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For the Love Of Horses
Kindred Spirits offers a new approach to horsekeeping–prioritizing connection, creativity, and grounded in sustainability.
We practice and teach kids how to care for horses where all individuals benefit: humans, horses, and the Earth.
Afterschool Program
Once a week for 10 weeks, ages 8-18
Horses
Work with or around the horses in a way that is educational and intuitive. The goal is for students to understand all that is involved in caring for horses, as well as gain confidence and experience working directly with horses.
Creativity
Students will work together or individually on art projects both large and small scale where they are encouraged to utilize their creativity to its fullest potential and express themselves as unique individuals through their art.
Sustainability
Explore the demands of a working farm, and learn about sustainability practices, growing food, environmental conservation and how it all works together!
What to Expect
Students will attend Kelley Farm once per week following dismissal from school and participate in various activities on the property over the course of 3 hours. In that time, they will spend time with horses, work on creative projects, and learn about farm work and sustainability.
Kids will be grouped in similar age ranges, offered for ages 8-18.
Horsemanship is offered in a non-traditional way, students will begin on the ground and learn essential groundwork skills before getting into the saddle. Education and participation in all aspects of horsemanship and horse care is prioritized. All learning will be science-based, both in the pasture and in the "classroom."
The purpose of the after school program is to create a community for the students that offers a safe and exciting space to blossom into their most authentic selves.
Offering PA/PD/Teacher conference day sessions where students are off school but parents are still working - less horse focused, more art and nature based.
How Long Are Semesters?
This program consists of three 10 week semesters, and runs in cooperation with the school year, with breaks in the schedule for holidays.
What is the Cost of Tuition?
$595 per student, per semester (10 weeks)
When Does the Next Semester Begin?
Start date TBD. Program runs M-F, scheduled days will be worked out to suit each family.
Meet Milan Minos
Even as a kid, I knew that the way I wanted to work with horses was unusual, and that the type of program I was after did not yet exist.
I wanted a space where I could find a community of equally horse-obsessed kids who wanted to learn anything and everything they could about horses, and have a mentor who was knowledgeable and encouraging.
I wanted to explore deeper relationships with horses and a gentler approach to training than I had been exposed to.
Throughout my entire life, I’ve gravitated towards art. As a kid, when I was not outside, my crafting supplies were taking over any flat surfaces in the house, and I was always putting together cardboard stables and popsicle stick fences for my ever growing herd of model horses. When I was outside, I could usually be found playing make-believe, creating storylines centered around all things horses. As I grew up, my love of nature, art, and horses bloomed into a passion for sustainability, expressing oneself through creativity, and showing up for my horses in a new way that cultivates joy and mutual connections. I went on to obtain my diploma in Equine Studies through University of Guelph, and have since worked at multiple different facilities across the United States, from New Jersey to Wyoming, and now in Maryland.
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