We offer a variety of programs for youth from pre-school to teens that build valuable life skills.

Our Yoga program offers a safe and inclusive practice for children. Practice can be outdoors or inside the barn depending on weather. Horses will be nearby in a safe location that is fenced from the Yoga practice. Age groups are 5 -8 years old, 9-11 years old, 12-14 years old.

Yoga and mindfulness practice has many social, personal, and educational benefits for kids.  Some of these benefits include:

• Enhanced focus and concentration
• Encourages patience and impulse control
• Improved comprehension and memory
• Strengthens and stretches the body for better fitness, posture, balance, and coordination
• Teaches emotional regulation, stress management, and awareness
• Builds confidence and self-esteem

Classes are beginner friendly with poses that are easy to master. Positive affirmations are readily given to build children up as they learn to perfect their Yoga poses.  

Classes combine Yoga, deep breathing exercises, games, horse time, and community discussion.

We offer four Yoga practices.

• Explore Yoga:  A one time only, one-hour class. Session includes Yoga practice, deep breathing/meditation, and time with horses. This session is a great introduction to Yoga. Use this option to expand your child's horizons and try something new or when you aren't ready to commit to a weekly series of classes.. $30 per child 

• Explore Yoga Group Event: Explore Yoga is also the perfect group event for a birthday party, Scout troop, sports team, homeschool co-ops, or other youth group.  Group events are 90 minutes long and include Yoga practice, horse interactions, games, and breathing exercises.  Group minimum is 4 participants, maximum is 15. Cost:  4-6 children $35 per child;  7-10 children $30 per child; 11-15 children $25

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• Yoga by the Month:  Weekly 1-hour class offered for 4 weeks. Participants will learn salutations, breathing exercises and up to 12 Yoga poses.  4 classes for $100 per child 

• Season's Yoga: 1-hour Yoga classes are offered once a week for 2 months (8 weeks) and build upon previous classes to continue your child's Yoga journey. Classes will follow the seasons and incorporate seasonal themes into each class for a touch of whimsy and fun. Horse interactions are included, as well.  8 classes for $180 per child 

Thank you for a wonderful summer camp in 2024! We will update 2025 dates in January!

Horsin' Around Horsemanship Summer Camp runs 5 days from 9am-2pm daily.

Each day of camp will be filled with horse-related activities including an hour of daily riding, horsemanship skills including grooming, haltering, and leading, cart driving, and horse-centered games.

Other activities offered during the week include:

• archery
• yoga with horses
• rock wall climbing
• painting
• crafts
• introduction to ham radio 
• outdoor games

Horse experience is not needed. We will go over safety and horse behavior on our first day of camp and then revisit the rules each morning thereafter.

No equipment is needed; we provide helmets and all supplies for camp. 

Children will bring their own lunches. We provide bottled water throughout the day and lemonade at lunch. Children can bring their own refillable water bottles if they choose. 

Cost for the week is $275 per child

Daisies don't have an official horse-related badge, but that doesn't mean Daisies don't love horses! We've created our own program to offer the youngest Girl Scouts. Daisies will be able to to interact with ponies and horses and earn a fun patch when they've completed the program.

Topics covered include:

• Being safe around horses
• Caring for horses - grooming
• Head, shoulders, knees, and toes: Horse body parts
• What do horses eat?
• Horse herds - a horse's family
• How horses see
• Ride a horse or pony - learn about saddles and bridles, how to mount and dismount, and how to ask your horse to walk and stop.

Program is 2 hours long including an introductory riding lesson.  Horses and ponies will be lead on a lead line by Willow Grove staff for safety during this beginner riding lesson. Water bottles will be provided. Leaders can bring snacks for their group if they'd like.  

Chaperones, leaders, and assistants are required to stay for duration of programs. Please abide by two-deep rules and bring enough adults for supervision of your troop. 

Minimum group size is 4 girls with a maximum of 8 girls. 

Cost per girl $30

For more information or to reserve your date, contact us: 

• Using the button below
• Calling Tina at 440-231-0212. 

When emailing, be sure to add "Daisies" to your email.

This GSA badge can be earned through our two hour program that includes a riding lesson covering all requirements.

• Western vs. English riding
• All of the equipment that is considered tack
• Appropriate riding clothing, helmets, and boots
• Horse and Human Safety
• Grooming - brushing, hoof care
• Barn management and cleanliness
• Food and water requirements for a horse
• Non-verbal communication (body language)
• Anatomy
• Practice leading a horse
• "Tack up" a horse
• Safely mounting and dismounting a horse
• Learn the cues to ask your horse to walk, stop, turn, and trot. For safety, lead lines will be used by Willow Grove staff for beginner riders, and all riders at the trot.

