Fun with Animals
Regular Clubs
Clubs at Jarošův statek
Fridays 16:00–17:00
This club is for parents with children aged 2 to 5.
What are our aims?
- Fun with Animals is a first step for the youngest children, where they learn to:
- Trust the pony and other animals, and understand their needs and behaviour
- Relax in the saddle and get their first taste of riding
- Handle and lead an animal safely on a lead rope, developing fine and gross motor skills
- Naturally develop empathy, responsibility and teamwork with friends
- Children spend their free time in the lovely surroundings of Jarošův statek, among animals and nature, gradually getting ready for our other clubs – Miniature Ponies and the Riding and Animal Care club.
- What a lesson includes
- Meeting the farm animals and gradually learning how to care for them
- Hands-on activities: feeding, grooming, safe holding and handling
- Walks and rides out with the ponies, learning to relax in the saddle and enjoy the view from a horse's back
What a lesson looks like
Over the regular sessions, we gradually introduce the children to all the animals living on the farm and show them in practice how to look after them so that they stay happy and healthy. Children learn how to groom the ponies and the small animals, find out more about what animals eat and, of course, we feed them together regularly. We take the ponies for walks, where children learn how to hold the lead rope correctly and safely and how to handle an animal safely. In lessons, children can also have a pony ride, enjoy the most beautiful view in the world – the view from a horse's back – and gradually build trust and a bond with these wonderful animals.
Activities take place around live animals and in close contact with them. To keep all children and animals safe, children must listen to and follow their instructors' directions. If a child does not follow the instructions of the instructors and assistants and behaves inappropriately, they will be firmly reminded of the rules. If this happens repeatedly, the child's parents will be informed. Please note that if the inappropriate behaviour continues, the child will be excluded from the club without any refund. Besides ignoring instructions, inappropriate behaviour includes smoking, drinking alcohol or using other drugs (in which case exclusion is immediate), swearing, verbal or physical attacks on other children or animals, and any other inappropriate behaviour.
What to bring?
We recommend comfortable outdoor sportswear and sturdy, closed shoes. In bad weather, a raincoat and wellies. In summer, please put sun cream on your child, and insect repellent during mosquito season. For riding, we recommend long stretchy trousers. We can lend your child a helmet and a body protector. Please also pack a small snack and a drink.
How to sign up?
Before your first visit, please fill in the registration form below and book a place in advance by e-mailing jarosuvstatekehm@seznam.cz. You will then receive the lesson dates one month ahead by e-mail or to the phone number given on the form. If you cannot attend your booked date, please cancel in writing to the e-mail above or to 730 907 617 at least 24 hours before the start (i.e. by Thursday 16:00). Lessons cancelled later are forfeited.
The minimum number of children per lesson is 3.
Price
The club is paid in advance to account 6760059379/0800 as a 5-lesson pass for 1,500 CZK (valid for 2 months). In the payment reference, please write: HSZ_ child's name (e.g. MP_Anička Nováková)
A single trial lesson costs 350 CZK.
