Caresheet for kids

[Guest]

That does sound good.

What I'd like is a sheet with pictures describing each species and pre and post molt pics and their quirks and such. A what to expect type sheet. I know we have the links and stuff but its pretty blunt and not as in dept as I'd like. Is there something like that?

[troppo]

Ahhhhh an in-depth care sheet..That sounds like a great idea.
Maybe if someone can do up a more complex sheet,for the more experienced crabbers out there as well as one for younger people too.

Ok,a caresheet for kids aged from 7 to about 15? Does that sound good?

[MacandHunter]

Ahhhhh an in-depth care sheet..That sounds like a great idea.
Maybe if someone can do up a more complex sheet,for the more experienced crabbers out there as well as one for younger people too.

Ok,a caresheet for kids aged from 7 to about 15? Does that sound good?

That sounds good. I was thinking it would be best to also have a check list at the end of the care sheet, that way you can see what you have, and what you still need. Above that, you would be able to see a simple reason for why you need that.

I'm going to move this to the general section.

[JediMasterThrash]

A shorter, simpler care sheet targetted for a children is a great idea. But it seems a lot of this thread has digressed into aiming for something we already have.

There already is a comprehensive care sheet for beginning and experienced crabbers, that is already generalized for all crab species, which is already split out into different sections for substrate, food, molting, etc., which already ends with a Checklist with reasons for each item, and has already gone under board approval

As for a care sheet that goes into lots of detail and includes lots of pictures, well that's not really a care sheet anymore, it's either a full-blown website (of which there are several), or a full book (of which there are several, including one that was written by members of the HCA and is highly recommended).

There also already is a species-specific care-sheet for C. Variabilis/Crazy Crab (i.e. Aussie) in the CareSheets links, though I'm sure you could add more information to it.

[Guest]

That would be a great idea!!! but put some maybe like a footnote on E's (about the salt water) and for the age group maybe 6-11? I'm sure middle school and up people can handle the other care sheets but good suggestion.

[troppo]

Ahhhh,had a closer look at the available caresheets here,the 'hermit crab basic care checklist' that I read,offers relevant information that is easy to understand,JediMasterThrash(your caresheet?).
Perhaps a new caresheet for kids isn't really needed as yours is easy to understand.
Maybe though,when a new member registers at HCA, with a question,perhaps maybe asking the age of the new member would help.
Most of the time I don't have a clue how old people are here,maybe others feel the same way. And perhaps if we know that the person asking for help is a young child,then explaining things in more child-friendly way,especially if the young person is new to the hermit crab world,then things could work out better.(ohhhhhh,brain-strain....)

[JediMasterThrash]

Yep, the basic care sheets are mine, obviously no amount of bias is involved there

But I am understanding of having something tailored towoards younger kids (though hopefully they are only surfing hermit crabs on the net with adult supervision!). I often have a problem with talking on laymans levels on subjects I'm an expert in. For instance, I'm a computer engineer, and people often ask me questions about computers. But at least half of the people I talk to go completely blank when you mention words such as "processor" or "monitor", which from my point of view are common/general terms. But to a normal person, they don't know or care what the CPU or RAM is. They just know what e-mail and photos are.

It hadn't really occured to me when I was making the care sheets that I was using big or complex words. I was just using the terms us crab enthusiasts are used to. So it was like, yep, you're right, when someone mentioned that kids might not understand words like "substrate".

[troppo]

Heya JMT, I hadn't read any caresheets(in depth anyway),before i came up with this idea,and was planning on reading them,including yours.
It wasn't to scrutinise,just get the facts right from them,and format them into easy to understand topics for young kids.
It was the last thing on my mind to offend others by writing up a new caresheet for kids,so I apologise for any hassle .

[JediMasterThrash]

There was no offense, so don't worry about that. I was just making sure everyone was aware of the existing caresheets before reinventing the wheel.

I'm always open to any reviews of the care sheets.
Heck, check out the thread scrutinizing the second draft:
viewtopic.php?t=6081
Unfortunately the LHC thread for the first draft seems to have been lost (Christa?)

There's also some constructive conversations on the LHC sticky post of the care sheets (Before the mods decided to lock the post)
http://landhermitcrabs.com/groupee/foru ... /566102141

So anyway, I just want to make sure everyone knows I'm not offended by scruitinizing my care sheet. I created my care sheet because the existing HCA one had gotten a little out of date. It hadn't been updated to include knew knowledge gained in the last few years. So as we gain new knowledge and understanding about crabs and crab care, I expect to keep updating the care sheet to hopefully prevent it from becomming out of date.