Cohort 1: Brittany

• Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
• DOB: November, 2013
• Gender: Female 
• Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
• Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (age 9), Brother (age 6)
• Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 17 as a child; 14 as an adult 
• Parent’s feeling about place lived: 8 (1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
• House Location(s) in Fairbanks: Outside Fairbanks City Limits

• Family Outdoor Activities:
  (Ranked frequently and almost always)
  • Go to sports field (soccer, baseball, etc)
  • Swim in natural setting
  • Cabin away from home
  • Fish, trap, catch, or hunt
• Child’s Outdoor Activities:
  Ranked frequently and almost always)
  • Bike, scooter, or skate
  • Play ball
  • Pick flowers
  • Look for bugs 
  • Play with dog
  • Swim or water play
  • Build snowman, snow forts, snowballs
  • Free play outside (winter)
  • Sled
• Favorite Family Activity (Written response): N/A
• Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): “Playing in the water at the cabin."
• Child’s Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): “Sledding"
• Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): “She was scared of falling off the playground equipment at the park."
• Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): “When she didn't fall off the playground equipment at the park"

Title: Walking with her dog

Child quotes:

“That’s a cow.”

“Animals”

“My house.”

“I know how to draw trees.”

“A cave.”

“Bears live in the cave.”

“I saw a bear at the cabin.”

“Feels good all the time [when walking the dog].”

Family Feedback: Brittany's mother writes that Brittany walks the dog “when the dog needs to go to the bathroom.” She does this on her own or with her brothers, “2x a day or so,” in their “front yard.”

Spring 2019

Title: Sledding with family

Child quotes:

“Do the sled”

“I don’t know where I go sledding.”

“I need to draw snow.”

“I have skis at home.”

“Sometimes I do it [sledding] on my own.”

“I like my sled.”

“I need to draw my family.”

“We have more than one sled.”

Child Quotes:

“They [sandhill cranes] have beaks.”

Child Quotes:

“Fun I did fight.” (Comment on stick play)

“Good.” (Comment about running through the snow)

“Scary because it was dark a little bit.” (Comment about being in the thicket)

“Feeding the birds.” (Answer to “What did you learn?)

“Safe in the woods. Not safe on the lake.”