Horse Riding Lessons for Kids in California

Westwind Riding Institute offers recreational horseback riding classes for children with disabilities. The one-hour riding program includes children playing fun games on horseback that improve their coordination and balance. During classes,...

Laurel Hill Nursery School offers a play-based, parent-participation program where children take part in activities such as art, music, books, building, dance, gardening, outdoor exploration, puzzles, imaginative play, and “hot glue, hammers &...

Los Gatos Farms Summer Camp takes place on a private ranch and working lavender farm where kids spend time being around the horses and learning horsemanship skills. The program includes arena riding and riding lessons, as well as hiking nature...

California Trail Interpretive Center Youth & Family Outdoor Education Programs include hands-on activities such as Bows & Throws: Archery, Bows & Throws: Axe Throwing, and Hike the Trails. Participants can join creative and educational programs like...

Jameson Ranch Camp has been screen-free and technology-free since 1934 — not as a policy, but as a philosophy. Set on a historic working ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Glennville, California, JRC is a two-week residential summer program...

Free Range Farm School is a nonprofit program that meets at a barn and uses a classroom that extends out to gardens, pastures, and surrounding land with fruit trees and livestock. The program takes place on a family ranch setting that includes...

The Mercy Spring Ranch Sessions Program utilizes horses to help bring hope and healing to children and their families who have experienced traumatic events in their lives. Sessions take place on a ranch property that includes horses and areas set up...

Maplewood Children’s Riding Camps includes riding along with learning to groom and tack up horses. Campers also spend time learning about horse care, anatomy, equine behavior, tack, and equipment, and they take part in arts and crafts projects and...

Sheridan Creek Trail Rides offers trail riding, a ranch ride around 100 acre grass fields, and riding lessons. Riders can choose an hour trail around the ranch, a two hour trail around the ranch, or the option of splitting a 2 hour session into a 1...

C Horse Ranch Riding Lessons offers hands on horsemanship training from the ground up, including safety, grooming, learning the parts of the horse, general medical care, and feeding and nutrition. Participants also learn tacking up and untacking...

Wild Horse Children’s Theater offers performing arts classes, musical theater, and educational programs in the theatrical arts. The program includes Rising Stars productions and Mainstage productions as part of its high-quality live theater and...

Kids will have fun learning all about horses! We will ride horses daily and learn about how to care for them, do fun arts and crafts, play games, and make homemade treats! If we’re lucky we’ll have some special presentations from our wonderful local...

LV Sun Summer Camp includes activities such as campfires, horseback riding, archery, ropes courses, canoeing and kayaking, and hiking. The program is part of the broader work of Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada. • Schedule: On average, a...

Horses4Heroes – The Ranch Las Vegas offers activities that include horseback riding lessons, horse rides, interactions with miniature horses, and interactions with farm animals such as goats, pot-bellied pigs, rabbits, a sheep, a llama, a miniature...

Skylake Yosemite Camp offers a traditional sleepaway summer camp experience with daily Yosemite National Park day trips, weekly backpack trips, and a wide range of in-camp activities. Campers take part in waterfront activities such as swimming,...

Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center offers equine-assisted activities and therapies, including therapeutic horseback riding, horsemanship, and Adaptive Riding. The program also provides Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapeutic...

Farm camp is a day camp for children ages 4-12, we like to offer a smaller setting to provide an engaging hands on experience. Depending on the time of the year we will have different activities available and animals to learn about and engage with;...

Montecito Sequoia Lodge Summer Family Camp offers all-inclusive family camp sessions that include activities such as archery, riflery, arts and crafts, photography, swimming, horse riding, hiking, biking, mountain biking, rock climbing, art, yoga,...

Crossroads Ranch and Day Care offers outdoor play, horsemanship, crafts, and other organized activities for children. The program takes place in a ranch setting surrounded by many farm animals and loving pets. Crossroads Ranch and Day Care also...

Give your child the chance to discover the joy of horseback riding in a safe, welcoming environment! Our 30-minute introductory session includes a hands-on mounted lesson, time to meet one of our experienced instructors, and an opportunity to learn...