What is horse powered reading?

Discover a new, exciting outdoor experience partnered with horses and ponies, learning and practicing literacy skills.
Michele Pickel, Ph.D., created EAGALA Model Horse Powered Reading Instruction in 2012, as an experiential strategy to help struggling readers not only learn missing reading skills, but also to assist them in overcoming the social-emotional challenges interfering with their learning. 
Due to the success of Horse Powered Reading, and hoping to change the lives of children across the nation, Dr. Pickel developed an online class to teach other mental health professionals, equine specialists, and educators who would like to learn how to use Horse Powered Reading to help their clients and students. 

What can horse powered reading teach?

The use of experiential learning / Horse Powered Reading may include:​

• Building decoding (phonics) skills and sight word recognition
• Enhancing vocabulary development
• Reading more quickly and accurately with expression (fluency)
• Overcoming barriers blocking comprehension
• Practicing positive study skills
• Comprehending text books​

• Decoding new, unfamiliar, and multi-syllable words
• Achieving higher order thinking
• Using critical and creative thinking
• Building confidence, persistence, perseverance and patience
• Learning self-advocacy skills (ask for help, “read” the horse, bonding)

join us for equine assisted learning fun!

Registration Form (Coming Soon)

Horse Powered Reading Liability Waiver

horse powered fun individual/small group reading lessons

2025 schedule

Summer 2025 Schedule
​Coming Soon!

1 to 1 with facilitator/student

Individual / Small Group Lessons
​Hands-On with Horses / Ponies

no horse experience necessary

No Riding.
Your Child Will Develop Literacy Skills
with Our Horses and Ponies on the Ground. Fun Games, Art, Snack Included.

session weeks available

2025 SESSIONS COMING SOON....

Summer 2025 Session Details To Be Announced....