Fort Lupton reading program gets some horsepower

Justine Williams leads a reading session with Everly McCaveney-Long, Lucus Turner, Ari Torres-Ramos, and Tadeo Moncada as part of the program. Photo by Belen Ward Justine Williams, owner of Rhythm of the Horse Therapy, is offering Horse-Powered Reading, an experiential program for children with reading difficulties. “Whether they’re struggling with pronunciation or decoding, they come here to partner with a horse. The horse becomes their reading buddy, their book, their page as they practice a range of reading activities that we do each week,” Williams said. “We’re working on decoding skills, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and phonics. We meet them where they’re at, and then we gently progress week by week to the next level.”Williams said she was at a meeting of the Fort Lupton Chamber of Commerce when Weld-Re-8 Superintendent Justin Ralston discussed the district’s reading rates.

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