Monday through Thursday

If you want your child enrolled in our week long camp then we just need to figure out a week.

Your kids may be dropped off by 7:30.We will have donuts and orange juice for the kids around 8:00 am. Then around 9:00 am the kids will help gather the horses and began grooming and learn to saddle once all the kids have arrived.

We will start in the round pen to give every child a chance to ride one on one to see what there level of riding they are at. Your child will practice mounting and dismounting. This will be a controlled ride with the horse attached to a lung line in the round pen. I will work with each child to see how well they balance themselves at a walk or trot. The kids will be evaluated and put into groups according to there riding ability. This way they will learn at a pace they can handle and still make it fun for the whole group and each child.

Then by 10:00 am we will move into a small arena and work on seeing how well each child does one on one while all the kids watch. I like to have the kids ride each horse to find a good match for the horses show at the end of the week. I will have obstacles that they will follow, go around, practice turning the horse, and learning to stop properly and back up the horse while under saddle. The kids will learn what gymkhana events.

We will have a total of 5 events, Keyhole- Pole bending-Single Pole -Barrels-Flag race.

Around 11:30 the kids will get ready for lunch. They will help putting the horses in a holding pen. The kids will be assigned to horse to learn to care for them as a group. They will be responsible for cleaning that area. The horses will be giving hay / treats & water. The kids will watch horse related movies while eating lunch. They will also go aver parts of a horse, learn different breeds, parts of a saddle ect...The after lunch the kids will make a crafts projects. Every craft project will be horse related.

Arts and Crafts:

Monday: Horse Stable Frame

Tuesday: Toilet Paper Horse

Wednesday: Horse Bookmark

Thursday: Horse Perler Beads

We will have other horse related activities.

We find the hours between 12:00 and 2:00 pm is the hottest part of the day. So we try to keep the kids inside making crafts or involved them in water activities. If we get a small pool the kids will swim for one hour starting at 1:15 or they will learn how to give a pony a bath and or paint them with water paints. This is an experience they will NEVER forget. The kids will have a blast.

Around 2:15 we will take another ride. The first day or so the kids will only be asked to walk or trot if they are comfortable. We will start off again in the round pen with a lung line attached to the horses so I have full control. I have a horse that has a very smooth trot and the kids will enjoy riding him.

I figure by 3:45 or so we should be wrapping things up and getting the horses unsaddled. The kids will help put away tack and give grain to the horses and see that they have water again.

Some kids will need to stay the extra 2 hours and they will be able to help do feedings and hang around the other farm animals. I am sure the other animals will enjoy the extra attention. The kids will get hands on what it is like living on a farm.

On Fridays

Your kids can be dropped off at 7:30 am. Then around 9:00 am we will gather the horses and groom and saddle up. We will move into a small arena and work on seeing how well each child does and find the right horse for them for the horse show. The kids will practice the events they learned all week.

Around 11:30 we will dismount and put the horses away in there holding pens and get ready for lunch. CircleYAcres will provide pizza for the kids. The kids will help gather the horses up around 1:30 and get ready for small horse show to show parents what they learned all week. The horse show will start around 2:30. We will give ribbons 1st through 6th place. The events will be timed and ribbons will be given accordingly. I give out two special awards, one to the most improved child for riding and one to the one child that helps out the most during the whole week.

On horse show day we will do 3 events. The kids will be told what events will be done that morning.

If for any reason a child is not ready ride to by themselves for the horse show might need a parent to help hand lead them around. I would rather each child learn how to rein the horse then worry about the speed. Learning how to control a horse is much more important then how fast one can go. If your child doesn't take direction well and tries to do what they want instead of what is being asked of them. We will not allow them to ride alone during the show. I will insist they do lead line only by a parent holding a lead rope. I care more about safety of the rider then anything. A child with out control is an accident waiting to happen and that will not happen on my watch. I take my riding very seriously.

We will allow plenty of time for the kids to take pictures on the horses with them holding their ribbons. We will then unsaddle and put away the horses after the show.

If your child only comes to the day camp (for one day only) and it's just a Friday. They will only be allowed to do lead line for the horse show unless your child takes some private lessons with me prior to that camp day. No Exceptions!

The kids will be able to leave any time after the horses show. I will hook up the carriage at 4:15 pm and the kids will go on a carriage here ride on our ranch. The parents and siblings are welcome to join in on the fun on the carriage if you arrive before 5:30 pm. The horse will be put away at 5:30.

The kids will get at least 2 hours of riding time each day and about 2 1/2 on Fridays. I try to make riding the # 1 activity. We only do about 1 hour of crafts and the rest is learning grooming, saddling, mounting, dismounting, riding at a walk, trot and a canter if the child is ready.

Week Long Camp Costs

Week Day Camp ( 7:30 am to 4:00 pm ) Mon to Fri

First Week ( week long camp, each child ) $275.00

Add l more week for the same child or a sibling each ( 7:30 am to 4:00 pm ) $200.00

Add l more week for the same child or a sibling each ( 7:30 am to 6:00 pm ) $225.00

Single Day Camp ( 7:30 am to 4:00 pm ) Mon to Fri $75.00

I hope to make this the best week of your child's whole summer.