!
Daily
10:00 am: Gather in activity building for morning snack and review of the days Activities&discuss how the prior day went.
10:45 am: Horse games & fun.
12:00 pm: Lunch until 12:30 pm.
12:30 pm: More horse games & fun.
1:45 pm: Put horses & tack away.
2:00 pm: Parent Pick-up.
Monday:
10:15 am: Introductions and Rules of the ranch with staff and volunteers. Name tags for children&evaluation of their equine experience. Practice haltering large toy horse. Pair up horses&children.
11:00 am: Gather halters&walk to mid barn. Meet mini’s&practice haltering, leading, tying, grooming&hoof picking.
11:30 am: Catch&halter horses,&lead to arena.
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm: Lunch break
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Groom, tack up&have first basic lesson.
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm: Un-tack, Groom&return horses to pasture.
Tuesday:
10:15 am - 10:45 am: Meet in schoolhouse & discuss Mondays experience. Gather halters & walk to catch horses.
10:45 am-12:00 pm: Lead back to arena to tie, groom & tack up. Learn to trot, weave through cones. Untack & break for lunch, leave horses in the arena.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Lunch break
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Tack back up with English tack. Walk, trot, & Weave through cones, play egg & spoon game.
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm: Un-tack, Groom & return horses to pasture.
Wednesday:
10:15 am - 10:45 am: Meet in schoolhouse & discuss Tuesdays experience. Gather halters & walk to catch horses.
10:45 am-12:00 pm: Lead horses back to arena to tie & groom. Learn to ride bareback today. Walk, trot & weave through cones, play egg & spoon game again, break for lunch, leaving horses in the arena.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Lunch break
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Tack up western style, ride horses around track in pasture, ride through obstacle course.
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm: Un-tack, Groom & return horses to pasture.
Thursday:
10:15 am - 11:45 am: Meet in schoolhouse & discuss Wednesdays experience. Gather halters & walk to catch horses.
10:45 am-12:00 pm: Lead back to arena to tie, groom & tack up, Western or English, their choice. Go over safety & basic rules on trail riding. Go for short trail ride, then break for lunch, leave horses tacked up & in arena.
12:00 am - 12:30 pm: Lunch break.
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Practice riding through the obstacle course.
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm: Un-tack, groom & return horses to pasture.
Friday: FAMILY DAY
10:15 am - 10:45 am: Meet in schoolhouse and discuss how the week went. Gather halters and walk down to catch & halter horses.
10:45 am-12:00 pm: Lead them back to the arena to groom & tack up, Western or English style, their choice. Demonstrate skills to family, bareback riding, walk & trot, weave through cones, egg & spoon game, obstacle course, etc.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Lunch break
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Hay ride with family, do Eagala game “catch horse” & let the kids tell the parents how to do it, paint the horses if time & weather permits, play time.
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Un-tack, groom & return horses to pasture, showing family where horses are kept, & showing them the mini’s & reindeer.
Objectives: Children will learn how to catch & halter a horse safely in a herd environment, lead through gates, & how to properly tie up, how to groom & tack up, ride bareback, Western & English style, trail ride, ride through an obstacle course, play games on horseback, and learn basic’s of Equine Behavior. Most of all, they will learn about horses, & horse safety, and have lots of fun!
* There will be a variety of horseback games that we will have the children play, both before and after lunch, that will strengthen their riding skills, but will also help to teach teamwork.