I've heard Scratch is nice, and my library has some fun looking books about learning programming (I think with Scratch). You can whip together a simple game pre

I've heard Scratch is nice, and my library has some fun looking books about learning programming (I think with Scratch). You can whip together a simple game pretty quickly, so if that's what she's into, that could work. I plan to teach my kids using Scratch when they're older, but that's several years off so I don't know the specifics yet. Scratch may or may not be the right answer though, depending on what she's into. Python is fantastic, but I don't see it being very good for getting something graphical working in a short amount of time (that's what usually keeps a child's attention).