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Christopher, PreK
Christopher, PreK
Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest
Child-Nature Points of Interest
2018-2019
2018-2019
Demographic Information
Demographic Information
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Christopher’s mother)
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian, Indian
DOB: February, 2014
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Wasilla, AK
Family Members: Mother, Sister (age 6)
Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 37
Parent’s feeling about place lived: 10
(1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
House Location(s) in Fairbanks:
Inside Fairbanks City Limits
Family Favorite Outdoor Activities
Family Favorite Outdoor Activities
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Christopher’s mother)
Family Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
Go to playground or park (in city/town/village)
Go on walks (in city/town/village)
Child’s Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
Bike, scooter, or skate
Make-believe/free play (outdoors summer)
Pick flowers
Look for bugs
Hide and seek
Play with dog
Jump on trampoline
Collect/Find things (rocks/leaves)
Favorite Family Activity (Written response): “Anything ‘summer-y’ (waterguns, pools, etc.”
Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): “Riding bike”
Child’s Favorite Winter Activity (Written response): “Still getting interested in winter”
Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): "None"
Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): “He likes robots/transformers and I had a ladybug on my finger. I told him the bug was going to lift his ‘shields’ and fly away, and when it did, Christopher was mesmerized.”
Child's Drawings
Child's Drawings
Favorite “Summer” Nature Activity
Favorite “Summer” Nature Activity
Fall 2018
Title: Playing hide and seek
Child quotes:
“I play games like hide and seek.”
“My sister”
“She hides in a mystery spot”
“We play it at our house.”
“I feel like I’m with my mom when I play hide and seek.”
“Under the slide”
“I don’t draw mosquitoes in my picture…they sting, just giving me tons of mosquito bites…and I just try to squish them…and they sneaky to fly so fast.”
Family Feedback:
Christopher’s mother writes that he plays hide and seek “when playing outside (or even inside the house) when friends come over.” She writes that he plays with “his sister or neighbor friends…in the neighborhood, playground, in/around the house.” She writes, “Since he learned it [hide and seek] this summer, he plays whenever he has a chance and friend! He loves finding small hiding places and the anticipation of being found.”
Favorite “Winter” Nature Activity
Favorite “Winter” Nature Activity
Spring 2019
Title: Make a snowball guy
Child quotes:
“Make a snow ball guy.”
“All the time”
“At recess”
“With no one”
“Happy” Drawing
“Happy” Drawing
Fall 2018
“Happy” Drawing
“Happy” Drawing
Spring 2019
"Negative affect" Drawing
"Negative affect" Drawing
Fall 2018
Child Quotes:
“It was just like big monster, and I killed it.”
“That was, that was in the woods and it was chasing me.”
“He was like, he was so slow. I just punched him.”
"Negative Affect" Drawing
"Negative Affect" Drawing
Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2018
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Expressed anxiety about going into trees and bushes “I don’t want to go in there”; Difficult time navigating logs off trail (falls)
Family Nature Tour Highlights
Family Nature Tour Highlights
Fall 2018
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Desired to stay inside versus going outside; Stayed on bike on paved road/ limited interaction with environmental features; Used Imagination to transform environmental features - influenced by media/ video games (i.e., Spider Beedrill); Made aggressive comments towards other living beings (birds) and imaginary creatures
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Spring 2019
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Sitting out on bench- desire to leave; pushed off tree; interest in small animal (on sign)
Child Reflections on Educational Activities
Child Reflections on Educational Activities
*Source: Transcribed Notes from Class Discussions
Fall 2018
Child"s Quote:
“His name is Mark.”
Spring 2019
Child's Quotes:
“I saw a den with a wolf; it was like starring at me.”
“Cool.” (Comment on stick play)
“It [the snow] was like too cold.”
“Can go on the bridge. Can’t go in the forest.”
“I learned there was weasels that lived in the ground.”
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