That's the way my 6yr old grandson and his 19mo old sister is. Only with her I have to watch because she'll be sitting on the bench beside me and I'll be sewing along and all of sudden I'm either going straight when I was zigzagging or the reverse. She loves to touch the machine. They both love to watch my embroidery machine go. My grandson is convinced he can sew because he's been watching me for so long. I don't discourage him I just re enforce the fact that he can't touch any of my machines without my permission.