[LearnedfromTV]

One way to cover "a basic concepts" starting hand guideline without handing a chart is to say, after going over hand rankings (what beats what):

"Quads and straight flush are like impossible, so don't worry about them.

Full House, straight, flush, and three of a kind are tough to make and very strong when you do. There's a group of hands (pocket pairs and suited connectors) that make these hands more often than any others. Playing those hands when it's cheap or a lot of people in the pot is good. If you hit, play very aggressively.

One pair and two pair are the most common hands; what matters most with these, especially one pair, is how high your pair is and what your kicker is. So hands that can make overpairs and top pair top kicker, like AA, AK, KK, AQ are much better than hands that can't, like KJ. Generally you want to play these hands with as few people and for as much $ preflop as you can."

And then say something about position being extremely important, but that he'll have to learn that as he plays (and always point out position stuff as he watches you, you watch him...)