The nerve endings of sense organs feed the brain information for analysis and reflection through hearing, seeing, feeling on skin, tasting, and smelling. Allowing the toddler-preschooler to learn with as many senses as possible instills new concepts most smoothly. Lots of wobbly movement is normal as the child is still developing motor skills. Moving exuberantly with enthusiasm provides the impetus to try new co-ordinations. Activities should be light-hearted without pressure to participate or perform.
Bare feet are best.
Clapping these patterns with the toddler-preschooler is a bonding activity. Fun and harmonious interactions, partner to child, carry over into harmonious interactions with the child's ever-broadening circle of contacts. Harmonious interaction at the earliest stages leads to harmony within the individual, and harmonious interactions later as an adult in society. Partner holds toddler's right wrist with right hand and left wrist with left hand, so that partner can lead toddler's clapping pattern. A preschooler can clap unaided.