Matthew, PreK
Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest (2018-2019)
Demographic Information
- Ethnicity: White/Caucasian, Alaska Native (Athabascan)
- DOB: April, 2013
- Gender: Male
- Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
- Family Members: Mother, Father, Sister (age 7)
- Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 36
- Parent’s feeling about place lived: 8 (1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
- House Location(s) in Fairbanks: Inside Fairbanks City Limits
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Matthew’s father)
- Family Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)- Go to playground or park (in city/town/village)
- Go to sportsfield (soccer, baseball, etc.)
- Child’s Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)- Make believe
- Play with dog
- Sled
- Favorite Family Activity (Written response): "Camping"
- Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): “Swimming/4-wheeling"
- Child’s Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): “Sledding"
- Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): “Sometimes he worries about wildlife (bears, moose)."
- Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): “He loves finding bugs."
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Matthew’s father)
Child's Drawings
Fall 2018
Not completed
Spring 2019
Child Quotes:
"I don't like winter."
"I like - like the summer"
"I like the snow but I don't like the cold."
"I like to run in it"
"Running in the snow"
"Oh, I wanna watch Train your dragon. I wanna write a dragon. How do we write a dragon?"
"How do we write the blue toothless?"
Family Feedback: N/A
Spring 2019: No drawing
Fall 2018: "I don't want to color"
Spring 2019: No Drawing
Fall 2018
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Excited about finding wild raspberries and splashing in puddles; Tension navigating wooden bridge; Growling while navigating trails; Expressed fear while in forest; Worried about encountering wildlife (i.e., bears, moose)
Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Humming in the forest, stick as weapon, play in ice puddle “need to get the ice,” determination and mission
Child Reflections on Educational Activities
No reflections
Source: Transcribed Notes from Class Discussions
Child Quotes:
“I was hunting. I think I saw an arctic wolf under the tree, couldn’t go in there. Some people hunting with me.”
“When I just had my stick that’s all or maybe when I find my stick that was tall to the sky.”
“I like when I was falling down but it didn’t hurt.”
“I learned about bald eagles. I saw a bald eagle flying up in the air. I saw a wolf.”
Source: Transcribed Notes from Class Discussions
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