I guess I've experienced power outages before and each time it's hard to go through but I'm reminded to venture back and relive what life must have been like before electricity, indoor plumbing, modern appliances including my much loved laptop, camera and coffee machine....and I try not go to the why me place. Instead...I teach my children a history lesson.
A great resource to start with your child is introduce them to the classic books. We've read our 7 year old the Little House on the Prairie series (3 books so far), Ann of Green Gables, Secret Garden and the Little Princess and now the American Girl series. Our daughter is learning what life was like back then and is often reminded when we show her museum exhibits such as the Swedish Museum in Andersonville (check my previous post this week) of immigration, Lake County Museum in Wauconda for local history, The Chicago Historical Society for important Chicago history moments such as the fire, world exhibitions, clothing worn, etc. and Cantigny in Wheaton to learn what it was like to be in a war and be thousands of miles away from loved ones. Lessons of history I truly believe is a great way we can shape our future generations in becoming better people. I chose to learn from history and discover life lessons from those obstacles. What a better way to find a positive through a negative don't you think?
On the hottest day with all our windows opened we imagined what life was like wearing a long dress, boots, stockings and depending on the era possibly a corset. How unbelievably hot that had to have been! Short sleeves and shorts weren't an option back then.
I think there's an amazing opportunity to teach a little life history lesson to help drive the message home. Try it sometime and see what interesting comments, thoughts, questions and results could happen from it. Not to mention a community building exercise in helping out your neighbor in time of need. It's all good.
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