a child's first program

[PotsNPans]

How old do you think a child should be before she/he can learn simple computer codes? What's a simple, basic program that might make for a good introuction to programming?

[suwunk]

I think the "right" time to begin teaching programming to children would vary according to the individual
Hope this following list helps!!
List of educational programming languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_programming_languages)

[Mod_Mark]

It should be taught early as possible, in order to get the basics out of the way. Faster you learn it, and grasp it. The more you will learn throughout your programming career or hobby. In other words, getting the basics out of the way. So you can move on to applying, and implementing it.

[sgoodman]

Check this out:

http://fuse.microsoft.com/projects/kodu

Shane.