One of the girls’ favorite pastimes is to search for hermit crabs. While they are engaged in this activity, it is a great opportunity for infusing some background knowledge into our conversation. Please view the links below for some fun tidbits of information you can share with your children the next time they are on a hermit crab hunt.

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Materials & Resources

1. • Hermit Crab Facts
   

2. • More Hermit Crab Information
   

3. • Parts of a Hermit Crab - Printable
   

4. • Hermit Crab Research - Video
   

5. • Hermit Crab Changing Shells - Video