Processing (Score 1)

I would recommend processing: http://www.processing.org/ It's been described as "Java with training wheels" but I think its strength is that it demonstrates programming concepts in a visual way. A person can have a nifty animation up and running in no time. It's a very short hop from Processing to Java. I would also recommend ActionScript. It's finicky but it will give a newbie cool results quickly, and then they're hooked.