Jennifer, PreK
Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest (2018-2019)
Demographic Information
- Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
- DOB: May, 2014
- Gender: Female
- Birthplace: Palmer, AK
- Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (age 7), Brother (age 2)
- Years Parent Lived in Alaska: Lifelong Alaskans, except for college outside the state
- 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.)
- Picnic or outdoor barbeque
- Child’s Outdoor Activities:
- (Ranked frequently and almost always)
- Bike, scooter, or skate
- Make-believe/free play (outdoors summer)
- Play ball
- Pick flowers
- Look for bugs
- Swim or water play
- Build snowman, snow forts, snowballs
- Free play outside (winter)
- Favorite Family Activity (Written response): "Spending the day at Chatanika River"
- Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): “Playing in kiddie pool at grandparent's house."
- Child’s Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): “Snowballs and snowmen when snow cooperates."
- Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): “She is scared of the deep water when we go to the river."
- Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): “We recently went to a picnic for church and she enjoyed being outside on such a nice day with so many friends."
Child's Drawings
Fall 2018
Title: On the playground and monkey bars
Child quotes: N/A
Family Feedback:
“Jennifer looks for spiders at her grandparents’ home in their yard. The playground drawings are representing the structures at her school. We spend a lot of summer days at grandparents’ home on 4 acres, lots of exploring with cousins and brothers, parents, grandparents. Playtime on the playground is with friends.”
“My child is at her grandparents home multiple times per week. At school daily during the school year.”
“She loves to be outside and typically prefers to be barefoot.”
Fall 2018
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Navigation awareness/ recalled places previously visited (water under bridge); Expressed desire to leave, stating, "let's go back (repeatedly); Expressed discomfort being wet; Learned to wipe hands on ground; Followed the group
Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Remembers the forest from fall visit, notices a hole in tree (animal home), determined to learn how to climb trees, experiences environmental shame during tree climbing, discerns safety on the ice – encourages peers to stay off frozen water
Child Reflections on Educational Activities
Child Quotes:
“That they [sandhill cranes] have beaks”
“Stay on the trail.”
Child Quotes:
“Not go in the deep water or the deep snow because it will turn into water.”
This project is funded by the National Science Foundation. Award # 1753399, CAREER: A longitudinal study of the emotional and behavioral processes of Environmental Identity Development among rural and non-rural Alaskan children