Originally Posted by: jedftYeah, I've seen those pink strats... I'm thinking for Easter if she makes it that long :)

It might help maintain her interest to get her onto some 3 chord song asap. Theory is dry and not inspiring to someone who wants to make music. (Make vs. Learn. It is only much later in life that I give a crap about theory. That's just me, but it's there.)

If she likes rock, maybe get her doing Every Rose has it's Thorn by Poison, something like that. Best if you can find something in her preferred genre that she actually likes that will be easy to learn.

In my opinion, that will fire her up.