They are never too young to start, my almost two granddaughter stands next to me when I am piecing, I have one pile right side up and the other pile right side down and she takes one off each puts them together and hands them to me to sew, she also helps with my cross stitch, I position the needle in the hole and she pushes it down or pulls it up then I pull it through, at her age if I let her pull it through the needle becomes unthreaded. Having a granddaughter has made me feel younger not older. Does anyone else feel the same?