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Please note that these documents are original works and if used credit must be given to the author(s).


The instructional items listed below are from many sources and are PDF files created in Adobe 5.0. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these files. If you do not already have it, you can download Acrobat Reader from http://www.ponyclub.org/forms.php.   If you find an error in these documents, please contact Lynn Anthony-Miles, Instruction Services Director for the United States Pony Club, Inc.

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Specially for D's!
  Unmounted:
  D Bandaging Lesson Plan Lesson plan for teaching bandaging to D Pony Clubbers. (Barbara Fox, Southwest Region, 2003)
  Five basic forms of nutrition Lesson Plan: Five basic forms of nutrition (Mary Wardrop, Mile Hi Pony Club)
  Horse colors and markings Lesson Plan: Horse colors and markings (Mary Wardrop, Mile Hi Pony Club, date unknown)
  Horseless Rally Lesson Plan: How to prepare Pony Clubbers for a horseless rally (K Ruelle, 2003)
  Mounted:
  Road Safety for Equestrians Equestrian Awareness/ Road Safety Brochure, New Mexico Department of Transportation
  D Level Flatwork Lesson plans for D1, D2 and D3 level flatwork (Mary Wardrop, Mile Hi Pony Club)
  Lesson Plan #6 Jumping Lesson Plan: Trot poles followed by small cross rail (author and date unknown)
  D Level Jumping Lesson plans for D1, D2 and D3 level jumping (Mary Wardrop, Mile Hi Pony Club)
  Mount-Dismount D1 Lesson Plan - How to Mount and Dismount
  Ring Figures
D2 Lesson Plan - Ring Figures For Better Control
 
Activity Ideas
  Activity Ideas #1 Other Fun Ideas: nine ideas for unmounted Pony Club activities
  Making Pony Club Fun Four great ideas to help make Pony Club fun. (Liz Tukey, 2003)
 
Basic Balanced Position
  The Balanced Position From USPC News (Marilyn Yike, date and issue unknown)
 
Camps and Clinics
  Scavenger Hunt #1 A fun scavenger hunt to have at a Pony Club camp (Carolyn Culbertson - Carolina Region, 2007)
  Camp Schedule #1 Sample overall camp schedule (Big Sky Region, 2002)
  Teaching Clinic Explanation of clinic that was held to give upper level candidates a chance to plan and teach lesson and get feedback from experienced teachers. (Jakki Avery, Old Dominion Region)
  Standards and Ratings Clinic
Midwest Region Standards and Ratings Clinic entry and schedule (Midwest Region, 2006)
 
Games That Teach
  Pony Club Pledge Game A memorization and team building game to help members of all ages learn the USPC Pony Club Pledge. (Mary Waldman, Delmarva Region, 2005)
 
Ground Training: Handling, Leading and Longeing
  Longeing Worksheet #1 Longeing worksheet that tests your knowledge of longeing.  (Liz Tukey, 2004)
  Longeing Explained Longeing terms and concepts explained (Liz Tukey, March 2004)
     
Horse Care and Management
  Bandaging and Travel Safety:
  Bandaging Worksheet
Bandaging Worksheet - answer key
A bandaging worksheet to be used with ‘The USPC Guide To Bandaging Your Horse’ by Susan E Harris. (Mary Waldman, Delmarva Region, 2005)
Answer key to bandaging worksheet. (Mary Waldman, Delmarva Region, 2005)
  Bandaging Suggestions & Guidelines Bandaging materials - answers to questions and suggestions. (Liz Tukey, 2003)
  Nutrition:  
  Equine Nutrition Discussion of equine nutrition in rating preparation format (author and date unknown)
  Nutrition #4 Lesson Plan: Which feeds provide the six classes of nutrients? (author and date unknown)
  Conditioning:  
  Conditioning Conditioning your horse for dressage, eventing and show jumping (author and date unknown)
  Colors, Conformation, Movement and Soundness:
  Blemishes and Unsoundnesses Blemishes and unsoundnesses explained (author and date unknown)
  Conformation and Lameness Outline that discusses lameness that might be associated with conformation faults (no author, no date)
  Points of the horse Diagram of points of the horse with answer key
  Seats of unsoundness and lameness #1
Seats of unsoundness and lameness #2  
Diagram of the seats of unsoundness and lameness with answer key
Diagram of the seats of unsoundness and lameness with separate worksheet and answer key
  Conformation and Lameness Outline of conformation and lameness  (author and date unknown)
  Conformation Worksheet C level conformation worksheet (Liz Tukey)
  Health Care and Veterinary Knowledge:
  The Foot and Shoeing:
   
  Stable Management:
  Toxic Plant Flashcards Information on plants toxic to horses, laid out in flashcard format with answer key (Tejas Pony Club, Rio Grand Region, date unknown)
 
Horse Management Instruction
  Helmet Fitting Information Helmet fitting guidelines handout (Mary Waldman, Delmarva Region, 2006)
  Sample Regional HM Survey A survey listing many good horse management topics to teach members (Maryland Region, date unknown)
  HM Activity Ideas Ideas for teaching horse management to the D1 through A members (date and author unknown)
 
Instruction: Mounted
  Horse and rider critique form Horse and rider critique in worksheet form with discussion of what to look for in horse (author and date unknown)
  Riding terms defined Definitions of commonly used riding terms (Liz Tukey, March 2004)
  Ways to practice a dressage test How many ways can you practice a dressage test? (Barbara Fox, Southwest Region)
  Rein aids Illustrated discussion of five common rein aids (author and date unknown)
  Safety Checks:
  Flatwork:
     
  Jumping:
  Simple trot grid lesson #1
Simple trot grid lesson #2
Lesson plans for teaching simple trot grids (Liz Tukey)
  Jumping Exercises - Turns Jumping exercises involving turns at the trot and canter (author and date unknown)
     
Quiz
  D By The Numbers
D By The Numbers - answer key
A worksheet for D's where all the answers are numbers.  To be used with the 'USPC D Manual of Horsemanship' by Susan E Harris.  (Mary Waldman, Delmarva Region, 2005)
Answer key for the 'D By The Numbers' worksheet
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Rating Preparation
  Rating Prep Handout #1 Rating questionnaire designed to help the candidate organize their thoughts. (Liz Tukey, Big Sky Region, 2003)
  Rating Prep Handout #2 Suggestions for preparing candidates, club members and parents for ratings. (Liz Tukey, Big Sky Region, 2003)
  Preparing the A candidate A discussion of the philosophy behind preparing an A candidate (Sally Graburn)
     
Tack
     
Teaching
  Sample lesson plan - unmounted Blank lesson plan outline for an unmounted lesson (Liz Tukey)
  Hints for teaching a lesson Helpful hints for teaching a lesson (Jan Nelson, date unknown)
  Sample lesson plan - mounted Blank lesson plan outline for a mounted lesson
  Teaching basics Teaching basics and developing lesson plans
  How to teach a mounted lesson Suggestions in outline form of how to teach a mounted lesson (Liz Tukey, May 2002)
     
Turnout
     
Upper Level Pony Clubbers
  Club programs Club programs for upper level Pony Clubbers (Liz Tukey, February 2002)


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