Field Trips

Overview

The Equine Center for Learning is only a short bus ride away from any of the schools in the Lansing School District! We offer field trips all year—we have a heated indoor arena, so that we can accommodate field trips no matter the weather. We offer a large variety of activities for kids of all ages. 

Each field trip combines hands-on activities, exploration, and teamwork while connecting with our horses. Every group will enjoy time in our Red Barn with hands-on learning horse interactive stations and have the opportunity to explore the horse farm at their own pace.

  Option 1: A Day On The Farm

Experience what a working day at the Equine Center for Learning is like! Students will learn about animal care, farm chores, and horses. From meeting the horses to completing farm chores this field trip will provide students with a sense of a day on the farm!

Activities include the following: Red Barn exploration, cleaning up horse poop, farm chore relay (haltering, carrying water buckets, lifting hay bales, etc.), and spending time with our miniature horses.

Option 2: Team Building Relay 

Students will work together in a fun, horse-themed relay activity designed to build communication, problem-solving, and relationship skills. Students will be tasked with putting together an obstacle course and successfully leading the horses through the course. For younger students, a course will already be designed the group will just be tasked with successfully leading the horse through the course. By the end, students will have worked on teamwork while engaging in hands-on horse activities!

Activities include the following: Creating an obstacle course, leading, grooming, and Red Barn exploration.

  Option 3: Trail Walk Scavenger Hunt

Take a guided walk through the trails with a horse while searching for hidden clues. This activities combines leading horses with observation and collaboration as students work together to complete the scavenger hunt. 

Activities include the following: Red Barn exploration, leading horses through the woods, and team building activity to round out the trail walk.


Ready to schedule a field trip? To schedule a field trip at the Equine Center for Learning, please complete the field trip inquiry form below. Our half-day field trips (10 AM - 12 PM) are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,Thursdays, and Fridays providing students hands-on experiences with horses centered around unique and exciting themes. 

To ensure that the staff at the Equine Center for Learning is prepared for the field trip, we require that field trips requests are made no later than a month prior to the scheduled field trip date. 

Please note that there is a field trip maximum of 32 students per field trip so if you are looking to schedule multiple classrooms, an entire grade, or an entire school there will be multiple field trip dates to accommodate all of the students. We have a maximum of 32 students to ensure that all students get a good amount of hands-on time with the horses. 

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