Brittany, PreK

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


Demographic Information

Demographic Information
  • Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
  • DOB: November, 2013
  • Gender: Female 
  • Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
  • Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (age 9), Brother (age 6)
  • Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 17 as a child; 14 as an adult 
  • Parent鈥檚 feeling about place lived: (1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
  • House Location(s) in Fairbanks: Outside Fairbanks City Limits
Family Favorite Outdoor Activities
  • Family Outdoor Activities:
    (Ranked frequently and almost always)
    • Go to sports field (soccer, baseball, etc)
    • Swim in natural setting
    • Cabin away from home
    • Fish, trap, catch, or hunt
  • Child鈥檚 Outdoor Activities:
    Ranked frequently and almost always)
    • Bike, scooter, or skate
    • Play ball
    • Pick flowers
    • Look for bugs 
    • Play with dog
    • Swim or water play
    • Build snowman, snow forts, snowballs
    • Free play outside (winter)
    • Sled
  • Favorite Family Activity (Written response): N/A
  • Child鈥檚 Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): 鈥淧laying in the water at the cabin."
  • Child鈥檚 Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): 鈥沦濒别诲诲颈苍驳"
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): 鈥淪he was scared of falling off the playground equipment at the park."
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): 鈥淲hen she didn't fall off the playground equipment at the park"

Child's Drawings

Favorite "Summer" Nature Activity
Child's drawing: Dog "piper", cow, house, mom

Title: Walking with her dog

Child quotes:

鈥淭hat鈥檚 a cow.鈥

鈥淎苍颈尘补濒蝉鈥

鈥淢y house.鈥

鈥淚 know how to draw trees.鈥

鈥淎 cave.鈥

鈥淏ears live in the cave.鈥

鈥淚 saw a bear at the cabin.鈥

鈥淔eels good all the time [when walking the dog].鈥

Family Feedback: Brittany's mother writes that Brittany walks the dog 鈥渨hen the dog needs to go to the bathroom.鈥 She does this on her own or with her brothers, 鈥2x a day or so,鈥 in their 鈥渇ront yard.鈥

Favorite "Winter" Nature Activity
Child's drawing: stick figures family on snow

Spring 2019

Title: Sledding with family

Child quotes:

鈥淒o the sled鈥

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know where I go sledding.鈥

鈥淚 need to draw snow.鈥

鈥淚 have skis at home.鈥

鈥淪ometimes I do it [sledding] on my own.鈥

鈥淚 like my sled.鈥

鈥淚 need to draw my family.鈥

鈥淲e have more than one sled.鈥

"Happy" Drawing
Clouds, Sun, grass, People, my friends, water (child's drawing)
Spring 2019
The grass child's drawing
Fall 2018
"Negative Affect" Drawing
Child's drawing: A monster I am scared of potato head
Fall 2018
Child's drawing: Clouds, Candles with fire, snakes, rain
Spring 2019

Fall 2018
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Followed and mimicked Ashley- chased cranes and made 鈥渃aw鈥 sounds; Interest in dogs, identified 鈥渄og poop鈥

Fall 2018
Family Nature Tour Highlights

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Rode bike on patio; Swung on outdoor play equipment; Sought help from family (older brother and mother) in navigating nature (i.e., hill at house, falling down)

Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Make-believe play (poison!) in the thicket; asks for to help to find a stick for a sword; kills a spider; stomps on bird feed

Child's Reflections on Educational Activities

Fall 2018

Child Quotes:

鈥淭hey [sandhill cranes] have beaks.鈥

Spring 2019

Child Quotes:

鈥淔un I did fight.鈥 (Comment on stick play)

鈥淕ood.鈥 (Comment about running through the snow)

鈥淪cary because it was dark a little bit.鈥 (Comment about being in the thicket)

鈥淔eeding the birds.鈥 (Answer to 鈥淲hat did you learn?)

鈥淪afe in the woods. Not safe on the lake.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