I was programming at roughly that age (I'm 41 now) - basic on an Apple IIe . I think we older folks had it good on a sense that you could make a computer do coo

I was programming at roughly that age (I'm 41 now) - basic on an Apple IIe . I think we older folks had it good on a sense that you could make a computer do cool stuff that otherwise would have been unavailable. Computers are so ubiquitous now that introductory programming is boring by comparison. So I'd have no idea how to show a kid something cool they couldn't otherwise do with a computer, the way we could in the 80s. I don't have a solution, but I wouldn't listen to the people who say "don't bother" either. It's still valuable to learn that stuff young, it puts you in a whole different category vs people who adopt it later. Maybe if you write code yourself you can show her some parts of what you are doing and explain them to her? I remember watching my dad work, and I think that is where kids begin to learn about stuff, even if it's too complex for them to get all of it. Plotting stuff is a good example where there is an easy connection between the code and output, but I'd suggest trying to share whatever you do for research/ work with her.