Find out what kinds of things they'd like to do but feel they aren't capable of doing. Then, demonstrate which things they can learn now which will get them clo

Find out what kinds of things they'd like to do but feel they aren't capable of doing. Then, demonstrate which things they can learn now which will get them closer to doing the very things they can't do. If you can convey that each thing they learn can be used as a building block to learning things that are currently way out of their league you might have some success.