RESOURCES

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little bit VIRTUAL Lessons

• Experiencing Life like a Horse: The 5 Senses

• Horse Show Preparation including bathing and braiding

• Western Riding Disciplines and Pattern

• Horse Related Careers including Becoming a Riding Instructor

• Inside Zorro’s Closet: Blankets and Boots

• Bridles and Bits

• Polls to Pasterns: The Language of Horse Anatomy

• Happy Healthy Horses: How to Manage a Barn

• Riding Skill: From GO to WHOA! Mastering transitions

• Horse Grooming including Clipping a Fjord!

• Riding Skill: Dressage Shapes and Patterns

• Saddles, saddles, saddles!

• Farrier Day

• Groundwork Pivots and the Horse Dance

• Riding Skill: HANDS! Working with your reins and your horse

• Horse colors, markings, sizes and breeds

• Free Lunging and Connecting with our Equine Partners

• Hoof care

  • This very useful document from Oregon State University on the anatomy of the leg and hoof. WARNING: this document includes a graphic image of the internal anatomy of the hoof. Please click here to view.

• The 2-Point Position

  We hope you enjoy watching these videos that show you the 2 point position in action with some world class riders:

  • Winner of Olympic Golds, World Records, 4* 3-day events and the man voted International Federation of Equstrian Sports rider of the 20th century. A true pleasure to watch and a master horse man Mark Todd of New Zealand. Click here.

  • 3 -day event rider and show jumper who has dominated the world stage in recent years, Michael Jung riding at the Kentucky Rolex International. Click here.

  • One of the most impressive spectacles of horse riding, the Puissance Wall - watch how the basis of the 2 point position changes into the jump position to achieve jumping at these incredible heights! Click here.

  • At home exercises: Want to work on our 2 point position at home? Try working on squats and to make it even harder, do them on a step to try to get the feel of sinking your weight into your heels!

crafts and activities

• Horse Origami Activity

• Horse Word Decoding

• Grooming Tools Cut and Paste Activity

• Horse Maze

• Rhyming Horse Parts Game

• Color the Horse by Number

• How to Draw a Horse

• Toilet Paper Roll Horse Craft

• Horse Word Search, Spot-the-Difference, Mazes, and Crossword Puzzle

• How to Build a Tack Trunk

• Little Bit Coloring Book

hEALTH AND wELLNESS

• Stretching with Zorro

• Little Bit warm-up sequence

• Equestrian Stretches at Home Routine

• Parks, Recreation, and Meditation Sounds (by LB rider Kata and volunteer Matthew)

• I Can Wear a Mask - Social Story

• Parent and Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With COVID-19

• Seattle Children’s Journey Program (Bereavement Program for Child Loss)

• The Birth Injury Center

• Autism and Addiction

EDUCATION HELP

• A Guide to Virtual Learning for Students with Disabilities

• Free Social Emotional-Learning School Curriculum for All Ages

• International Association for Spelling as Communication