Horses and Stories and Veggies

Contributed by Betsy Payne July in the Windrush Garden. The boys and girls in the at-risk program cultivated the soil and planted the seeds in May, marking many rows with bright blue baling twine…and then they waited. Slowly over the next month little green shoots appeared which rapidly developed into a wide variety of vegetables: [...]

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The Freedom of Brecon

Contributed by Megan Piermarini In life, sometimes you are lucky enough to find true friendship in another. Sometimes that person can change your life just by being a part of it. In the blink of an eye, this little Arabian horse’s life could have been changed, and not for the better, if it hadn’t been [...]

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“Best Reads” for Horse Books

Chosen by the “Having Fun with Horses and Stories” kids at Windrush Farm. The Black Stallion by Walter Farley My Pony by Susan Jeffers Billy and Blaze by C W Anderson Sea Star Orphan of Chincoteague by Margaurite Henry The Saddle Club Series by Bonnie Bryant My Chincoteague Pony by Susan Jeffers My Horse and [...]

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Horses and Stories: So much fun!

Our newest program, Having Fun with Horses and Stories used fun, hands-on learning experiences with horses to engage and motivate children to read and explore stories. Utilizing the farm and barn environment as a novel setting/ “third space”, has been shown to increase interest and learning. Through safe multi-sensory experiences with our horses and ponies, [...]

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