*Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Samantha’s mother)
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
DOB: February, 2014
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Fairbanks, AK
Family Members: Mother, Father, Sister (age 7), Sister (age 1.5)
Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 20+
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
*Source: Family Survey, Fall 2018 (completed by Samantha’s mother)
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)
Picnic or outdoor barbeque
Child’s Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
Make-believe/free play (outdoors summer)
Play ball
Build forts
Pick flowers
Look for bugs
Hide and seek
Favorite Family Activity (Written response):
“Go on walks”
Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response):
“Free play”
Child’s Favorite Winter Activity (Written response):
“Play in snow”
Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response):
“N/A”
Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response):
“Been in park”
Fall 2018
Title: Playing on the see-saw with dad
Child quotes:
“I go with my dad.”
“It’s in school- not inside the school outside the school.”
“Her [sister] didn’t wanna go on it because it was too cold."
Family Feedback: Samantha’s mother writes that she plays on the see-saw on “weekends’ with “the family.” She says that the see-saw is at the “park around our neighborhood” and that Samantha goes “very often more likely on weekend.” She writes, “We walk to the park and have lots of fun.”
Spring 2019
Title: Playing in snow with sister
Child quotes:
“Baby sister.”
“This is grass.”
“Snowflakes”
“We get to make snowball fights”
“We catch snowflakes on our tongues.”
“They taste like water when they melt.”
Family Feedback: N/A
Fall 2018
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Played tag on trail with other child; Other children chased cranes; Samantha’s Mother told her, “Stop…we don’t disturb them.”
Fall 2018
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Rode on 4-wheeler through wooded trail with Father (limited nature interaction): Expressed initial fear “don’t crash!” then excitement on four-wheeler, “It’s so much fun papa!” Observed wildlife while riding on 4-wheeler, “a bunny… birdie”; Noted that spruce branches are pokey; Told father, “Don’t kill the birds.”
Climbed on playground structures (no nature interaction)
Spring 2019
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest:
Racing/running on snow, explores thicket, relies on mother and father or support, uses stick to explore snow and water
Spring 2019
*Source: Transcribed Notes from Class Discussions
Fall 2018
“I like see bunnies.”
“I like to see the birds and flowers.”
“I saw some bridges.”
Spring 2019
“We was playing in the snow and there was sticks and stuff and there was snow and we were having fun and friends were playing with me.”
“I felt good. We were having fun. I made new friend. There was a lot of snow and a lot of sticks.”
“I had fun. There was some new friends. I played in snow and I was falling and walking. That’s it!”
“Can go with sticks. We can’t go on the water.”
“We had fun and there was snow and we played with Amanda and there were friends and a puppy track and playing with new friends and wolves and my dad was there and we was running.”