Andrew, PreK

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


Demographic Information

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鈥檚 feeling about place lived: 10 (1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
  • House Location(s) in Fairbanks: Inside Fairbanks City Limits
Family Favorite Outdoor Activities
  • 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鈥檚 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): 鈥淧icnic, boat ride"
  • Child鈥檚 Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): 鈥淧laying outside, he loved."
  • Child鈥檚 Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): 鈥沦濒别诲"
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): 鈥淚 do not remember."
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): 鈥淛uly we went fishing, for 1st time, Andrew loved and enjoy."

Child's Drawings

Favorite "Summer" Nature Activity
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鈥檚 mother writes that he fishes in 鈥淛une and July鈥 with his 鈥渇amily (sister, mom, dad, and friends).鈥 She writes that they go to the river a 鈥渇ew times in summer鈥 to fish. She also writes, 鈥渉e likes fishing, play outside.鈥

Happy Drawing
Child's drawing (beaver)
Fall 2018
Child's drawing
Spring 2019
Negative Effect Drawing
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. 啵啵直播秀 # 1753399, CAREER: A longitudinal study of the emotional and behavioral processes of Environmental Identity Development among rural and non-rural Alaskan children