We had a nice french kid stay with my son all last summer. Nice kid, son called him "Fes" all summer long. "Fes" turned out to like going to baseball games, waterskiing and sailing. Had never shot a gun before, I sent an email to his dad asking if he would object and he said go for it. One thing i did was tell him that tapping him on the head meant FREEZE. His father spoke and read english very well and I sent that to his father for him to relay back to his son that when we went out shooting, If i tapped him on the head it meant freeze. Worked very well, I would stand behind him and to the side and would let him get set to go, thumbs up was a go and tap his head meant stop. IN a couple of afternoons in the sand pit he got to shoot close to twenty different guns, from clays to AR to .22's and finally a .44 mag. Videoed a lot of it and sent a copy of the tape back home with him. He really picked up the ideas very fast that he was supposed to keep it fun but playing was not allowed. When he got home, of all the things he had done, his favorite was shooting the .44 mag. Every shot was BANG HEEEEhhahahahhahaha just a squeal of joy and then laughter, he just thought it was the best.
If you take your new friend, bring a Video, MAKE sure you make a firm rule that one thing means FREEZE. That will pervent a lot of mistakes. Not just safety mistakes, but shooting with his "ears" up, or not having the stock up tight to his shoulder. keep it fun. do not try to scare him or think it will be funny to drop a 3 1/2 inch super slug in the 2 3/4 bird shot.
If you take your new friend, bring a Video, MAKE sure you make a firm rule that one thing means FREEZE. That will pervent a lot of mistakes. Not just safety mistakes, but shooting with his "ears" up, or not having the stock up tight to his shoulder. keep it fun. do not try to scare him or think it will be funny to drop a 3 1/2 inch super slug in the 2 3/4 bird shot.