People have recommended games geared towards programming. That's good. Games in general are good. Even non-games like Candyland. It's all procedural. Following

People have recommended games geared towards programming. That's good. Games in general are good. Even non-games like Candyland. It's all procedural. Following directions. Back in the day it used to be all about Logo and that industrious little turtle. What's important is that they see the results of their efforts quickly. Positive feedback for nearly as soon as they put in their commands. Eventually, they'll begin to conceptualize and think abstractly and be able to build more complex things.