This seems like a tangible way to introduce a young child to programming. It immediately brought back memories of drawing shapes on a grayscale display with Logo.
I’ve been been pushing processing.org to everyone I think might care - I feel like it fits a similar niche in providing immediate feedback like logo. I prefer the offline java version - although the environment has language plugins for python, r and JavaScript.
And to bring it full circle, there’s an HPGL filter that lets you record vector drawing to send to your old plotter.
It’s seriously the most fun I have with computers these days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics