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This is the DEFAULT TEXT WIDGET, with Merriweather Sans set in Site Typography to 1 rem and 0.1 rem word spacing. Same as the old site, and might have to keep it this way if it screws up the page spacing too much…. but I think Open Sans is a bit easier to read.
Need to check both fonts on different/mobile browsers before making that decision.
This is the DEFAULT TEXT WIDGET, with Open Sans set in Site Typography to 1 rem and 0.1 rem word spacing. Which looks fine to me so far, gonna have to see what line spacing looks like, and check how this looks on mobile. Can always go back to using Merriweather Sans if necessary…. but I really prefer the lighter font on desktop.
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Either that’s default bottom margin on the text widget, or it’s the container row spacing?
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THE LEARNING LEVELS CURRICULUM
What are "Learning Levels"?
Learning Levels are modules of a progressive educational system for equine education, covering beginning riding principles, equine knowledge, ground training and horse care skills.
Each colorful Level allows you to track students’ progress as they develop into versatile, well-rounded riders and horsemen. Students work to master specific skills in each of the Levels, and receive recognition for completion when they are able to consistently demonstrate each of the skills to their instructor. In many cases, achievement of one Level is a prerequisite for learning more advanced skills.
Each colorful Level allows you to track students’ progress as they develop into versatile, well-rounded riders and horsemen. Students work to master specific skills in each of the Levels, and receive recognition for completion when they are able to consistently demonstrate each of the skills to their instructor. In many cases, achievement of one Level is a prerequisite for learning more advanced skills.
How many Levels are there?
Our Horsemanship and HorseSense curriculums have 8 Levels: Rainbow (optional), Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Purple, and Teal.
The HorseCentered curriculum has 3 Levels: Pink, White, and Gold.
The HorseCentered curriculum has 3 Levels: Pink, White, and Gold.
Is the curriculum for mounted or unmounted lessons?
The Learning Levels system actually has three different curriculums:
- The HORSEMANSHIP curriculum teaches riding skills and knowledge in mounted lessons.
- The HORSESENSE curriculum teaches equine knowledge and horse care skills in unmounted lessons.
- The HORSECENTERED curriculum teaches equine behavior and ground training skills in unmounted lessons.
Can Learning Levels help me develop an unmounted lesson program?
There's so much to teach about keeping horses happy and healthy that it can be overwhelming!
That's why we teach important HorseSense and HorseCentered topics in small, progressive steps with repeated skills practice.
The Levels structure makes it easy to set small unmounted learning goals for students that keep them motivated to learn more. It also allows you to track their progress as they build toward more detailed knowledge.
That's why we teach important HorseSense and HorseCentered topics in small, progressive steps with repeated skills practice.
The Levels structure makes it easy to set small unmounted learning goals for students that keep them motivated to learn more. It also allows you to track their progress as they build toward more detailed knowledge.
Is this just for children or can adults use the Learning Levels curriculum, too?
We've used the Levels curriculum for many years to successfully teach both children and adults. The program's flexibility has worked for students who begin their education as young as age 4 and as old as age 66.
In case you're wondering, we've had several students start riding in their 60's because our emphasis on safe fundamentals made riding lessons seem possible!
In case you're wondering, we've had several students start riding in their 60's because our emphasis on safe fundamentals made riding lessons seem possible!
Is the Horsemanship curriculum for English or Western riding?
The Horsemanship curriculum and related teaching resources were originally written for students of English riding, using terminology and exercises geared toward eventing, dressage, jumping and hunt seat equitation, as well as recreational riders wishing to learn in an English saddle.
As the Levels progress, they intend to give the student a secure and versatile balanced seat, with a well-rounded basic education in flatwork, jumping, and riding cross-country.
HOWEVER: we had repeated requests for a Western version of our mounted curriculum... so we added the Western curriculum checklists and progress trackers in 2022. We'll adapt more of our study guides and challenge materials for Western lessons as time permits, primarily after we get the core English stuff published.
Meanwhile, feel free to customize our materials for your own Western riding program as you see fit!
As the Levels progress, they intend to give the student a secure and versatile balanced seat, with a well-rounded basic education in flatwork, jumping, and riding cross-country.
HOWEVER: we had repeated requests for a Western version of our mounted curriculum... so we added the Western curriculum checklists and progress trackers in 2022. We'll adapt more of our study guides and challenge materials for Western lessons as time permits, primarily after we get the core English stuff published.
Meanwhile, feel free to customize our materials for your own Western riding program as you see fit!
I teach a different style of riding. Can I adapt the curriculum?
Your program is likely to have a different way of teaching some parts of the mounted or unmounted curriculums — and that’s okay!
