Horse Powered Reading®

Selah Farm Learning is partnering with Neighborly Stables, located in Tecumseh, MI, to offer engaging, horse-assisted reading experiences for preschool, elementary, and middle school students. Students connect with horses from the ground (not as riders) to enhance the lesson and help students improve key reading skills.

Pony Tales Story Time

Pony Tales offers an equestrian-themed story time in the barn with a horse! Horse activities and snacks are included. Preschool groups and early elementary groups include 4 - 6 students. The 30-minute sessions meet each week for 4 weeks.

The Dark Horse Book Club - Horse Powered Reading®

The Dark Horse Book Club combines horses with reading to strengthen comprehension skills and help develop positive character traits. Themes include trust, responsibility, communication, leadership, patience, and forgiveness. The learning sessions use a guided discussion format while participating in horse-powered experiences to read and explore an equestrian-themed middle school novel. Groups of 4 - 6 middle school students meet weekly for 4 weeks for each 90-minute session.

Hold Your Horses - Horse Powered Reading®

Hold Your Horses is an educational reading program that teaches reading strategies, enhances literacy, and helps children develop a joy of reading. This a program for students who would benefit from additional reading support. By harnessing horse-power to build decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills, we can help increase problem solving, confidence, and a positive mindset. Group sessions meet for 60 minutes. Individual sessions are 30 minutes. Individual and group sessions are available.