Rearing2Read improves children's literacy through equine-assisted learning experiences and hands on reading activities around the farm. We follow the Horse Powered Reading® curriculum. Horse Powered Reading® integrates social-emotional learning with academics; thus allowing students see and experience reading with their entire mind, body and emotions by creating metaphors for the skills involved in reading. Horse Powered Reading was created by Dr. Michelle Pickel. Students interact with horses from the ground, while using toys and props to identify obstacles and learn five critical reading skills - phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Rearing2Read offers after school sessions and summer camps.
