[He takes a glance over the circles she's drawn, judging from their complexity what he can assume Ed's already gone over with her. He nods a few times, trying to decide where to go rom there - but it's difficult without risking interfering with Fullmetal]

At this point, you're best practicing what you've already gone over with Edward. Repetition is they key to success with transmutation circles, and you can never be too good at the basics. Once you're ready for more specialized branches of alchemy, I'll be more use to you.