Thank you all for all the input.
Dazey, thank you for taking the time to type all that out. It sounds like it could be a good thing for the girls on their own. I think we would start there rather than look for a team.
I like what your son did for science fair, that's the kind of thing I was trying to find out...is it flexible enough for the child to go rogue with, so to speak.
I was told by a friend that the programming is drag and click, so it's not really a child primer to computer programming and there really isn't much out there that is.

Thanks again