[tmaly]

My daughter is the same age. I teach her basic coding skills.

We tried an arduino kit we picked up from Micro Center. It has a project book which is quite good.

However, all the code is in C.

I tried the microbit and it was a lot easier for her to get started on her own. Having the option between visual block coding and Python was a good option to have.

[jacknews]

I second microbit, and there are some robot kits that go with it too.

For a more 'electronics' experience, you could build your own arduino on a breadboard. eg: http://start.shrimping.it/