Two hour program.  

Chaperones, leaders, and assistants are required to stay for duration of programs. Please abide by two-deep rules and bring enough adults for supervision of your troop. 

Minimum group is 4 girls with a maximum group size of 8 girls.

Cost: $30 per girl

For more information or to reserve your date, contact us: 

• Using the button below
• Calling Tina at 440-231-0212. 

When emailing, be sure to add "Junior Badge" to your email.

In this workshop,  Girl Scouts explore the connection between humans and animals through engaging activities and games. Our program fulfills many requirements for the Girl Scout Animal Helpers badge.  

• Step 2. Find out what kinds of animals are best for which kind of profession. What type of education is required if you wanted to become an animal trainer.  

• Step 3.  Find a virtual meeting of an organization that uses animals to help people emotionally. Research horse riding programs to help people with autism and even Multiple Sclerosis or MS.  

• Step 4.  Research online an interview with someone who trains assistance animals. Ask questions like what is involved in training the animals to assist people with disabilities such as epilepsy or someone who is paralyzed. What determines a best match of animal to disability? 

• Step 5.  Get a sense of different animals' unique skills and abilities. Research the senses and abilities of five animals, and create a chart and compare them with humans. 

Cadettes will learn how horses fit into the role of Animal Helpers  through listening to trainers, life coaches,  counselors, and riding instructors. Then, Cadettes will participate in a mini experiential learning session with equine assisted activities and ride or drive a horse to experience therapeutic riding or driving. These sample activities will give participants a  better hands-on understanding of what horses provide.  

Scouts may also have the opportunity to speak with a professional dog trainer during their program.

2 Hours

Minimum group: 4 girls. Maximum group: 8 girls

$25 per Scout

For more information or to reserve your date, contact us: 

• Using the button below
• Calling Tina at 440-231-0212. 

When emailing, be sure to add "Cadette Badge" to your email.

2 Hours (Horsemanship OR Animal Science Only)

Minimum group: 4 Scouts. Maximum group: 8 Scouts

$35 per Scout

3 Hours (Horsemanship and Animal Science)

Minimum group: 4 Scouts. Maximum: 8 Scouts

$60 per Scout

Full day program - 5+ hours

Minimum group: 4 Scouts. Maximum: 8 Scouts

$80 -100 per Scout (based on how many hours requested)

For more information or to reserve your date, contact us: 

• Using the button below
• Calling Tina at 440-231-0212. 

When emailing, be sure to add "Boy Scouts" to your email.

Our homeschooling programs are organically taught. We do not use books or worksheets, and all of our lessons come from conversation and experiential learning through hands-on interactions with horses, chickens, and garden plants. 

Our programs combine physical movement and fitness through walking, leading and grooming horses, optional riding or cart driving, stretching and physical games as well as leading and grooming horses. Students are introduced to math, science, biology, nutrition and health concepts as those topics apply to daily farm life. Art projects are provided by a professional artist as a fun way to tap into kids' creativeness. History of farming, horses, and our local area is shared with students and can be a "jumping point" for students to research these topics further on their own. Agricultural professionals visit throughout our semester programming to share their experiences in different careers including rescue organizations, farriers and blacksmiths, beekeepers, veterinarians, vegetable farmers, and horse trainers. 

Last but not least, through their interaction with fellow students and their equine partners, youth will also practice positive life-skills including confidence, self-advocating, recognizing and setting boundaries, building healthy relationships, positive communication, leadership and teamwork, better awareness and focus, patience, emotional regulation, and kindness and empathy. 

Activities your children can expect include (based on seasons and age group): feeding, grooming, haltering, leading, tacking, and riding or driving horses, extracting honey from frames (frames are collected beforehand and bee-free), planting vegetables and harvesting when mature, playing games, and collecting eggs, making maple syrup and apple butter. 

Ages 6 - 17  

This program gives students the opportunity to learn through hands-on experiential learning using equine-assisted activities.  Students will explore the world of horses through a blend of physical education, STEM topics plus health, history, and literacy, life skills, and character development.

• Classes are once a week for an 8-week semester. 
• Each class is  2 hours long
• Designed for both unschoolers and traditional homeschooling families
• Inclusive - we welcome neurotypical, neurodivergent, and special needs students
• Nature-based

Each week new topics will be presented in a laid back, conversational setting.

