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Cohort 2: Oliver

Oliver, PreK

Year 2, Cohort 2, Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest 2019-2020

Demographic Information

Ethnicity: Alaska Native

DOB: December, 2014

Gender: Male

Birthplace: Anchorage, AK

Family Members: Mother, Father, Sister (grade 8), Brother (age 2), Brother (infant)

Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 29

Parent’s feeling about place lived: 9

(1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)

Source: Family Survey, Fall 2019 (completed by Oliver's Mother)

Family Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)

  • Go to playground (in city/town/village)
  • Swim in natural setting

Family Subsistence Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)

  • Harvest spruce roots or cedar bark for weaving

Child’s Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)

  • Bike, scooter, or skate
  • Make-believe/ free play (outdoors summer)
  • Pick berries
  • Go fishing
  • Free play outside (winter)

Favorite Family Recreational Activity(Written response): "Biking or walking"

Favorite Family Subsistence Activity (Written response): "Fishing/berry picking"

Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): "Biking"

Child’s Favorite Winter Activity(Written response): "Sledding"

Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): "Going far up the river in a boat"

Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): "Going up the river"

Source: Family Survey, Fall 2019 (completed by Oliver's Mother)

Child's Drawings

Child's drawing: my name, playground

Favorite “Summer”

Fall 2019

Title: Playing on the Playground

Child quotes:

“Play on playground”

Do you go with mom or dad? “No” “Only me go playground”

Do you go every day? “Mhm”

Family Feedback:

Oliver goes to the playground “everyday.” He goes with “his friends, Philip, Patrick, and Owen.” He plays on the slide, on [the] big slide.”

Favorite “Winter” Nature Activity

Spring 2020: In Progress

Child's drawing: Berry picking, Happy
Fall 2019

Spring 2020: In Progress

Child's drawing: " I stayed away from thundra"
Fall 2019

Spring 2020: In Progress

Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2019
 

Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2019
 


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