• ​Equest will visit your school with 2 miniature horses to introduce the program.

• Each student will be presented with an informational book about horses.

• The miniature horses will become the students' pen pals and send a letter each week for 4 weeks to encourage the students to work on their reading skills.

• Each pen pal letter will present a horse-related theme and include worksheets.

• Interactions with the horses promote enthusiasm towards reading skills, confidence among their peers, and a caring relationship with an animal.

• Targeted literacy skills may include:

  • Identifying nouns, verbs, and adjectives​

  • Rhyming

  • Increasing Vocabulary

  • Capitalization

  • Initial/Final sounds

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After the 4-week curriculum is completed in the classroom, the students will take a field trip to Equest! The 2-hour visit will include hands-on unmounted activities with the horses and a craft project. The visit culminates with the students demonstrating their reading skills by reading their books to the horses.