Horse Powered Reading
Horse Powered Reading® is a globally recognised modality for helping children learn to read. It helps them
increase confidence
foster connections
learn valuable reading skills
carry new skills into the regular classroom
recognise and acknowledge progress
Social-emotional issues, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns often get in the way of student learning.
Horse Powered Reading® can break through those challenges giving students a chance to learn or reinforce reading and other academic skills in the moment.
Horse Powered Reading® integrates social-emotional learning with academics; thus allowing students see and experience reading with their entire mind, body and emotions by creating metaphors for the skills involved in reading.
Students interact with horses from the ground, while using toys and props to identify obstacles and learn five critical reading skills - phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension
* Session goals vary depending upon the needs of the individual or group
Each session is 1 hour and is ground-based, no riding.
“Both children really enjoyed their time at these sessions and were buzzing when they returned to school. M liked to share what they did with the whole class. This was quite an added bonus as he had always been reluctant to share his ideas in the past. Both children have become a lot more confident with their reading and now see themselves as “readers”. Both children really enjoyed the sessions and Miss I said “I can read much better now”. Both children have moved up reading levels and know a lot more sight words.” Teacher MW
