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Mahjong 101: The Lesson Plan
The 2.5-hour lesson plan I use in my own classes to teach beginners. Now yours.
You've been thinking about teaching for a while. Maybe you've already started - a few classes at your club, a couple of friends in your dining room, a paid lesson here and there. And somewhere between the third class and the tenth, you noticed something: you're winging it.
The good classes are great. The wobbly ones you can feel mid-way through. You know what you forgot to cover, but couldn't stop to fix. You know which moments dragged. You know the Charleston you taught last week and the one you taught this week were not quite the same.
You don't need more knowledge. You need a plan. This is mine.
What this is
The complete lesson plan I deliver in my own beginner classes. Twenty pages, thirteen sections, every minute of the 2.5 hours accounted for - with the script, the timing, and the instructor notes that make the difference between a class that lands and one that just covers material.
What's inside
A 13-section beginner American Mahjong lesson plan, timed to fit 2.5 hours.
The instructor's script for every section. What to say, what to skip, and what to do when the room goes quiet.
The Mahjong Made Simple core: four categories only, the Green / Yellow / Red zone system, and the lead-the-counting exercise that gets every player to her own hand.
The Charleston sequence done correctly. (You'd be surprised how many teachers have this wrong.)
The "play messy" workaround for big classes and tight timing.
The 1-Crak / 9-Crak demo, the NEWS reveal, the faux-jong cardinal sin - the moments that make a beginner sit up.
Watch-outs, gentle redirects, and the small moves that keep the energy in the room.
Who this is for
The newer teacher. You can play a real game of Mahjong, you've decided you want to teach, and the first class is closer than you'd like. You want a plan you can deliver on day one and refine from there.
The teacher who's been at it. You've taught for a while, you know the material, but your lesson plan lives in three notebooks and a head full of "I usually do this next." You want a clean structure so you can stop improvising and start delivering.
This isn't for casually teaching your husband or your sister to play. For that, the Teach Your Family guide is the right tool, at the right price. This is for the woman building a teaching practice.
And if you're still learning the game yourself, this isn't your starting point. Learn to play first, then come back.
The details
One PDF, 20 pages, portrait format, color printing optional. Instant digital download after checkout. You'll need the current NMJL card and your own tiles for the class.
Single-instructor license. What you can do with it: teach your own students, including paid classes. What you can't: copy, resell, or share the file. One license, one instructor.
Digital delivery only. Because this is a downloadable product, all sales are final. No returns or refunds.
One more thing
Hot tip from Gaia: the first time you teach with this, do not try to remember anything. Bring the printed deck to class and read straight from it. Referring to a lesson plan in front of students is not a weakness - it's how every good teacher looked the first ten times she did it. By the third class, it lives in your head. By the tenth, it's yours.
The 2.5-hour lesson plan I use in my own classes to teach beginners. Now yours.
You've been thinking about teaching for a while. Maybe you've already started - a few classes at your club, a couple of friends in your dining room, a paid lesson here and there. And somewhere between the third class and the tenth, you noticed something: you're winging it.
The good classes are great. The wobbly ones you can feel mid-way through. You know what you forgot to cover, but couldn't stop to fix. You know which moments dragged. You know the Charleston you taught last week and the one you taught this week were not quite the same.
You don't need more knowledge. You need a plan. This is mine.
What this is
The complete lesson plan I deliver in my own beginner classes. Twenty pages, thirteen sections, every minute of the 2.5 hours accounted for - with the script, the timing, and the instructor notes that make the difference between a class that lands and one that just covers material.
What's inside
A 13-section beginner American Mahjong lesson plan, timed to fit 2.5 hours.
The instructor's script for every section. What to say, what to skip, and what to do when the room goes quiet.
The Mahjong Made Simple core: four categories only, the Green / Yellow / Red zone system, and the lead-the-counting exercise that gets every player to her own hand.
The Charleston sequence done correctly. (You'd be surprised how many teachers have this wrong.)
The "play messy" workaround for big classes and tight timing.
The 1-Crak / 9-Crak demo, the NEWS reveal, the faux-jong cardinal sin - the moments that make a beginner sit up.
Watch-outs, gentle redirects, and the small moves that keep the energy in the room.
Who this is for
The newer teacher. You can play a real game of Mahjong, you've decided you want to teach, and the first class is closer than you'd like. You want a plan you can deliver on day one and refine from there.
The teacher who's been at it. You've taught for a while, you know the material, but your lesson plan lives in three notebooks and a head full of "I usually do this next." You want a clean structure so you can stop improvising and start delivering.
This isn't for casually teaching your husband or your sister to play. For that, the Teach Your Family guide is the right tool, at the right price. This is for the woman building a teaching practice.
And if you're still learning the game yourself, this isn't your starting point. Learn to play first, then come back.
The details
One PDF, 20 pages, portrait format, color printing optional. Instant digital download after checkout. You'll need the current NMJL card and your own tiles for the class.
Single-instructor license. What you can do with it: teach your own students, including paid classes. What you can't: copy, resell, or share the file. One license, one instructor.
Digital delivery only. Because this is a downloadable product, all sales are final. No returns or refunds.
One more thing
Hot tip from Gaia: the first time you teach with this, do not try to remember anything. Bring the printed deck to class and read straight from it. Referring to a lesson plan in front of students is not a weakness - it's how every good teacher looked the first ten times she did it. By the third class, it lives in your head. By the tenth, it's yours.