From the author of BElieve in YOUrself comes another entertaining activity book, this time aimed at young boys and girls who love horses. Public confession: I adore horses from a very early age and sorry not sorry I was a pony girl, that kind of stereotypical spoiled girl, that´s it.
However, as I was starting my horseback riding practice, there were not too many books around aimed at nurturing the love for horses, except Black Beauty. Horsing Around is more than that though: it is an activity book, aimed for 7 to 11 years old horse lovers.
What I particularly loved about this year long activity book is the diversity of topics covered as well as the excellent time management tools offered to the children. Contrary to many very modern theories encouraging playing and carefree days, I am one of those parents convinced that a very organised schedule early in life, with a diverse set of activities to be performed every day is very helpful later in life. Equally important is also to acquire the habit of journaling and evaluating your activities as it helps to develop critical thinking, improve your daily performance and eventually helps understanding and learning from failures.
Horsing Around has all those minimal requirements to create healthy habits by offering efficient time management tools. For instance, part of the regular evaluation there is a section: ´What went well´ during the weekly horseback training. Automatically, after a couple of weeks and months, it creates those good conscious habits to be pursued in the case of other activities as well.
In lockdown or not, your active children will find a lot of activities to keep their mind busy, besides the regular feedback and journaling of their weekly practice. There are colouring pages - of horses, of course -, trivia, an ´amazing maze´, horse-related jokes, information about horse clothes and how to wear them, even an exercise about how to ´design your own cowboy boots´.
The diversity of information and the way in which it is introduced to the readers makes it into an useful book for anyone trying to improve their English vocabulary.
Not less important is the beautiful graphic content and the ways in which it matches the wording.
Horsing Around is a great choice of a present for the holiday season. With the New Year just around the corner, it is about time to inspire your little ones to start it right, the right stepping pace.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered part of the blog blitz but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteThank you too! Can´t wait to read your next project!
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