Horsemanship:

• Grooming
• Haltering
• Leading and handling
• Hoof care
• Tacking a horse
• Feeding
• Games
• Riding and/or driving (optional for children who wish to participate)

STEM:

• Science - genetics, breeding, nutrition, physiology and anatomy, disease and prevention; horticulture: plants and seeds, gardening, pasture maintenance; honeybees and hive dynamics
• Technology - scales, Xrays, farm equipment,  safety equipment, phone apps for horse care and barn management, weather stations, irrigation, honey collection
• Engineering - barn design, stable management, garden design
• Mathematics - proper food amounts, correctly dosing medicine and vitamins, budgeting costs, weigh a horse, measure a horse in hands, record keeping, statistics

Careers in agriculture:

• Farrier/Blacksmith
• Crops Farmer
• Veterinarian
• Horse Trainer
• Beekeeper
• Horse Rescue

Other topics:

• Literacy - Horses in literature 
• History of Horses
• Art with professional artist 
• Physical Fitness
• Life Skills (confidence, leadership, communication, focus, relationship/friendship building, kindness, mindfulness, emotional regulation, listening skills, work ethic)

Quarters must be prepaid before the first class. When spots are filled, we close registration. There are no requirements to how many quarters your child can attend.  

Quarters begin: 

MONDAY CLASS:

• 9/9/2024 - 10/28/2024    10AM - 12PM OR 1PM - 3PM
• 11/11/2024- 1/13/2025   10AM - 12PM OR 1PM - 3PM
• 1/27/2025 - 3/17/2025    10AM - 12PM OR 1PM - 3PM
• 3/31/2025 - 5/19/2025    10AM - 12PM OR 1PM - 3PM

TUESDAY CLASS:

• 9/10/2024 - 10/29/2024     10AM - 12PM  
• 11/12/2024 - 1/14/2025   10AM - 12PM
• 1/28/2025 -  3/18/2025    10AM - 12PM 
• 4/1/2025 - 5/20/2025        10AM - 12PM 

WEDNESDAY CLASS

• 9/11/2024 - 11/6/2024      10AM - 12PM
• 11/13/2024 - 1/15/2025    10AM - 12PM
• 1/29/2025 -  3/19/2025     10 AM - 12PM
• 4/2/2025 - 5/21/2025        10AM - 12PM 

THURSDAY CLASS

• 9/12/2024 - 11/7/2024      10AM - 12PM
• 11/14/2024 - 1/23/2025    10AM - 12PM
• 1/30/2025 - 3/20/2025      10AM - 12PM
• 4/3/2025 - 5/22/2025         10AM - 12PM

FRIDAY CLASS

• 9/13/2024 - 11/1/2024       10AM - 12PM
• 11/15/2024 - 1/24/2025     10AM - 12PM
• 1/31/2025 - 3/21/2025       10AM - 12PM
• 4/4/2025 - 5/23/2025          10AM - 12PM

• AGES 6 - 17
• Group Maximum  6 students
• Included in cost -16 hours of programming including riding and all class and art supplies 
• $250 per student (Families with more than one child in the same program pay $175 for each addition child.) 

This is a drop-off program, however parents are welcomed to stay if they like.

For more information or to reserve your date, contact us: 

• Using the button below
• Calling Tina at 440-231-0212. 

When emailing, be sure to add "HOMESCHOOL WITH HORSES" to your email.

Ages 3 - 5

New for the 2024/25 school year! This  weekly pre-school program is designed to entertain and teach our youngest students. Each class begins with story time and includes activities centered around the theme and story. Activities include age appropriate crafts, games, nature walks, horse time (petting and brushing) and pony rides in good weather. Themes are nature-based and may appeal to forest or nature schooling families. Topics include trees, bees and butterflies, plants and flowers, barnyard animals, horses, seasons, insects, holidays, and many others. 

• Classes are once a week for an 8-week quarter. 
• Each class is  1 hour long
• Designed for both unschoolers and traditional homeschooling families
• Inclusive - we welcome neurotypical, neurodivergent, and special needs students
• Nature-based
• Parents are required to stay with their child for this class
• Each week new topics will be presented 

Quarters must be prepaid before the first class. When spots are filled, we close registration. There are no requirements to how many quarters your child can attend.  

All Classes are 1PM - 2PM

Quarters begin: 

TUESDAY CLASS: 1PM - 3PM

• 9/10/2024 - 11/5/2024       
• 11/19/2024 - 1/21/2025   
• 2/4/2025 -  3/25/2025     
• 4/8/2025 - 5/27/2025        

• AGES 3-5
• Group Maximum  6 students
• Included in cost -8 hours of programming including riding and all class and art supplies 
• $125 per student (Families with more than one child in the same program pay $75 for each addition child.) 

Parents are required to stay for programming.

For more information or to reserve your date, contact us: 

• Using the button below
• Calling Tina at 440-231-0212. 

When emailing, be sure to add "H IS FOR HORSES" to your email.