Oliver, PreK
Year 2, Cohort 2, Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest 2019-2020
Demographic Information
Ethnicity: Alaska Native
DOB: December, 2014
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Anchorage, AK
Family Members: Mother, Father, Sister (grade 8), Brother (age 2), Brother (infant)
Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 29
Parent鈥檚 feeling about place lived: 9
(1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2019 (completed by Oliver's Mother)
Family Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
- Go to playground (in city/town/village)
- Swim in natural setting
Family Subsistence Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
- Harvest spruce roots or cedar bark for weaving
Child鈥檚 Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
- Bike, scooter, or skate
- Make-believe/ free play (outdoors summer)
- Pick berries
- Go fishing
- Free play outside (winter)
Favorite Family Recreational Activity(Written response): "Biking or walking"
Favorite Family Subsistence Activity (Written response): "Fishing/berry picking"
Child鈥檚 Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): "Biking"
Child鈥檚 Favorite Winter Activity(Written response): "Sledding"
Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response): "Going far up the river in a boat"
Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response): "Going up the river"
Source: Family Survey, Fall 2019 (completed by Oliver's Mother)
Child's Drawings
Favorite 鈥淪ummer鈥
Fall 2019
Title: Playing on the Playground
Child quotes:
鈥淧lay on playground鈥
Do you go with mom or dad? 鈥淣o鈥 鈥淥nly me go playground鈥
Do you go every day? 鈥淢hm鈥
Family Feedback:
Oliver goes to the playground 鈥渆veryday.鈥 He goes with 鈥渉is friends, Philip, Patrick, and Owen.鈥 He plays on the slide, on [the] big slide.鈥
Favorite 鈥淲inter鈥 Nature Activity
Spring 2020: In Progress
Spring 2020: In Progress
Spring 2020: In Progress
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2019
Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2019
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