And not only that, but if you're already interested in playing with legos (as I was as a child, although mindstorms was windows only back then much to my chagri

And not only that, but if you're already interested in playing with legos (as I was as a child, although mindstorms was windows only back then much to my chagrin!), what a great way to learn basic programming concepts without even realizing you're learning! You're not even interested in programming, you're adding extra functionality to something you already enjoy in a fun way. It's like asking some one to learn how to do the rainbow kick move over the head with a soccer ball when they don't play soccer at all compared to when they do if that is an okay analogy.