During Class Nature Tours, children's behavioral and emotional interactions with the natural world were categorized under themes based on setting, environmental context, and children's interests. The videos below reveal the interpersonal and intrapersonal dimensions of children's interactions. While children influenced each other, their experiences were shaped by past experiences, personal values, and their interests and perspectives.

Fall Season, August/September 2018

THE LONG GRASS

The Long Grass

What did you notice? What were you and your friends doing?

"Uh, I notice that a camera was on my head." - Michael

"I noticed about nothing." - Brittany

"Scary ducks." Christopher

"See our bus." - Andrew

"I was scared on the foxes. I wanted to kill them." - Justin

"I saw we were walking in the field with Ashley." - David

"We was running" - Samantha

"Well um, I liked the cranes. And I liked it on the way back to the bus we saw cows." - Daniel

"There was a tree that we climb on." - Matthew

"There was grass that was long" - John

"I was wearing a camera and you didn’t see me in the video." - Jennifer

"Running." - Jennifer

"I remember walking in the grass." - Sarah

"We was walking. We was running." - Joseph

"Scaring the goose." -Robert

"Uhm we were going scaring goose." - Stephanie

"We were walking and I noticed there was long long grass." - Amanda

"Crane – I saw a crane and I saw a little mouse." - James

"A being scared of poisoness and the grass. I was only close to Stephanie." - Joshua

*Source: Video-stimulated recall class discussion

SCARY NATURE

Scary Nature

What did you notice? What were you and your friends doing?

"Walking. Walking around the trees. No–not scared. Going on the bus." - Sarah

"I was running ahead of everybody." - David

"I remembered some trees, that road." - James

"The darkest forest." - Robert

"There was I remembered that David runned from them. He runned because all those kids scared him." - Robert

"I noticed we were going to go to Creamer’s field because it was rainy and I noticed there were palm trees and I noticed there were different people beside me and I loved it. I didn’t know I would love it." - Amanda

"Uh-oh. We’re going to go into the dark forest!"- Matthew while watching video (scary)

"Uhm... there was trees and sticks and there was dark and we was running and playing." - Samantha

"They [trees] were not cut down." - John

"I was a skeleton. I find Matthew." - Michael

"I remember I was in the forest–dark dark forest." - Matthew

" I remember Austin running." - Christopher

"There was trees. Jumping around. No – not scared." - Brittany

"Very scary." - Andrew

"I... Matthew said it... scary when we go home and we were running... racing." - Jennifer

"There was a forest inside & we were left behind. Everyone left us and we were a long way." - Stephanie

"Daniel said it was scary. We was running at the end. No – didn’t feel scared." - Joseph

What do you do when you are scared?

"Hug a tree." - Brittany

"Put hand on tummy and count to 4." - David

"Kiss a tree." - Stephanie

"So scared that the scaredness and brain will pop out of your head." - Michael

*Source: Video-stimulated recall class discussion

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

THE LOGS

The Logs

What did you notice? What were you and your friends doing?

"I noticed when someone dropped their foot they went round and round." -Justin

"People breaking tree branches by stepping on them all of us were stepping on tree branches." - Joshua

"I remember that we were walking on a bridge and I noticed that we were in a forest and I know that we were gonna have cameras because I saw the cameras." - Amanda

"So I knew we were going to go on the bridge so I climb on it and I go flop on it." - Stephanie

"I said the thing ya like like I said the thing when we were walking in the forest and there was none." - Jennifer

"That there was 10,000 trees in the forest. Hiding in the trees." - Joshua

"I noticed the grass and there were birds." - Christopher

"Uhm... there was trees and sticks and there’s mud." - Samantha

"There was moose poop in the woods and we found lots of logs and another bridge." - David

"I was with a teacher and far away from my friends." - Matthew

"We found kinda like red berries." - Matthew

"I said 'wait for me guys!' We was jumping over trees." - Joseph

"I remember I died." - Michael

"There was trees that got cut down." - John

"I remember the uh sticks." - John

"Walking in the forest. Jumping on sticks." - Brittany

"Walking in the forest." - Sarah

"Yes met woods." - Andrew

"The trees." - Robert

*Source: Video-stimulated recall class discussions

HOWLING

CLIMBING TREES IN THE FALL

Spring with Snow, March 2019

CLIMBING TREES IN THE SNOW

THE THICKET

The Thicket

What was it like playing in the thicket?

