I should have watched how I phrased things; I think it's a great stepping stone in to full programming; what she currently is doing is almost 100% drag and drop

I should have watched how I phrased things; I think it's a great stepping stone in to full programming; what she currently is doing is almost 100% drag and drop and because of that, what my niece specifically is doing, isn't necessarily programming, but giving her a great resource to understand programming, and indeed making programs. I wouldn't consider her specific actions programming in a general sense, but am ecstatic that Game Maker exists to get her started gradually from the current steps and also in to more advanced steps from one single system. So Game Maker is programming and I should have been careful in how I phrased it because I did not want to make Game Maker seem anything less than it is (I am buying her the new Game Makers Companion and a license if she continues with it because I would love to encourage programming in her)