30 years ago I learned to program by building games in Cocoa / Stagecast Creator. I recently partnered with Dave Smith (one of the original authors + members of Apple's Advanced Research group in the 90s, and low-key the inventor of the icon) and we're rebuilding it for the web:
I'm user testing it this fall with game-building jams in local libraries. Obviously you could build games with Claude, but I think programming-by-demonstration is a great way to introduce fundamentals, and the simulation environment has a low floor and a high ceiling for creativity.