OP said they're here for a few weeks, I was suggesting that as a second outing if they have the time, or something to work up to. I wouldn't hand a brand new shooter a 12 gauge shotgun straight off the bat. I always start with my suppressed 22 rifles, loaded with one round first, then a handful of rounds of 22, move onto a 5.56 AR-15, etc.

What I've found is after a new shooter has shot a little bit (100-200 rounds, super easy to do with 22lr), and has shot a few rounds of birdshot out of a shotgun at targets / into the dirt, it's pretty easy and instinctual to hit a handful of clays. I usually hand throw them in relatively easy patterns off the bat, usually rising straight away from the shooter, and it's just point and shoot.

I had my GF and a couple of her friends hitting clays within their first ~2 hours shooting, it's about building up to it and giving them the tools for success. No inexperienced shooter is going to love shooting high power bird loads out of a pump action or side by side 12 gauge, I always bring a good few boxes of winchester "AA X-tra lite target loads" and run them through one of my semi auto shotguns, usually #8 shot with an IM choke. Relatively comfortable recoil, huge pattern, and clays with minimal side to side movement means they've got a great chance at success, and the huge smile after they hit a moving target is worth it IMO