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
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.”
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