My grandson is 4 years old and he loves to hold my snakes. When another child comes over - he acts like he is the authority on how to hold them. He will say "don't make any fast sudden movements" and "stay calm and quiet" - its so cute to hear him repeat what I have always taught him when handling the snakes.
He is my future snake keeper in training.
He is spending the weekend with me this weekend and I may let him feed my corn snake. This will be his first time feeding a snake. The prey is f/t. This will be fun.