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.â€
“My child is at her grandparents home multiple times per week. At school daily during the school year.â€
“She loves to be outside and typically prefers to be barefoot.â€
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 ActivitiesÂ
Child Quotes:
“That they [sandhill cranes] have beaksâ€
“Stay on the trail.â€
Child Quotes:
“Not go in the deep water or the deep snow because it will turn into water.â€
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