Certified Facilitator
Horse Powered Reading®
Discover the power of equine-assisted learning — confidence, self-efficacy and reading skills that carry back into the classroom.
Our Powerful Learners scholarships are made possible by Ken & Patti Vegors
The Program
Hope for struggling readers
Since 2012, Horse Powered Reading® has been giving hope to struggling readers by offering equine assisted services and training for students, teachers and equine professionals around the world.
Our program helps children increase confidence, promote self-efficacy, foster connections, learn valuable reading skills and carry new skills into the regular classroom. Through the use of horses, children engage in activities and games that promote phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
Major's Place is a certified Horse Powered Reading® facilitator.
How It Works
Reading with mind, body and emotion
Horse Powered Reading® integrates social-emotional learning with academics, allowing students to see and experience reading with their entire mind, body and emotions by creating metaphors for the skills involved in reading.
Students interact with horses from the ground, using toys and props to identify obstacles and learn five critical reading skills: phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
* Session goals vary depending upon the needs of the individual or group.
Skills Addressed
What students practice
- Decoding — building phonics skills and sight word recognition
- Vocabulary enhancement
- Fluency development — reading quickly, accurately and with expression
- Overcoming barriers blocking comprehension
- Practicing study skills
- Comprehending textbooks
- Learning new, unfamiliar and multi-syllable words
- Achieving higher order thinking
- Using critical and creative thinking
Powerful Learners Scholarship Fund
Donations are applied directly to our general and youth scholarship programs, keeping literacy support available to every family who needs it.