try object-oriented (Score 1)

My daughter started at about 9 with MIT's MOOSE Crossing environment. (She's now a total geek grl deciding which college to go to double major in CS and theatre tech.) The program was a part of the thesis study of Amy Bruckman who is now at GaTech, and has taken MOOSE with her. http://www.cc.gatech.edu/elc/moose-crossing/ Kids build their own environment and populate it with objects, pets, whatever. What's appealing is that there's lots of interaction between the kids (thus dispelling the isolated coder who can't deal with real people stereotype) while they learn programming in a cooperative atmosphere. At 13 they can become "rangers" in an online ceremony, and get more experience leading and teaching the newcomers.