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Cohort 1: Andrew

Andrew, PreK

Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
**Limited verbal communication
Child-Nature Points of Interest (2018-2019)


Demographic Information

  • Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
  • DOB: February, 2014
  • Gender: Male
  • Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
  • Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (age 10), Sister (age 8)
  • Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 8
  • Parent’s feeling about place lived: 10 (1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
  • House Location(s) in Fairbanks: Inside Fairbanks City Limits
  • Family Outdoor Activities:
    (Ranked frequently and almost always)
    • Go to playground or park (in city/town/village)
    • Picnic or outdoor barbecue
    • Family bike rides (in city/town/village)
    • Garden or greenhouse (my garden)
  • Child’s Outdoor Activities:
    (Ranked frequently and almost always)
    • Bike, scooter, or skate
    • Make-believe/free play (outdoors summer)
    • Play ball
    • Build forts
    • Hide and seek
    • Play with dog
    • Build snowman, snow forts, snowballs
    • Free play outside (winter)
    • Sled
  • Favorite Family Activity (Written response): “Picnic, boat ride"
  • Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): “Playing outside, he loved."
  • Child’s Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): “Sled"
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): “I do not remember."
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): “July we went fishing, for 1st time, Andrew loved and enjoy."

Child's Drawings

Child's drawing fishing, rock, eyes, boat, face

Fall 2018

Title: Fishing

Child quotes:

*Andrew has limited verbal communication

"Purple"

"Rock"

"Eyes"

"Ear"

"5,8"

"7"

"Me"

"Boat, boat"

Family Feedback: Andrew’s mother writes that he fishes in “June and July” with his “family (sister, mom, dad, and friends).” She writes that they go to the river a “few times in summer” to fish. She also writes, “he likes fishing, play outside.”

Child's drawing (beaver)
Fall 2018
Child's drawing
Spring 2019
empty sheet of paper with sad emoji
Fall 2018
Child's drawing
Spring 2019

Class Nature Tour Video Highlights

Fall 2018

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Eagerness to explore; Ran ahead; Lack of fear or hesitation; Not fully aware of environment and potential dangers

Spring 2019

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Goes onto ice several times even though warned of danger, swings with stick, purposively falls, crawls, rolls on snow


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