Horseback Riding Lessons

Goldilocks got her dream come true this weekend! She started therapeutic horseback riding, and she loved it. She is taking therapeutic horseback riding because of her balance issues, need for semi-private lessons (her brother will be added to her class in a few weeks), learning and processing problems and access to highly-trained professionals who can work with her strengths and weaknesses. She will have two volunteers on either side of her horse, a leader and the teacher in the middle of the arena. Hopefully, in a few months, she will have some control over the horse and will one day be an independent rider. 

Here she is doing stretching exercises on the horse


Preparing to throw the ring over cones from her horse

Working on balance and trust while riding the horse like a sack of potatoes

Practicing stopping the horse

At the end of the lesson, Tom Sawyer and Little Red Riding Hood got a ride around the arena, too. That was a really nice touch and the kids loved it.
They are also going to help Goldilocks with her reading lessons. Every week, I can email her spelling words, and they will incorporate them into her lessons. I really hope this will be a blessing for Goldilocks and help her move forward. They say children with RAD do very well with therapeutic lessons. I hope that is the case. 

Blessings, Dawn