[bjacobt]

It maybe fun to do some simple hardware project and show him how coding works.

You could start with circuitpython since you know python. https://www.adafruit.com/product/4333

Adafruit has got good tutorials as well https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython

Here are few other suggestions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29438050#29438836

If you run into any issues or like to bounce project ideas, feel free to contact me, my email is in my profile