Private or Group Lessons

The Kvamme Center teaches year round except some holidays, and offers several lesson choices to best suit the needs of the student. Lessons are private or in groups, and horsemanship and riding lessons are created and adapted with the participant’s stated goals driving the process.  Each individual in our program engages in activities appropriate for developmental level, stamina, and need.

Lesson Offerings
30 Minute Private Lesson: $60
1 Hour Private Lesson: $80
1 Hour Group Lesson: $60 per student

We recommend clients commit to at least 8 lessons to see the benefits of adaptive riding, and for your convenience we offer pay as you ride.  Financial assistance may be available on a case-by-case basis including a sliding scale fee structure and sponsorships.  Please contact The Kvamme Center for more information

Hangout $110

Offered once a week on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm- 5pm. The Hangout offers young adults the opportunity to socialize safely with the support of staff and trained volunteers. During the Hangout, the participants will engage in activities on and around the horses including a riding lesson, horsemanship skills, crafts, and feeding the horses. This is a great opportunity for the community to engage in cooperation and spend time with friends outside! 

Life Skills With Horses $110

Offered once a week on Tuesday mornings from 9am-12pm. Clients learn equine management skills, gain work experience, and build community in an environment designed to nurture and support them, while under the supervision of our trained staff and caring herd. A 1-hour lesson is also included. Suggested age is 14 years and older.

Horse Powered Reading $60

Horse Powered Reading® focuses on a multi-sensory approach to literacy, and builds upon children’s natural curiosity to explore their environments. Through HPR, students utilize the JKC herd as their “books” and are encouraged to discover the methods in which they learn best. This Equine Assisted Learning program is led by a trained Horse Powered Reading® facilitator, and curriculum.

Herd Sense $60

In this 1 hour long weekly social group, participants will have the opportunity to engage in Equine Assisted Learning activities with peers who also utilize AAC programs, and might need more mobility and behavioral support then are structured into our other social programs. These activities will be led by our trained staff, and supported with an adapted curriculum.

Summer Camps

Camps are offered during the summer and throughout seasonal times of the year. Camps are available for all ages and level of abilities. This half day experience includes a horseback riding lesson, a horsemanship activity, nature walks, crafts, and time at our playground! 

Interactive Vaulting

Interactive (Adaptive) Vaulting is an activity in which students perform dynamic gymnastic positions and movements on and around the horse. These movements can be very simple such as sitting without holding onto a surcingle or a more elaborate vaulting move, such as kneeling or standing on the horse. Interactive Vaulting provides a safe, dynamic environment and offers educational, social, creative and movement opportunities to participants engaged in horsemanship activities.

School Field Trips

Field trips are offered to local special needs classrooms once a year for a nominal fee. Field trips give an opportunity to learn about horses and farm life outside of the classroom. The duration is approximately 2 hours where the participants are able to tour the center and meet our horses. Hands on activities such as learning to groom and lead the horses will be safely observed by staff and trained volunteers. After the field trip, classrooms are welcomed to stay and enjoy their lunch in our picnic area.  

Veterans Program

Mounted and unmounted activities are available for Veterans struggling with PTSD or other injuries from their time in service.  We have knowledgeable staff and community partners from the VA to oversee everyone’s needs and goals for a transformative experience given by our horses. Horses are intuitive animals that can improve mental and physical health.  

“Thanks for an amazing experience today, I can’t tell you how happy I am that our son enjoyed it so much, you were all so wonderful with him. – Shirley H.”