Horsing Around for Kids

guided horse experience | kids program | natural horsemanship

PROGRAM

Have fun with horses

Learn how to be friends with horses

Have a horsey adventure in nature

This fun and playful experience let’s them get up close with our gentlest horses in a safe and professionally organised way. It’s a fun beginner lesson to build trusting, safe friendships with horses.

The session is primarily done on the ground and focuses on natural horsemanship and our relationship with these wonderful equine friends. No prior experience necessary.

What’s included in this experience:

  • Introduction to the horse and horse safety
  • Meet and groom and talk and hear and smell and feel the horses
  • Learn to safely lead a horse
  • How to resepect the horse’s boundaries and set your own
  • Adventures in nature with horses – run and jump and lead and walk
  • Make new friends (2 and 4 legged ones)

We’ll be doing all sorts of fun activities with the horses, and along the way find out all about herd dynamic, how to communicate effectively with horses, how to respect another being’s space and how to claim your own, why ‘no’ is a complete sentence, and much more!

We will meet and groom and talk and hear and smell and feel the horses. We will walk them (much like a dog only softer), we might run with them, hop over small jumps, guide them through a maze, and other fun things. Some kids like to do horse riding, they can sit on the horse’s back and we lead them around.

Often our very experienced young assisting instructor (my daugther) will join in with her joyful energy, which is a great addition to the delivery of the program.

We will gauge where the kids are at, and will adjust things accordingly. Depending on how they go it can range between 2 to 2.5 hours.

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(25 pictures)

blond girl in pink cap and teeshirt plaiting white flowers into chestnut horse's mane
happy young girl sitting bareback on brown horse with purple rope halter, man with grey cap smiling at her, fence and forest in background
2 girls with different coloured hats wearing identical blue shirts brushing the mane of a brown horse, with a chestnut horse and person in red shoes in background
barefoot blond girl in black top and grey-pink pants sitting backwards on chestnut horse tied with black rope halter and blue rope, brushing the horse's fur, besides a bar style building
kneeling mother in blue dress and standing baby child with hat looking at a horse's hind leg, holding a comb
girl in blue shirt leading a chestnut horse on rope, weaving through short poles on grassy area, estuary in backgorund
blond girl in black top and blue jeans running with brown horse on long, loose lead rope over grassy ground
little girl wearing red hat holding hand on horse's forehead, both teir eyes half closed, noses almost touching
man in red shirt and black pants and cap holding chestnut horse on slack lead rope, horse with white stripe on nose and white feet, girl wearing shots and a cap standing up straight and barefoot on horse's back, dramatic landscape and sky in background
girl in blue sports teeshirt and hat tying a horse knot to a fence post
black plaited horse mane on chestnut neck, green hair ties from plant material
child in red jacket and gumboots lying on side on grass reading book which covers child's face, 2 untethered horses immediately nearby, one towering over child, fence and big trees in background
blond girl in red puffer jacket holding halter and rope, looking at 2 horses in distance who are looking back, white flowers in long grassy paddock which is gently sloping down towards the sea or a lake in background
blond girl in red puffer jacket and grey pants and gum boots waving a white lead rope and driving 2 horses over paddock with flowers and long grass
2 brown horses running fast over grass land with estuary and hills in background, blurry photo
two young girls in overpants and bbots brushing chestnut horse on green grass in wide landscape with seaview
young blond girl with pony tail brushing the shoulder of a brown horse
rear view of man in olive green shirt, jeans and black cap leading chestnut horse with two girls in white tops and with long blond hair sitting bareback on the horse
two children's hands plaiting a brown horse's mane with yellow flowers and green ties
young girl with long blond hair holding out her hand and feeding a brown horse
little girl sitting bareback on standing chestnut horse with white stripe on forehead, man in dark blue checkered shirt and black cap holding slack leadrope and looking at girl, large hilly paddock and forested area in background
girl in blue shirt leading a chestnut horse on rope over a raised bamboo pole on grassy area, fence and forest in backgorund
4 girls and a woman in hats except one having a picnic on the grass with one tethered and one untethered horse around them
young smiling girl in rainpants lying on her tummy on the back of a chestnut horse
blond girl in pink cap and teeshirt plaiting white flowers into chestnut horse's mane
happy young girl sitting bareback on brown horse with purple rope halter, man with grey cap smiling at her, fence and forest in background
2 girls with different coloured hats wearing identical blue shirts brushing the mane of a brown horse, with a chestnut horse and person in red shoes in background
barefoot blond girl in black top and grey-pink pants sitting backwards on chestnut horse tied with black rope halter and blue rope, brushing the horse's fur, besides a bar style building
kneeling mother in blue dress and standing baby child with hat looking at a horse's hind leg, holding a comb
girl in blue shirt leading a chestnut horse on rope, weaving through short poles on grassy area, estuary in backgorund
blond girl in black top and blue jeans running with brown horse on long, loose lead rope over grassy ground
little girl wearing red hat holding hand on horse's forehead, both teir eyes half closed, noses almost touching
man in red shirt and black pants and cap holding chestnut horse on slack lead rope, horse with white stripe on nose and white feet, girl wearing shots and a cap standing up straight and barefoot on horse's back, dramatic landscape and sky in background
girl in blue sports teeshirt and hat tying a horse knot to a fence post
black plaited horse mane on chestnut neck, green hair ties from plant material
child in red jacket and gumboots lying on side on grass reading book which covers child's face, 2 untethered horses immediately nearby, one towering over child, fence and big trees in background
blond girl in red puffer jacket holding halter and rope, looking at 2 horses in distance who are looking back, white flowers in long grassy paddock which is gently sloping down towards the sea or a lake in background
blond girl in red puffer jacket and grey pants and gum boots waving a white lead rope and driving 2 horses over paddock with flowers and long grass
2 brown horses running fast over grass land with estuary and hills in background, blurry photo
two young girls in overpants and bbots brushing chestnut horse on green grass in wide landscape with seaview
young blond girl with pony tail brushing the shoulder of a brown horse
rear view of man in olive green shirt, jeans and black cap leading chestnut horse with two girls in white tops and with long blond hair sitting bareback on the horse
two children's hands plaiting a brown horse's mane with yellow flowers and green ties
young girl with long blond hair holding out her hand and feeding a brown horse
little girl sitting bareback on standing chestnut horse with white stripe on forehead, man in dark blue checkered shirt and black cap holding slack leadrope and looking at girl, large hilly paddock and forested area in background
girl in blue shirt leading a chestnut horse on rope over a raised bamboo pole on grassy area, fence and forest in backgorund
4 girls and a woman in hats except one having a picnic on the grass with one tethered and one untethered horse around them
young smiling girl in rainpants lying on her tummy on the back of a chestnut horse

2 hrs

Depending on where they’re at, this program can last between 2 to 2.5 hours

safety first

Get up close with our gentlest horses in a safe and professionally organised way

$75 per child

Minimum numbers: 2 children. To keep the experience meaningful the maximum number is 4.

what to wear

Please wear closed-toe walking shoes and comfortable outdoor clothes suitable for the day’s weather.

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ask the horse...

The program may vary slightly as we’ll have to see what the horse has to say on the day…

no experience necessary

Suitable for all levels – no prior experience necessary

Book Now: Horsing Around for Kids

If you’d like to book this experience, please fill out the form. I generally get back to inquiries within a day, and we can arrange a time and format that suits.

You can also email me at connect@spirithorse.nz

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