I'm excited for her for all the things she's learning, but I agree, this doesn't have much scholarly merit. I've done some living history - 1860's homesteading - and it's great fun!
Remember that show on tv a few years ago that had a family living in the 1500's I think it was. It was a very hard life but very simple and family time was very important. Life was very hard on the wife when it came to cleaning and cooking. Afterwards the women felt truly liberated but learned how very lucky they were before the show.
We used to call it wilderness camping.