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In the Stables

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Stables provide safe opportunities for children to make bonds with animals, understand their habits and learn how to take care of them.

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EthicsCultural exchange

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Physical developmentEmotional developmentMultisensory experience

Reasoning

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ScienceExamples:

• developing children’s investigative skills

• horses as mammals

• growth, diet, reproduction, specific features, adaptation

• diet and faeces

• endemic species – the Skyrian Horse

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Emotional Development

Examples:• making bonds with animals

• horses in human’s life now & then

• developing sensitivity when taking care of animals

• species protection

• wild animals vs. domesticated/farm animals

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Multisensory ExperienceExamples:

• direct contact with animals:

- touching skin, hair, manes, fur, feathers- sensing animals’ feelings, body warmth, heartbeat- hypo therapy

• animal & farm smells (odours, food, faeces)

- animal & farm sounds (neighing, hay rustling, machinery)

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Physical Development

Examples:

• developing gross & fine motor skills:

- horse riding- animal feeding- animal handling- animal tending- cleaning animals and stables- using garden tools

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Reasoning Examples:

• satisfying children’s curiosity: - exploring stables- interacting with animals• comparing & contrasting species, food, habitats, animal behaviour• predicting, observing changes:- reproduction- growth- aging- illnesses• people’s influence on the animal world

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Health & SafetyExamples:• close contact with animals: - cross-infections- bites, scratches, kicks- aggressive animals

• machinery and farming tools• chemicals• animal food• animal faeces• allergies

• appropriate animal handling

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