With the right mindset and a little preparation, you CAN make virtual equine lessons an option for inclement weather days.
NEW THIS MONTH:
Latest Resources
for Learning Levels
Select a topic to see latest info...
We improved a few MANY things...
…including updated resources and changes to the website:
UPDATED RESOURCES
membership price increase
- Effective April 3, 2023 — FOR NEW ENROLLMENTS ONLY — Our membership prices will increase to $69 per year for an LLPro Annual Membership, and $149 for the LLPro Lifetime Membership.
- Existing LLPro Annual Memberships WILL NOT CHANGE! Your automatic yearly renewals will continue to be $49 as long as your membership is active. Please note that if you cancel your subscription, or let it expire due to a failed renewal payment (e.g., lack of funds or expired credit card), and then enroll again, you'll pay the new rate.
- And, of course, if you have a LLPro Lifetime Membership, that one-time payment means you're not affected by this or any future price increase. ;o)
— The Feb 2023 website makeover —
ABOUT LEARNING LEVELS
- We rearranged and renamed and revised almost every page to make it easier for you to learn about the curriculum and the types of teaching resources we offer!
- Navigating all of these pages - especially on mobile devices - just got easier with simple navigation links at the bottom of each page.
- The whole Levels Curriculum section has an improved flow, with updated information to help you learn about each Level. Check out the new teaching tips on the About Each Learning Level and About Each HorseCentered Level pages!
- You'll also find a simplified process for the Get Started With Learning Levels page, including a helpful new download file with checklists and action plans for incorporating Levels into your program.
RESOURCE CENTER
- Improvements to our search-and-filter software have made it faster and easier to find ALL of the download files using the main Resource Center page, so we removed the Resources by Level pages and moved some of that info to the About Each Level pages.
- You'll find a few little styling tweaks for Resource Center filters - including a single checkbox that lets you quickly filter all of the "New!" resources.
- Find explanations and tips for using different resource types on the Learn About Resource Types pages.
- Speaking of resource types... we've expanded the progress tracking checkists to the point where they deserve their own page, so you can see how we use them on a new About Curriculum Checklists page. Certificates and other ideas for rewarding your students' progress are still on the About Achievement Tools page.
- Topics for Learning Levels - the webpage and the PDF download file have been updated to incorporate the HorseCentered, Western Horsemanship and Western HorseSense curriculums. If you've never used our list of Topics for Learning Levels, check it out: it's a great tool for planning lessons!
- Both the How to Customize Learning Levels and the Help With Download Files pages have updated advice.
- There's a new Resources FAQ page with helpful information just for resource downloads.
- We're still working on adding links to related resources to the bottom of every resource download page. So far, that includes ALL of the downloads for Rainbow and Red Levels, which will make it easier to plan lessons for those Levels. Yellow and Green Levels are underway!
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- The main FAQ page now has the latest general support information about the Learning Levels program, memberships, and the Shop.
The shop
- We've discontinued all of the Shop's resource download files — because you've clearly shown us that you prefer access to ALL resources with an LLPro membership — and we thank you for that vote of confidence! This creates space in the Shop for some fun hands-on teaching tools we want to offer there eventually.
- Meanwhile, the improved filter on The Shop page makes it easier to quickly find Learning Levels ribbons, including the new Western ribbons that folks have asked us to provide!
- Shipping rates and policies also have been tweaked a bit to incorporate recent US Postal Service increases... but our goal is still to offer ribbons in affordable and convenient small quantities.
SIGN IN/SIGN OUT
- Remembering usernames and passwords is always a struggle, so we've upgraded our login forms to include a password visibility toggle (that little "eye" icon). You'll also find a link to troubleshoot login credentials that aren't working.
WE REALLY HOPE THIS IMPROVES YOUR EXPERIENCE ON THE LEARNING LEVELS SITE....
… but please note that some of your bookmarked page URLS may have changed!
If you’re not automatically redirected to the revised page, or encounter an error that says “404 – Page Not Found”, let us know!
— and a last-minute revised download file —
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Stuff Happens Cards for Instructors
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You can use the little scenarios in our popular Stuff Happens sets to start discussions with students about safety issues, adding your own anecdotes to make them even more effective and memorable.
But if you teach riding or horse care, you know that weird stuff happens to instructors, too! And yes, some of this stuff happened to us.
So we put together a set of cards that you can enliven with your own bizarre stories and share with assistant instructors and other equine professionals.
From our latest Boss Mares blog post:
