If you can determine when your range is not busy, you can frequently get a field to shoot on by your self or with the wife. Then, you can shoot specific stations and specific targets without interrupting other shooters who want to shoot a normal round.
When my wife was beginning to shoot skeet, we would get a skeet field by our selves. She would concentrate are particular stations and singles or doubles. It was good practice for her without the challenge of shooting with others.
Also, the facility we were using at the time offered lessons. My wife would go off with an instructor on one field while I practiced on a different field. My wife got the basics under her belt faster and with less marital conflict. It was well worth the expense of a couple of personal lessons.
Finally, after my wife was comfortable shooting with me, at first, she would still shoot singles on the skeet field. After a while, she would shoot a proper round of skeet with doubles as she became more comfortable with each station.
You can do the same kind of things with trap. When I first shot clay targets in my youth, the range officer suggested that I stand directly behind the trap house. It made things a bit easier to learn some of the basics and hit the targets. Again, it is helpful if you can shoot at the range when it is not busy and you can have a field to yourselves.
