If you compete against others, you become bitter, but if you compete with yourself, you become better. This book is all about blue ribbons and creating a winning attitude in kids too Tally Up was designed for youth riding instructors, 4-H horse leaders, parents, therapeutic riding instructors and those who teach equine skills. It is comprised of ready made forms that you cut out and use for evaluating horse show performance in a non-judgemental way. Scored forms are also helpful to organize and communicate lesson planning and measure progress. Cut out pages of a book? YES That is the design for this practical work. 55 scoring forms are included for your personal use The ultimate goal of Tally Up is to empower kids to understand the steps of success and develop the life skill of becoming competitve with themselves as they strive towards excellence and earning their blue ribbons What books are available in the Brown Pony Series? Book One: Introduction to Hippotherapy Book Two: Risk Management and Safety in Hippotherapy Book Three: Considering Hippotherapy in Your Career Plans Book Four: The Business of Hippotherapy PLUS ... Barn Rules: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - A teaching tool of basic barn rules in social stories and pictures for instructors, riders, parents, and volunteers. Tally Up: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Checklists created from a task analysis of showmanship and riding skills that can be used to improve understanding of a Judge's class placing's and to provide a foundation of skills to practice for competition. Also, a great breakdown of skills for an instructor to use in lesson planning. Safe Horse Handling: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Increase awareness of common sense safety to implement when working around horses. Some of the tips may be inadvertently overlooked until there is an accident. Great for equine instructors, therapeutic riding volunteer training, and equine assisted activity and therapy programs. COMING SOON: Incorporating Games in Hippotherapy: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Play is the "work" of the child (and the de-stressor of the adult). Play engages the whole person: imagination, emotion, cognition, and engagement, along with the physical skills components of the game activities. Games can build in a reason for completing various ring figures, speed changes, stops and starts. Learn ideas for layering on goal-oriented game activities in a hippotherapy session.