I have taught grades 1-5 programming with Scratch. I have a few free tutorials posted in my profile to get you started. I am working on a complete course in

I have taught grades 1-5 programming with Scratch. I have a few free tutorials posted in my profile to get you started. I am working on a complete course in programming for kids. In my experience it was not till kids reached 9 that they really could run with ideas on their own and make things. The one exception is if the parent is involved. In those cases kids as young as 4-5 could do something with the help of the parent.