Lessons

Joan McGrath, aka “Green Dragon”, uses the curriculum written by Michele Frizzell and Debi Barnett, created for the American Mah Jongg Instructors Association. She has taught community group beginners classes in a six-week, 90-minute/week format that allows the students to learn and absorb the complexities of the game in relaxed, slow immersion sessions. By the end of the six weeks, students can play competently and quite often are able to claim their first Mah Jongg within three or four sessions.

Joan is currently preparing for the exam to become a certified member of the American Mah Jongg Instructor’s Association.

For those who are reluctant to commit to a six week course, Joan provides private instruction in 90 minute segments. A minimum of four successive weeks are designed to build the level of understanding in incremental sessions, increasing the level of play each week. Joan’s approach is to move the student into the “deeper waters” of Mah Jongg just a bit at a time, much the way parents bring children to the beach to experience the ocean, toes first, then up to the knees, then waist, etc.