This year Daphne, being in 4th grade, gets to go to horse camp. During the year, they learn all about horses, they write about horses, they sculpt horses out of clay, a horse came to school for them to see it in person, they learn to take care of horses and how to ride. Then they are rewarded by going for 2 days and a night up to a horse and pony farm about an hour away. They are assigned a horse or pony for the two days and they ride that horse, they groom that horse, they tack that horse, they play western games on the horse and they muck out their stalls. Daphne is so excited to go!
However, the teacher that has the "in" at the horse and pony farm is a 2nd grade teacher, Mo's teacher. This year, they decided to take the 2nd graders on a one day field trip to the farm. They got to learn about horses before hand and then go and get hands on experience with them. And the whole family was invited! I end up taking just Daphne, Mo and Harvey. We had a great time.
The farm has animals to fit every size and riding ability from
miniature horses and ponies.
To Clydesdales,
We got to rotate through stations where we learned general horse and specific to the farm information.
Learned tacking and grooming, horse riding safety and of course the actual trail ride.
Here Mo is practicing.
Daphne wanted to practice too.
And of course Harvey had to have a turn!
It was so exciting to get on a real pony.
Here is Daphne riding Iceman.
Mo getting on MaryAnn.
They were great at matching horses/ponies to each rider.
Harvy is getting on Cody.
I walked along beside Harvey holding Cody's reins.
Here is Mo riding Harvey.
We ended the day with a BBQ and potluck dinner and the kids in heaven, running wild through the woods.
(It all just served to make Daphne even more excited to go to horse camp!)
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