Another way to give your children life experiences to draw upon is to tell them stories of your life's experience. The key is to be graphic, all-encompassing. For example, if you want to explain a trip to the beach and the child has never been to the beach: I jumped out of the car, forgetting to close the door. My dad called to me, but I ignored him looking out over the vast ocean and sand I was about to conquer. When I stepped off the bottom step to the beach I kicked my shoes off and wriggled my toes in the sand. It tickled… The ocean went on forever. I couldn't see an end. The waves came in slowly and washed sand back in with them when they receded to the ocean, etc.
The point is to make them feel it too. Let them think they are there. That makes it theirs. And then answer any and all questions in detail also. You could even play afterward at whatever the experience was. "Let's pretend we're at the beach. Get your swim suit…"
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