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Early Childhood Pre-K Day
Pony up with the Kentucky Derby Museum on our exclusive Early Childhood Pre-K Day!
Tuesday, September 27
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Scheduled programming includes:
- 30 minutes of guided exhibit exploration
- Visit to our Stable to meet our resident miniature horse Winston and Resident Thoroughbred
- Viewing of The Greatest Race
- Horse Tales - Horses take center stage as your students participate in age appropriate stories featuring both fictional and nonfictional horses. We will explore the different elements that make up a story, as well as other early reading strategies to help students understand the importance and fun of reading while strengthening basic reading skills while learning some basic elements of Thoroughbred racing.?
- Racing Colors - Jockeys silks are filled with many shapes and colors, and we will identify a variety of them in this engaging look into the riders who compete in the Kentucky Derby. We’ll also learn about jockey safety equipment before designing our own class jockey silks. Program Goals: ?Students understand we commonly use shapes and colors to communicate and identify things around us; that owners design jockey silks as a unique combination of shapes and colors. They will be able to use shapes and colors to design a jockey silk.?
- Thoroughbred Care -Keeping a Thoroughbred happy and healthy is much like taking care of a pet at home. Students learn teamwork is essential in preparing a horse for the Kentucky Derby, as they perform the many jobs in the stables. Students understand the importance of daily animal care both in home pet situations as well as professionally in the sport of Thoroughbred racing. They understand the basics of horse care and grooming. They can identify and explain the use of several pieces of grooming equipment.?
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