Welcome to Allison Acres ~ Galt, CA ~ (209) 748-2658
Summer
Camp School at Allison Acres
Horsemanship
and Academics
Taught by an Experienced Teacher and Mother
with ARIA certification in riding instruction and stable management
and a substitute teaching crediential (meaning I have a BA, have
passed the CBEST and have been fingerprinted and background checked.)
New camp option: Bring your own horse to camp!
An extra $25 gets you 4 nights and 5 days of boarding for your camp horse, including grass hay three times per day (any other feed can be given if you provide it).
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Allison Acres
13512 Alta Mesa Rd.
Galt, CA 95632
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2007 camps are enrolling now! If you can't wait, check out our all day horse experiences, after school program, and lessons.
We maintain a very low teacher/student ratio - we only take 4 kids per session. This way your child has proper supervision and attention so he or she can stay safe, have fun, and learn!
Introduction:
Our camps are a combination of horsemanship and academics. The body and the brain will get a workout! Most of our academic topics will have a horse angle (to keep the interest of our horse crazy kids!) but we'll cover a lot of basics also. We've got great horses to learn with, and we can, if necessary, do all the horse activities in the shade since we have a covered arena and long barn. Academics will take place inside my home where it's nice and cool. We provide snacks and drinks and all the academic supplies.
Sessions and hours:
Each session is one week long, Monday through Friday. We will have sessions in June and July. The camp day is from 9 AM until 3 PM, and we have afternoon extended hours if you need it.
Ages accepted:
We have a very low teacher/student ratio. We only take four students total per session. For each session we can take 3 kids aged 10 and up and 1 child who's between the ages of 5 and 9, OR we can take four kids who are all age 10 and up.
About the teacher:
Click here to read about the teacher
Cost:
Each one week session is $325. That includes camp from 9 AM to 3 PM, snacks and drinks. Please bring a lunch. It can be refrigerated and microwaved if necessary.
To reserve a place for your child, please pay a deposit of $150, with the balance due on the first day of your child's session. You may send your payment with your registration form, or you can pay us with PayPal. The PayPal button is above, in the sidebar. If you chose to send a check, please make it payable to Cindi Scoleri.
If you'd like to have your child use his or her own horse, that would be great! We will charge an additional $25 for stall boarding from Monday morning through Friday evening, which includes three feedings per day of grass hay, or we will feed whatever you provide. The horse should not be known to kick, strike, buck or rear. This is not the place to make your green horse kid-safe. Instead, this is the place for your kids to learn to be more in control of their horses and to have more safe fun! If you need help with your horse we can help you with that, but not during camp.
Facility:
The camp takes place at our home in Galt, CA. We live on a 20 acre ranch with two homes. My parents, Pat and Lyle, live in one and I live in the other with my husand and two children. Allison Acres provides riding lessons, horse boarding, exercise and training. This camp will be more of a family environment for your child -- nothing like those huge camps in the forests with hundreds of campers and a bunch of camp counselors. Those are fun too, but here we can concentrate on giving individual attention, which is especially important for safety around horses and for the academics to be truly beneficial.
Horsemanship topics that will be covered:
safety: holding a lead rope properly, proper position when leading a horse, being assertive, protecting your space, tying a horse, how to walk behind a horse
animal behavior: how do horses learn, what motivates them
grooming: brushing coat, mane, tail, picking out hooves
groundwork: give to pressure, move hindquarters over, move forehand, lower head, driving hindquarters, lunging, round penning
anatomy
identifying gaits and leads
fitness: warming up, cooling down
feed choices
herd interaction
tack and tacking up
riding: mounting, holding reins, direct rein, indirect rein, body position, cues for walk, trot, whoa, backing, balance on the leadline and lungeline, posting the trot, sitting the trot, walk and trot on the rail, walk and trot a pattern, all depending on the child and his or her confidence level and ability
Academic topics that will be covered:
daily journal writing
structured essay writing
grammar
the scientific method
text research
study skills
art - pencil drawing
history of horses
anatomy of horses
animal behavior field study
The academic topics take a back-seat to the horsemanship, but we try to cover as much of what's on the list as possible.
What to bring:
Bring a lunch. Refrigerator space and a microwave oven are available. We provide fruit and granola bars for snacks, and gator-aide and water when needed.
Also bring:
Shorts or sweats and sneakers are OK for most of our activities, but bring a pair of jeans and boots with a heel for when we ride. These do not need to be $120 Ariats; any lace up, zip up or pull on boot with a heel that you can get at Target will work fine. The main things we want are no bulky tongue like on athletic shoes, a smooth shoe (not like a hiking boot), and a heel.
Sunblock
Hat
Spare outfit
What about extended hours:
If you need to have your child stay later in they day, extended hours are available from when camp lets out at 3 until 6:30 PM.
It costs $5 per hour or $2.50 per half hour or fraction thereof.
I won't always need to know in advance, so if something comes up and it would be easier for you to pick your child up late one day, just call and let me know and it'll probably be OK. If you know in advance that you'll need a certain number of childcare hours, and if you pay in advance for those hours, we'll give you 10% discount.
During this time we might do barn chores, come inside to watch an educational horse training video, or we might need to go to town for an errand. I have a clean DMV record and am a very safe driver.
How to register:
To register, decide on a session and fill out a registration form. Forms are here. You'll also need to fill out a release of liability form and a medical emergency form, which you can get when you come for your tour or on the first day of camp.
In conclusion:
Please call us and set up a time to come meet us and the horses! Call or email with your questions. Thanks for considering Allison Acres!
For other lesson options, see our lesson page.
~ email us at allisonacres@yahoo.com or call (209) 748-2658 ~