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At age 7 you have 40% more life experience than you do at age 5.

I started my 3 children shooting at age 7, I really don't think they were ready for it before then.

I think five years young is too young, they simply don't have the focus nor grasp on reality to respect basic gun safety rules. I'm sure there is the rare exception, but five doesn't have the attention span required and they may get turned off to shooting by the inflexibility of basic gun safety.

Also, I'd start them with iron sights to teach basic marksmanship before moving to a scope.

It sounds like in the case that the gift is something that Dad wants more than daughter.