Games for Kids on Horseback 13 Ideas for Fun and Safe Horseplay

by Karcher, Gabriele

• ISBN13: 9781570766527
• ISBN10: 1570766525
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-04-15
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

Summary

This collection of fun (and safe) games that will delight children taking riding lessons and getting together to have fun with their horses. It includes classic games that have been played in 4-H and US Pony Club groups for decades: egg and spoon, sit-a-buck, breakaway, and musical chairs to name a few. The games are ideal ways to build horsemanship and reinforce specific riding skills such as starting and stopping; mounting and dismounting; balance; and steering while having a whole lot of fun.

Author Biography

Gabriele Kärcher is a freelance writer and photographer. A lifelong horse lover, she first spent time in the American West in 1996 where she discovered the American Curly Horse on a Crow Indian Reservation. She now splits her time between Aichhalden, Germany and Pryor, Montana.

Table of Contents

Throwing and Catching

Badminton

Musical Chairs

Bucket Brigade!

Flowers and potatoes

Four hooves against two feet

Boot Race

Just stick with it

Obstacle course for the agile

Left, right, and off we go!

Stay Cool!

Scavenger Hunt

Fast-paced team fun

Goodbye