My first programming experience (Score 0)

was at about age 12 in high school with a program where you created a flow diagram in a graphical editor. This would interact with an external device, which might be a lift or traffic lights etc. You could physically interact with the device like pressing the button to call the lift to a certain floor. You'd then see in real time the flow diagram showing which stage the program was at. Maybe some of that Lego mindstorm or whatever its called might be the best thing, assuming you can program that stuff (I don't know for sure). Something where he can actually see what he is programming and how it interacts with the outside world. Reggie