I used to play a lot with those electronics kits you got with springs to could fit wires into a board with "100 circuits for kids" or whatever. They were widely sold by RadioShack / Tandy in the 80s. 5 sounds way too young though and I don't think they would be that interested at that age. My kids school does something with bulbs, batteries, switches and buzzers for age 8 which seemed to go down OK. With all the distractions kids have at that age I think most will struggle to focus. I had a lot of time on my hands at that age, but even then I'd say the minimum age would be 6-8 to get involved much in electronics or programming. Learning to read well was a big factor I guess as I was mainly doing it myself.
Microbit seemed to be a popular option a few years back, not sure if that is still around.
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I used to play a lot with those electronics kits you got with springs to could fit wires into a board with "100 circuits for kids" or whatever. They were widely sold by RadioShack / Tandy in the 80s. 5 sounds way too young though and I don't think they would be that interested at that age. My kids school does something with bulbs, batteries, switches and buzzers for age 8 which seemed to go down OK. With all the distractions kids have at that age I think most will struggle to focus. I had a lot of time on my hands at that age, but even then I'd say the minimum age would be 6-8 to get involved much in electronics or programming. Learning to read well was a big factor I guess as I was mainly doing it myself.
Microbit seemed to be a popular option a few years back, not sure if that is still around.