Cohort 1: David
David, PreK
Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest (2018-2019)
Demographic Information
Demographic Information
- Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
- DOB: May, 2013
- Gender: Male
- Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
- Family Members: Mother, Father, Sister (age 8)
- Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 26
- Parent鈥檚 feeling about place lived: 6 (1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
- House Location(s) in Fairbanks: Outside Fairbanks City Limits
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by David鈥檚 mother)
Family Favorite Outdoor Activities
- Family Outdoor Activities:
- (Ranked frequently and almost always)
- N/A
- Child鈥檚 Outdoor Activities:
- (Ranked frequently and almost always)
- Bike, scooter, or skate
- Make-believe/free play (outdoors summer)
- Play ball
- Build forts
- Pick flowers
- Look for bugs
- Hide and seek
- Play with dog
- Collect/Find things (rocks)
- Favorite Family Activity (Written response): "Hiking"
- Child鈥檚 Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): 鈥淩iding bike"
- Child鈥檚 Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): 鈥淲补濒办"
- Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): 鈥淏ee landed on him"
- Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): 鈥淏uilding a fort"
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by David鈥檚 mother)
Child's Drawings
Favorite "Summer" Nature Activity

Fall 2018
Title: Pathways
Child quotes:
鈥淭his is a pathway. That pathway leads to the road. And there鈥檚 another pathway.鈥
鈥淚 saw a bear when I was camping.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 a baby bear.鈥
鈥淭he black bears are really good climbers, and the brown bears can鈥檛 climb.鈥
鈥淢y mom, my dad, and my sister.鈥
鈥淒id you know some wolves can be black wolves?鈥
鈥淚 go gun shooting, and a saw one frog in the woods, but I didn鈥檛 shoot it. It was tiny.鈥
Favorite "Winter" Nature Activity

Spring 2019
Title: Imagination with Toothless the Dragon
Child quotes:
鈥淧濒补测鈥
鈥淭rain your dragons鈥
鈥淔ly, I just fly around.鈥
鈥淲e pretend we鈥檙e dragons.鈥
Feedback Comments:
N/A
"Happy' Drawing


"Negative Affect" Drawing


Fall 2018
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Self-talk and imagination 鈥 鈥渢rees have bones鈥; Curious and observant of nature 鈥 Interested in [puffball] mushrooms; Observed cranes; Read wildlife sign
Fall 2018
Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Comfortable exploring alone- Ran ahead on trail; Self-talk navigation awareness and recall; Stick play (i.e., imaginary weapon); Dad regulate stick play; Mother taught David about ecology
Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Spring 2019
Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Finds tracks in the snow; runs on snow; leads others through forest; hangs/swings on tree for fun; uses stick for navigation
Child Reflections on Education Activities
Fall 2018
Child Quotes:
鈥淚 like to stay on the trail.鈥
鈥淚 like to get wet in the forest and run in puddles.鈥
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to run.鈥
鈥淚 learned everyone has a little wild.鈥
鈥淣ot to go in the fields of the sandhill cranes.鈥
Spring 2019
Child Quotes:
鈥淚 saw a wolf and it was a wolf den and there was a black wolf and one baby black wolf.鈥
"Fun. Break them then got a new one.鈥 (Comment on stick play)
鈥淚 liked when Michael fell through holes [in the snow] and then I fell through holes.鈥
鈥淪afe at bus. Not safe at the water鈥搇ike seawater (not puddles). I seen water there so I know it is there鈥搕he first time I went to Creamer鈥檚 field.鈥
鈥淒on鈥檛 go in the puddles and sea water. You might drown.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