Young children are very capable. In Montessori education, we set up the environment to support children's independence. This includes snack serving. In some classrooms, children serve themselves snack or older children serve them. This is possible with the help of snack portion counting/number cards (and tongs). This is the basic set that shows a number (symbol) and quantity (black dots) in black and white for #1-9. There are 4 cards for each quantity. You may also like the Snack Servings