I agree on speed control....GD started out when only 2. I would let her guide fabric learning where and how to place fingers.....By time she was five she had made her own quilt and quilted it on a mid arm machine. Be mindful of their size and accordingly set her up with the proper height chair and table...Machine GD uses is a Brother..At this point (10 yrs old) she has temporairly lost interest in sewing and now into basketball and good grades...next I suppose will be boys.lol