Home School Horse Course

Oak View Stables is excited to offer a horseback riding physical education program designed for home-school students ages 6 and up. Oak View Stables Home-school Horse Course is a semester long course that teaches students what it takes to care for, communicate with, maintain, and enjoy a healthy horse in a safe environment. Horseback riding lessons are very social as well as physical. The students will learn about coordination, giving and following directions, teamwork, and mastering challenges. The students will also build new friendships, both human and equine.

This is a Physical Education for Homeschooling Program!!!

• Combines physical coordination, balance and stamina during riding and handling horses with emphasis on educational development of full horse knowledge. Horsemanship encourages responsibility, patience, respect, self-confidence, and compassion.
• Lessons focus on versatile and practical riding available for a variety of age, skill level, and riding style background of students.
• Each class session includes hands on instruction: grooming, tacking, handling, and riding a horse or pony. Other activities include equine care, nutrition, stable management, games on horseback and mind challenges (horse trivia, quizzes, etc).
• Safety is #1. Students learn in a safe and fun way on gentle, trained horses and ponies and taught by a certified instructor. Helmets will be supplied by the facility if needed but approved footwear is required of the student.
• Safety checks on equipment by qualified staff.
• Small group size- maximum of 6 students with 2 trainers -allows individual attention. Available to students ages 6-18
• Comfortable and friendly facility, large outdoor arenas and a small indoor riding arena