[ocfnash]

I mentioned this in a reply to a comment below but I think it is worth repeating at top level: there is a great app called Pytch which is a bridge between Scratch and Python (and runs in a web browser).

I always recommend it to anyone teaching young kids to program.

You can find it here: https://www.pytch.org/app/

[cxr]

I'm a little weirded out by all the reaching in this thread to try to shoehorn Python in where it doesn't fit well.

Scratch is an accessible, browser-based programming environment. The browser already includes first-class support for a text-based programming language. It's not Python.