Use the parts that work for you. Modify other parts to use your local terminology, your tack, disicplines, etc. Rearrange objectives to fit your goals. You'll find tips for adapting the Levels on our How to Customize Learning Levels page.
And remember that teaching students to THINK and to CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES of different equine practices will help them become better students and horsemen.
Use the parts that work for you. Modify other parts to use your local terminology, your tack, disicplines, etc. Rearrange objectives to fit your goals. You'll find tips for adapting the Levels on our How to Customize Learning Levels page.
And remember that teaching students to THINK and to CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES of different equine practices will help them become better students and horsemen.
Is the program only available to riding instructors?
We created the Learning Levels website specifically to help equine instructors who teach about horses - in mounted or unmounted lessons.
However, you don’t have to be an equine professional to use our materials or to join LLPro.
In fact, most of our stuff was originally created to help our students learn through self-study. It’s all about creating better riders and making ponies happier, right?
Do keep in mind that all mounted and unmounted activities using horses MUST be supervised by an experienced adult. Please learn SAFELY!
However, you don’t have to be an equine professional to use our materials or to join LLPro.
In fact, most of our stuff was originally created to help our students learn through self-study. It’s all about creating better riders and making ponies happier, right?
Do keep in mind that all mounted and unmounted activities using horses MUST be supervised by an experienced adult. Please learn SAFELY!
THE RESOURCE CENTER
What is available in the Resource Center?
The Resource Center is the place to find all of our current downloadable teaching materials. Every file we've published is listed here — that's literally hundreds of downloads!
You can filter the list for a specific Levels curriculum, Learning Level, resource type, or topic. Or you can just browse through the list to see what's there.
You can filter the list for a specific Levels curriculum, Learning Level, resource type, or topic. Or you can just browse through the list to see what's there.
What kinds of teaching resources can be downloaded?
The curriculum and all of our printable teaching tools are formatted as PDF download files. There are also a few zipped archives (.ZIP) with bundled file sets.
Browse through the Resource Center pages to learn more about the types of resources you can use to teach lessons.
Browse through the Resource Center pages to learn more about the types of resources you can use to teach lessons.
Do you have free resources?
Yes! We have free samples of every type of teaching resource we offer. You can use the samples to get ideas for your own materials, or to decide if you want access to all of the members-only resources.
In the Resource Center, you'll find many free resources available to download without a membership - if a listing doesn't have the colorful LLPro tag, it's free to download.
You'll also find helpful insights in the Boss Mares Blog Archives, which has many free blog posts along with the members-only articles.
You and your students can join our free online Quizlet Classroom, which has sets of games for each Level.
And the Learning Levels curriculum has been free to download since 2007!
In the Resource Center, you'll find many free resources available to download without a membership - if a listing doesn't have the colorful LLPro tag, it's free to download.
You'll also find helpful insights in the Boss Mares Blog Archives, which has many free blog posts along with the members-only articles.
You and your students can join our free online Quizlet Classroom, which has sets of games for each Level.
And the Learning Levels curriculum has been free to download since 2007!
How do I access the members-only resources?
Our membership-only resources and Boss Mares Blog posts require you to sign-in with your LLPro username and password. Once you're signed in, ALL of the resources are available for you to use online or download.
If you haven't yet joined LLPro, you can learn more HERE.
If you haven't yet joined LLPro, you can learn more HERE.
Can I distribute copies of resource materials to my students?
Yes, all of our resources - including Study Guides - are designed so you can print as many copies as you need, whenever you need them, for use in your instruction program.
You can recover printing costs for study guides by selling them to your students - but reselling Learning Levels materials to anyone outside of your lesson program is a violation of our copyright. Please see our Legal Stuff page for details.
Given that all students these days come factory-equipped with mobile devices, feel free to give students the study guide PDF files, if that's required to get them to read them!
You can recover printing costs for study guides by selling them to your students - but reselling Learning Levels materials to anyone outside of your lesson program is a violation of our copyright. Please see our Legal Stuff page for details.
Given that all students these days come factory-equipped with mobile devices, feel free to give students the study guide PDF files, if that's required to get them to read them!
Where can I get Learning Levels ribbons?
Our students love their ribbons, so we've made generic Learning Levels ribbons available for you to purchase through our Shop.
There are several good online sources for ribbons if you want to invest in your own custom ribbons; we've been a happy customer of Hodges Badge since 2004.
Ribbons aren't the only option for rewarding your students' progress, of course. Look for other creative ideas on the About Achievement Tools page.
There are several good online sources for ribbons if you want to invest in your own custom ribbons; we've been a happy customer of Hodges Badge since 2004.
Ribbons aren't the only option for rewarding your students' progress, of course. Look for other creative ideas on the About Achievement Tools page.