CoTAHC and Stampede to Read
"Horse Tales Literacy Project (formerly The Black Stallion Literacy Foundation) helps children discover the joys of reading and the excitement of learning through the wonders of live horses and Walter Farley's Black Stallion books and other classic horse literature!"
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Our literacy program is sponsored by Will Rogers Range Riders
The Horse Tales Literact Project, currently in nine states, motivates 1st and 4th grade children to become better readers through the gift of books and interaction with horses.
The first grade program begins with children receiving the hardcover book Little Black, a Pony during a visit at school from the book's characters, Little Black and Big Red. The program finishes off with a field trip to the Will Rogers Range Riders Arena for a special hands-on learning experience which includes learning stations and a second book, Little Black Goes to the Circus. The learning stations, about horses and horse care, reinforce vocabulary from the book, and most importantly, each child has an opportunity to read their favorite page of Little Black, a Pony, to a horse. In the Amarillo area, our Horse Tales Literacy experience with first graders has shown us that the program promotes success by motivating children to read books. Many of the children who were significantly behind at the beginning of our program became avid readers, ready to advance with their class to the next grade level.
In the second program, fourth grade children are given a copy of Walter Farley’s timeless classic The Black Stallion. It has been found that these children are truly motivated to read such a wonderful book. At the end of the fourth grade curriculum, the students are treated to a field trip at the Will Rogers Range Riders Arena. At the arena they have demonstrations of different horse disciplines, followed by hands on learning stations. Students get to see a Thoroughbred and an Arabian ride in the arena, just like in the book the Black Stallion. Local volunteers give students a chance to participate and touch many different tools/tack at the stations.
The first grade program begins with children receiving the hardcover book Little Black, a Pony during a visit at school from the book's characters, Little Black and Big Red. The program finishes off with a field trip to the Will Rogers Range Riders Arena for a special hands-on learning experience which includes learning stations and a second book, Little Black Goes to the Circus. The learning stations, about horses and horse care, reinforce vocabulary from the book, and most importantly, each child has an opportunity to read their favorite page of Little Black, a Pony, to a horse. In the Amarillo area, our Horse Tales Literacy experience with first graders has shown us that the program promotes success by motivating children to read books. Many of the children who were significantly behind at the beginning of our program became avid readers, ready to advance with their class to the next grade level.
In the second program, fourth grade children are given a copy of Walter Farley’s timeless classic The Black Stallion. It has been found that these children are truly motivated to read such a wonderful book. At the end of the fourth grade curriculum, the students are treated to a field trip at the Will Rogers Range Riders Arena. At the arena they have demonstrations of different horse disciplines, followed by hands on learning stations. Students get to see a Thoroughbred and an Arabian ride in the arena, just like in the book the Black Stallion. Local volunteers give students a chance to participate and touch many different tools/tack at the stations.
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CoTAHC members bring two horses, 'Little Black' and 'Big Red', to visit first grade students at Amarillo area schools. At the first meeting, each student is given their own copy of the book Little Black, a Pony by Walter Farley. Students say "hello" to Little Black and Big Red and promise the horses they will be ready to read to them the next time they met.
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The second meeting brings students to the Range Riders Arena in Amarillo. At different stations around the arena, students learn about horse care. Best of all, each student has the opportunity to read aloud to an audience of horses from their own copy of Little Black, a Pony. |
Stampede to Read Benefit Ride Flyer
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