[Snoopy76]

This might be one of the more useful suggestions I have ever heard for beginners. Being that preflop play is the quickest way to improve your game and beginners have a warped sense of what a good starting hand is, this is a good excercise to develop a sense of reality. I would include however (though you're post may have implied it, and I missed it) that the person should deal out the board as well.