ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
I agree with the above, and I'll expand a bit.
My method is: The first thing I teach is to ''Fly the box'', but the close leg should be directly over the runway
As soon as the student can ''Fly the box'' I have him lowering the throttle on the base leg and make the pass over the runway low and slow - as low (or high) as you are both comfortable with.
This excersize makes up most of each day's lesson. Tell them, ''You're not going to land, just pretend you're landing''. Teach them how to flair and why you flair before touchdown. Once they are over the runway, have them power up and go around.
Avoid saying, ''Next time around, you're going to land'' because it can make them nervous. Just keep having him shoot landing approaches.
THEN... When one of the approaches is perfect, tell him, ''Don't power up, just let it settle in'' and the next thing you know, He made his first landing!
perfectly said ..... one thing to add , have him do as much inverted circuits of the "field" on G4.5 as he can stand .... when that gets boring give him a 20 mph wind and have him fly a pt -40 into the wind with no throttle until he can do it all day ...when he has that down he will be good to go .
best of luck ... sounds like he is already there !~