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Introducing three of my kids to D&D. One of them asked a few days ago how old he had to be to play, and I said 0. It snowballed from there and I have now planned an introductory campaign for them after brushing the dust of my D&D 3.5 rule books. I'm going to the library in a little bit to print out character sheets.
They're aged 10, 11, and 13, and I'm pretty sure they'd all get bored if the first session is all spent picking a character and learning the rules of character creations, so I'm flipping it a bit on the head: They'll jump straight in with class and race unspecified, and introduce things as we go.
The "tutorial" starts with them being tasked with clearing out a kobold lair, after which they will find some gear that will be tailored for each class. Depending on what gear and weapon they choose, I'll help them pick a race and class.
Then comes more puzzle-oriented task, which will introduce them to the skill system.
Then they'll Hopefully become lvl 1, which is when I'll introduce them to features and spells if applicable.
That sounds awesome. I hope that they like the game!