Joseph, PreK

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


Demographic Information

Demographic Information
  • Ethnicity: Hispanic, Asian
  • DOB: May, 2014
  • Gender: Male
  • Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
  • Family Members: Mother, Father, Sister (age 2), Brother (age 1 week)
  • Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 4
  • 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

Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Joseph鈥檚 mother)

Family Favorite Outdoor Activities
  • Family Outdoor Activities:
    (Ranked frequently and almost always)
    • Go to playground or park (in city/town/village)
    • Go to sportsfield (soccer, baseball, etc.)
    • Go on walks (in city/town/village)
    • Swim in natural setting
    • Ski (cross-country or downhill)
  • Child鈥檚 Outdoor Activities:
    (Ranked frequently and almost always)
    • Hide and seek
    • Jump on trampoline
    • Swim or water play
    • Other (soccer)
  • Favorite Family Activity (Written response): "Running, hiking"
  • Child鈥檚 Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): 鈥淪occer and swimming"
  • Child鈥檚 Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): 鈥淒ownhill ski and skate"
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): 鈥淲hen there's strong noise, thunder storm."
  • Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): 鈥淲hen there's bunny came to our house."

Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Joseph鈥檚 mother)

Child's Drawings

Favorite "Summer" Nature Activity
Child's drawing: goal, me, check, window, basketball

Fall 2018

Title: Playing basketball outside of his house

Child quotes:

鈥淲e play basketball in our garden.鈥

鈥淲ith just with my sister.鈥

鈥淚 do it [play basketball] all the time.鈥

鈥淚 want to play outside with soccer I鈥 I kick the ball and I be the goalie, I got the ball.鈥

Family Feedback: Joseph鈥檚 mother writes that he plays basketball outside his house on 鈥渨eekends and holidays,鈥 鈥渙nce a week in the summer,鈥 with his 鈥渟ister, and Dad with friends.鈥 She indicates that he plays basketball in their backyard. She also writes, 鈥淗e鈥檚 very active and likes to outdoors. In addition, he鈥檚 doing soccer and swimming twice a week, and playing piano as well.鈥

Favorite "Winter" Nature Activity

Spring 2019

Child's drawing: skiing

Title: Skiing

Child quotes:

鈥淚 like to play.鈥

鈥沦办颈颈苍驳鈥

鈥淎t my house with my family.鈥

鈥淎t Birch Hill鈥

鈥淚 like going skiing and super-fast.鈥

鈥淥ne time there was a bumpy skiing area and I went bump bump.鈥

鈥淚 was scared鈥 but now I can ski by myself I鈥檓 not scared anymore.鈥

Family Feedback: N/A

"Happy" Drawing
Child's drawing: lake
Fall 2018
Child's drawing: I feel happy walking on the bridge. It was exciting walking on the snow.
Spring 2019
"Negative Affect" Drawing
Child's drawing: I'm worries about the snowman fall off and then a monster come
Fall 2018
Child's drawing: This is music I heard in the forest. This is a time signature and this is a half note. Clouds. I was scared when I was in the branch area.
Spring 2019

Fall 2018
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Noticed different colored leaves; Upset about falling and getting dirty in grass; Anxiety about navigating wooden bridge; Expressed discomfort in log area 鈥渢his is bad鈥

Fall 2018
Family Nature Tour Highlights

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Used map to navigate location at park; Demonstrated empathy when feeding ducks; Chased away pigeons; Engrossed by electronical outdoor game; Played on playground with father and younger sister

Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Highlights

Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:

Play with others in the forest- sitting on the tree, playing batman, throwing snowballs; attributes stick pile to beaver, counts stick鈥檚 height, uses stick as tool

Child's Reflections on Education Activities

Fall 2018

Child Quotes:

鈥淚 like to play on the trail.鈥

鈥淭he grass has cereal.鈥

Spring 2019

Child Quotes:

鈥淚t was a wolf den. I felt happy.鈥

鈥淔ighting. Getting a new stick. Felt good. And it was so much fun.鈥

鈥淪afe on the bridge can walk on wood. Not safe in the water. Next time I go to Creamer鈥檚 field I will bring my fishing pole so I can tell it is deep or shallow on the lake.鈥

鈥淓verything. Don鈥檛 fight with sticks. Don鈥檛 go in the deep water.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