One other thought came to mind. I am assuming that you homeschool based on your signature. This won't give her the chance to join a class, but what about doing a citizen science project over the summer like the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project: http://www.mlmp.org/Default.aspx

or Project Pigeon Watch:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pigeonwatch

or Bee Hunt:
http://www.discoverlife.org/bee/index.html