“Weird and fun.”- Amanda

“I was hunting. I think I saw an arctic wolf under the tree, couldn’t go in there. Some people hunting with me.”-Matthew

“Looking for a wolf to fight.”-Justin

“Going and getting lost so I had to go under a tree that was bent.”-Stephanie

“Wolf hiding.”- Andrew

“There was trees not broken but they were like a C stuck to the ground.”-John

“I found a lot of tracks. There was one track that had fur by it that faded into colors. I had fun in the thicket.”-Jessica

“Hiding in the trees like a ninja.”-Joshua

“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.”-Samantha

“Hunting for wolves, fighting for wolves, fight them with our swords.”-Robert

“Scary because it was dark a little bit.”-Brittany

“Playing with Amanda it… um… having a good ride on the bus and playing in the trees.” -Sarah

“I saw a den with a wolf it was like staring at me.”- Christopher

“I went back in the den to see my wolf named Little Howler, the cub. He was white. I felt strange.”-Daniel

“It was a wolf den, I felt happy.”-Joseph

“I saw a wolf and it was a wolf den and there was a black wolf and one baby black wolf.”-David

*Source: Video-stimulated recall class discussions

STICK PLAY

Stick Play

What was it like playing with sticks?

“Sword battled with Justin. I like to win and I always win races and board games.”-Daniel

“Finding big sticks and breaking trees.”-Stephanie

“Fun I did fight.”-Brittany

“Hammering nails into wood.” –Joshua

“Fun riding on the bus with Amanda I was sitting by her.” -Sarah

“We played with sticks they did fights.”-Andrew

“It was fun, silly, and really really really fun because everyone wanted sticks.”- Amanda

“There was a big stick and James screwed it into the ground. He wanted to reach the sky.”-John

“When I just had my stick that’s all or maybe when I find my stick that was tall to the sky.”-Matthew

“Cool.”-Christopher

“When Matthew–when I tackled Matthew it was fun.”-Justin

“Fun. Break them then got a new one.”-David

“Fighting. Getting a new stick. Felt good. And it was so much fun.”- Joseph

“I felt good. We were having fun. I made new friend. There was a lot of snow and a lot of sticks.”-Samantha

“I saw my dad and I saw moose nuggets. I had a stick that was doing this. Screwing it in the ground. I used it to fight with bigger wolves.”-Robert

“I had fun finding two sticks. I had fun covering the number 1 and 7 (signs) and there was a bug that was a baby spider then we killed it.” –Jessica

*Source: Video-stimulated recall class discussion

THE SNOW

The Snow

What was it like running through the snow?

“Like a ninja, I’m good at ninja moves.”-Joshua

“I fell down and gotted my hair all wet.”-Stephanie

“Good.”-Brittany

“Fun walking in the snow on the bridge.”-Sarah

“My friend Amanda and me got through the snow and it was fun and also Brittany.”-Jessica

“I don’t know.”-Joseph

“It was fun and silly, I loved it. I played with my friends in the snow.”-Amanda

“I runned up to Matthew. It was hard because the snow was deep. I saw my dad on the easy trail. I saw moose poop. “-Robert

“Cold outside.”-Andrew

“I liked when Michael fell through holes and then I fell through holes.”-David

“It was like too cold.”-Christopher

“I like when I was falling down but it didn’t hurt.”-Matthew

“I’ll keep falling holes I was try to stay with Matthew but he kept going away and I falled on him.”-Michael

“Fighting with Andrew, falling down.”-Justin

“I had fun. There was some new friends. I played in snow and I was falling and walking. That’s it!”-Samantha

“I saw Samantha’s dad swing her.”-Robert

“I got spanked by a tree. I saw the wolf following me again. I rode the wolf to the bus.”-Daniel

*Source: Video-stimulated recall class discussion

MOOSE POOP