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Teaching Children to Ride: A Handbook for Instructors

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By Jane Wallace
Offers advice, exercises, lesson plans, games and teaching tips designed to provide variety and sound instruction, plus a fund of innovative ideas for making learning to ride an enjoyable, worthwhile and satisfying experience, even for the very young.

Teaching Safe Horsemanship: A Guide to English & Western Instruction

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By Jan Dawson
Equestrian accidents can happen - but knowledge and foresight can prevent or minimize potentially serious incidents. Correct riding practices are safe riding practices.

Themed Lesson Plans for Riding Instructors

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By Melissa Troup - British Horse Society

A wealth of ideas, exercises & plans for group and individual lessons for riders of all ages, abilities and levels.  Each lesson plan follows a natural progression, gradually building up the difficulty of the exercise as the student's ability increases.  Included are tips on how to teach the lesson, what to look for in rider faults, and how to help riders to improve & make real progress.  Themes include such topics as first lesson, lead-rein lesson, circles, school figures, work without stirrups/reins, transitions, lateral work, using poles, canter work, dressage tests, drill rides and games.