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Kiddy Up Ranch Inc

Kiddy Up Ranch Inc provides therapeutic horseback riding programs for children with special needs, fostering personal growth, confidence, and connection with horses to enhance their physical, emotional, and social well-being.

Farmstead Festival 2026 brings our community together at Kiddy Up Ranch for our annual Farmstead Festival. We will highlight what our students learn in school like how to keep chickens, processing meat birds, dairy animals (goats, sheep, cows), working ranch dogs, roping, fiber arts and weaving along with many vendors and speakers who will highlight regenerative agriculture. If you are looking for a fun and interactive family day look no further from the market, vendors, and the farm we are happy to see our community come out!&nbsp; Use this form to register your group, reserve activities, and confirm your support. Your time here helps build confidence, independence, and real-life skills highlighting the differentiated learning our Farmstead micro school teaches.

Farmstead Festival 2026

Join us for Volunteer Training every 3rd Saturday of the month Learn how to safely support our ranch with our animals, livestock and house keeping items on the ranch. Dress to get dirty, closed toed shoes are required. All tops must cover the stomach, back and chest. Shorts should be no shorter than the mid to lower thigh. Bring your water, a snack and sunscreen. Must be 14 to sign up.&nbsp; During this training, you&rsquo;ll get hands-on practice in the arena and around the petting zoo or horses, plus a clear overview of our guidelines and routines. Your time here helps students build confidence, independence, and connection with our petting zoo animals or our horses. This is great for anyone interested in working with livestock or our equine partners. 🌟

Volunteer Training

End-of-summer celebration &bull; Team spirit &nbsp;Mounted &amp; unmounted events, farmstead races, egg carries, feed bag drags, sprint lanes, team relays, farm math challenge. &nbsp;Friday: Olympic Medal Ceremony + Family BBQ.

Week 10 (Aug 3–7): Kiddy Up Olympics Week

Creativity &bull; Rhythm &bull; Expression &nbsp;Teach tricks (target, smile, bow), rhythm circles, choreography, costumes, liberty routine development. &nbsp;Friday: Musical Horsemanship Show.

Week 9 (July 27–July 31): Music, Movement & Trick Horse Week

Join us for the Farmstead open house July 24th, 2026 at 3 pm.&nbsp;You can expect to get a course syllabus, review curriculum, and meet the teachers new and old. You will get our calendar for the year, as well as an inside look at all the things that have changed here at the ranch.&nbsp; Please RSVP to this form.&nbsp;

Farmstead Open House

Confidence &bull; Sensory &bull; Leadership &nbsp;Bridges, tarps, water elements, nature hikes, obstacle design and building, advanced trail patterns. &nbsp;Friday: Trail Trials Competition.

Week 8 (July 20–24): Extreme Trail & Obstacle Week

Word trails &bull; Story-based obstacles &nbsp;Arena literacy games, sequencing, vocabulary activities, homemade quill or bookmark crafts, student-created books, reading buddies. &nbsp;Friday: Reading Rodeo.

Week 7 (July 13–17): Horse-Powered Reading & Literacy Adventure Week

Speed &bull; Agility &bull; Accuracy &nbsp;Relays, baton and flag races, egg-and-spoon, dressage balance work, transitions, bending lines, mini dressage tests. &nbsp;Friday: Mounted Games Tournament + Dressage Accuracy Challenge.

Week 6 (July 6–10): Mounted Games & Dressage Precision Week

Driving safety &bull; Harness skills &bull; Precision &nbsp;Harness parts, grooming, long-lining, cones courses, driving dressage basics, rhythm &amp; rein-handling. &nbsp;Thursday: Driving Pattern Demo. This camp is 4 days long.&nbsp;

Week 5 (June 29–July 2): Carriage, Driving & Dressage Week

Advanced only &bull; Cow work &bull; Real ranch skills &nbsp;Sorting games, ranch obstacle course, knots, flags, fencing basics, stockmanship, tack care, leadership rotations. &nbsp;Friday: Ranch Hand Challenge.

Week 4 (June 22–26): WRANGLERS – Advanced Ranch-Hand Camp

Join us for Volunteer Training on 6/20&nbsp; Learn how to safely support our ranch with our animals, livestock and house keeping items on the ranch. Dress to get dirty, closed toed shoes are required. All tops must cover the stomach, back and chest. Shorts should be no shorter than the mid to lower thigh. Bring your water, a snack and sunscreen. Must be 14 to sign up.&nbsp; During this training, you&rsquo;ll get hands-on practice in the arena and around the petting, plus a clear overview of our guidelines and routines. Your time here helps students build confidence, independence, and connection with our petting zoo animals. This is great for anyone interested in working with livestock. 🌟

Volunteer Training 6/20

Homesteading &bull; Agriculture &bull; Hands-on skills Chicken &amp; goat chores, gardening, wool processing, farm math. Expanded Skills:<ul fr-original-style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; box-sizing: inherit;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;">Woodworking basics (measuring, sanding, assembling simple projects)</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;">Building &amp; measuring (raised bed, birdhouse, planter box&mdash;age-appropriate)</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;">Cheese making (ricotta or farmer&rsquo;s cheese)</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;">Bread/dough baking</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;">Pasta from scratch</li></ul>Soap making (melt-and-pour for littles; cold-process demo for teens)&nbsp;Friday: Farmstead Fair Booths.

Week 3 (June 15–19): Farmstead Homesteaders Week

Rhythm &bull; Precision &bull; Communication &nbsp;Drill team patterns (in-hand &amp; mounted), liberty cues, dressage basics (walk&ndash;halt, circles, straightness), choreography, team flag craft. &nbsp;Friday: Drill + Dressage Performance.

Week 2 (June 8–12): Drill Team, Liberty & Dressage Week

Western games &bull; Rodeo skills &bull; Horse care Includes triage, grooming, groundwork, roping, barrels/poles, Western music &amp; movement, horse-powered reading, and age-scaled horsemanship challenges. Friday: Mini Rodeo Showcase. Every registration to this event will bring us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world for all. Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

Kiddy Up Ranch Summer Camp 2026 Week 1 (June 1–5): Rodeo Round-Upon Week

🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at your Kiddy Up Ranch&#39;s fundraising event. It&#39;s an event like no other, and we want you to be there! 🎉 Every registration to this event will bring us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world for all. Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

The Spring Formal

Gracie, one of Kiddy Up Ranch&rsquo;s beloved gentle Belgian therapy horses 🐴 and is receiving emergency hospital care after a concerning colic episode. The hospital team found an obstruction in her small intestine and is providing intensive supportive care while they work to help her clear it. Gracie is deeply loved by the Kiddy Up Ranch community and has helped bring confidence, comfort, and connection to so many riders and families. If she has touched your life, or if you would like to support the horses who care for so many people, please consider donating toward her hospital expenses. Every gift will help supports her treatment, feed, and ongoing care so she can keep walking beside our riders on their journeys toward independence and joy 🌟.

Gracie, one of Kiddy Up Ranch’s beloved gentle Belgian therapy horses 🐴 and is receiving emergency hospital care after a concerning colic episode. The hospital team found an obstruction in her small intestine and is providing intensive supportive care while they work to help her clear it.Gracie is deeply loved by the Kiddy Up Ranch community and has helped bring confidence, comfort, and connection to so many riders and families. If she has touched your life, or if you would like to support the horses who care for so many people, please consider donating toward her hospital expenses.Every gift will help supports her treatment, feed, and ongoing care so she can keep walking beside our riders on their journeys toward independence and joy 🌟.