Cohort 1: Ashley

Ashley, PreK

Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
**Moved before Spring 2019
Child-Nature Points of Interest (2018-2019)

Demographic Information

Demographic Information
  • Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
  • DOB: December, 2013
  • Gender: Female 
  • Birthplace: El Paso, TX
  • Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (age 14), Sister (age 10), Sister (age 6)
  • Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 2
  • Parent鈥檚 feeling about place lived: 8 (1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
  • House Location(s) in Fairbanks: Inside Fairbanks City Limits

Child's Drawings

Favorite "Summer" Nature Activity
Child's drawing

Fall 2018

Title: Camping with Animals

Child quotes:

鈥淟ots of birds everywhere.鈥

鈥淏irds land on my mom鈥檚 truck鈥nd they attack us!鈥

鈥淚 go swimming in them [rivers] with water snakes... and electrocute snakes.鈥

鈥淐hena Lake Springs鈥

鈥淪he [Mom] said we can鈥檛 go swimming.鈥

鈥淚 never seen a farm.鈥

鈥淢y mom and grandpa鈥檚 gonna give me a horse.鈥

Family Feedback: Ashley鈥檚 father writes, 鈥淟ast summer we went camping鈥 with 鈥渕e, my wife and her two sisters鈥 at 鈥淐hena Hot Springs.鈥 He writes that they camp 鈥渕aybe once a year.鈥 He also comments that besides camping, Eliana 鈥渞ode a pony downtown at a fair. She goes to Tanana Lake to swim with mom and sisters.鈥

"Happy" and "Negative affect" drawing
Child's drawing: It's a map we were going to find treasure
Happy Drawing: Fall 2018
A monster and a dinosaur child's drawing
"Negative Affect" Drawing: Fall 2018

Class Nature Tour Video Highlights

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Fall 2018

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Anxiety of 鈥渟nakes in grass鈥 (environmental misconception); Chased migratory cranes 鈥淚 wanna kill them鈥; Anxiety that something had happened to 啵啵直播秀s depicted on sign

Child Reflections on educational activities

*Source: Transcribed Notes from Class Discussions

Child Quote:

鈥淚 learn about some branch.鈥

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