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Cohort 1: Jennifer

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: (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

Child's drawing: Monkey bars, me with spiders, slide

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€

Child's drawing: snow, water, me and brothers, raindrops, umbrella, heart
Spring 2019
Child's drawing: It's a slide field trip you jump on it
Fall 2018
Child's drawingL Green grass, Hot lava drops, footprints, me, water, hot lava, water going up, bridge
Spring 2019
Child's drawing: Eating plant. The tall grass.
Fall 2018
Child's drawing: Me, dog, volcano
Spring 2019

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 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