WOW, lucky DGD, no such thing as starting them too young, but she already has a good color sense in how she placed the blocks. I once had a 5 year old girl sit on my lap while I quilted, she helped guide the fabric through the machine; however, her favorite part was stepping on the foot pedal. She saw me open the front of the machine when threading, saw the mechanism go up and down and said "Cool". Unfortunately, we are no longer in touch, however, I'm looking forward to seeing if our 4 year old DGD might be interested, I do know she loved the quilt that Grandma MiMi made her for Christmas, she told me she loved it very, very much, which my son said was high praise. I'd do anything for that little darling girl, such a sweetheart.