David
David PreK
Year 1, Cohort 1, Non-Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest
2018-2019
Demographic Information
*Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by David’s mother)
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian, Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander
DOB: May, 2013
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
Family Members: Mother, Father, Sister (age 8)
Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 26
Parent’s feeling about place lived: 6
(1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
House Location(s) in Fairbanks:
Outside Fairbanks City Limits
Family favorite outdoor activities
*Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by David’s mother)
Family Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
N/A
Child’s 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’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response):
“Riding bike”
Child’s Favorite Winter Activity (Written response):
“Walk”
Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response):
“Bee landed on him”
Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response):
“Building a fort”
Child's Drawings
Favorite "Summer" Nature Activity
Fall 2018
Title: Pathways
Child quotes:
“This is a pathway. That pathway leads to the road. And there’s another pathway.”
“I saw a bear when I was camping.”
“It’s a baby bear.”
“The black bears are really good climbers, and the brown bears can’t climb.”
“My mom, my dad, and my sister.”
“Did you know some wolves can be black wolves?”
“I go gun shooting, and a saw one frog in the woods, but I didn’t shoot it. It was tiny.”
Favorite "Winter" Nature Activity
Spring 2019
Title: Imagination with Toothless the Dragon
Child quotes:
“Play”
“Train your dragons”
“Fly, I just fly around.”
“We pretend we’re dragons.”
"happy" drawing
Fall 2018
"happy" drawing
Spring 2019
“Negative Affect” Drawing
Fall 2018
“Negative Affect” Drawing
Spring 2019
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2018
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Self-talk and imagination – “trees have bones”; Curious and observant of nature – Interested in [puffball] mushrooms; Observed cranes; Read wildlife sign
Family Nature Tour Highlights
Fall 2018
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
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Spring 2019
Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Spring 2019
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
Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Spring 2019
Child Reflections on Education Activities
Fall 2018
Child Quotes:
“I like to stay on the trail.”
“I like to get wet in the forest and run in puddles.”
“You don’t have to run.”
“I learned everyone has a little wild.”
“Not to go in the fields of the sandhill cranes.”
Spring 2019
Child Quotes:
“I saw a wolf and it was a wolf den and there was a black wolf and one baby black wolf.”
"Fun. Break them then got a new one.” (Comment on stick play)
“I liked when Michael fell through holes [in the snow] and then I fell through holes.”
“Safe at bus. Not safe at the water–like seawater (not puddles). I seen water there so I know it is there–the first time I went to Creamer’s field.”
“Don’t go in the puddles and sea water. You might drown.”