We'll be reading specific books to get us ready for such an experience. Here's a few we're working on... please let me know of any you would suggest and I'll add it to the list.
Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Britches - Ralph Moody
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Strawberry Girl - Lois Lenski
Tree in the Trail - Holling
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss
I Walked to Zion - True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail - Susan Arrington
Growing Up in Zion - True Stories of Young Pioneers Building the Kingdom
Prairie Pioneers - Fast Facts