The Chicken Farmer that's a Chicken Charmer!

This summer we had the honor of working with Vance, who lives in Barbourville, KY and loves working on the farm with his granddad, Pap.

Vance is a chicken farmer. Everyday he feeds and waters his chickens and then gathers the eggs!

Vance's family has nicknamed him the Chicken Charmer because the chickens are so calm around him and gather at his feet when he is around. While here in town, Vance visited the Lorikeet exhibit at the Louisville Zoo one day after sessions. Looks like he's also a charmer of all things feathered!

Mom asked Vance one day whether he'd told Kristin, his Learning Coordinator here at Langsford, about his chickens. He replied, "Nope! Because I'll just get asked a bunch of questions about them!"

And he was right! Vance did comprehension work with us and we ask LOTS of questions to encourage students to be clearer with their use of language while making movies in their minds about what they've read.

Kristin hopes that maybe Vance will write her a story about his chickens before next summer when he comes back to visit us again.