Cohort 1: Stephanie
Stephanie, PreK
Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest (2018-2019)
Demographic Information
Demographic Information
- Ethnicity: White/Caucasian, Black/African American
- DOB: September, 2013
- Gender: Female
- Birthplace: Ft. Wainwright, AK
- Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (age 3) Brother (age 1)
- Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 5
- Parent鈥檚 feeling about place lived: 10 (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)
- N/A
- Child鈥檚 Outdoor Activities:
- (Ranked frequently and almost always)
- Bike, scooter, or skate
- Make believe/free play (outdoors summer)
- Pick flowers
- Collect/Find things
- Favorite Family Activity (Written response): "Play in yard"
- Child鈥檚 Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): 鈥淪wing set/bike"
- Child鈥檚 Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): 鈥淪kiing in yard"
- Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): 鈥淣one indicated鈥
- Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): 鈥淔ield trip school"
Child's Drawings
Favorite "Summer" Nature Activity
Fall 2018
Title: Digging in the dirt pile near her house
Child quotes:
鈥淧lay in the dirt and dig for fossils.鈥
鈥At my house 鈥榗ause there鈥檚 a lot of dirt.鈥
鈥淢y brother just plays with me and my dad just ask me to go outside.鈥
鈥淚 want to look for treasure rocks. I decorate a lot of rocks and they鈥檙e still outside.鈥
Family Feedback: Stephanie鈥檚 mother writes that Natalie plays in the dirt pile that is in the 鈥渂ack yard and driveway鈥 鈥渙n weekends and when parents doing yard work.鈥 She writes that Natalie usually plays with her 鈥渓ittle brother鈥 鈥渁bout 1-2 [times] per week in summer.鈥 She writes, 鈥渢here is a large rock collection and the kids 鈥榣ook鈥 for dinosaur bones.鈥
Favorite "Winter" Nature Activity

Spring 2019
Title: At the ice park
Child quotes:
鈥淎t pioneers field they had it [a windmill] for a decoration.鈥
鈥I saw a butterfly that was like so beautiful and I saw a little mosquito.鈥
鈥淎t the ice park.鈥
鈥淭here was lots of pretty decorations and there was fun slides.鈥
鈥淭hey had a little maze but I did not run in that maze.鈥
鈥淚 climbed all the way to the top to get the birthday cake.鈥
鈥淔ire but it鈥檚 just made out of ice there鈥檚 a light in it.鈥
Family Feedback: N/A
"Happy" Drawing


"Negative Affect" Drawing


Fall 2018
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Demonstrated strong competency in climbing tree 鈥 Observed higher than peers, played make-believe game on tree, 鈥渢here鈥檚 a tree monster up here,鈥 Reflected on climbing, 鈥淚 love climbing those trees.鈥
Observant and curious about flora and fauna in the environment- 鈥淲here鈥檚 all the tiny fish?,鈥 Made connections with environmental features: 鈥渇ish lay eggs,鈥 Noted softness of ground, 鈥淪o squishy like a bed鈥
Expressed enjoyment going through the log area (twice) with James- 鈥淲anna go again?鈥, 鈥渨e鈥檙e doing this again鈥, 鈥渃ause it鈥檚 so fun鈥;
Stated fear in forest- 鈥淚t鈥檚 so spooky;鈥 Negotiated fear, 鈥渂ut now we鈥檙e together [with peer]鈥 Looked at trees and noted, 鈥淭hey look so scary.鈥
Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Spring 2019
Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Challenges herself in the environment- crawling under thicket, climbing trees, testing boundaries with sticks; admires leaves in winter forest, singing songs while climbing trees
Child Reflections on Educational Activities
Fall 2018
鈥淚 like to play in the long grass.鈥
鈥淧lay with crow and hiking through the forest.鈥
鈥淐ereal in the grass because the grass is like cereal.鈥
鈥淭he grass is cereal.鈥
Spring 2019
Child Quotes:
鈥淕oing and getting lost so I had to go under a tree that was bent.鈥
鈥淔inding big sticks and breaking trees.鈥
鈥淚 fell down and gotted my hair all wet.鈥
鈥淕o on the side walk with no snow. Can鈥檛 go into the forest.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