1. At a gesture recognition tutorial system including a motion-sensitive display surface capable of recognizing various forms of user interaction with the surface, a method of suggesting recognized application gesture commands based on the user interaction with the surface in order to give the user various options and/or instructions on how to appropriately use the application for the motion-sensitive display surface, the method comprising: receiving at a motion-sensitive display surface a user-performed gesture, which includes user movement of an object over the surface that recognizes such user interaction therewith; determining that the received user-performed gesture is an unrecognized command, the gesture not corresponding to gesture commands recognized by one or more programs running on the gesture recognition tutorial system's motion-sensitive display surface; based on the determination, identifying one or more gesture commands that are similar to the received user-performed gesture that are recognizable by the one or more programs of the motion-sensitive display surface, wherein the one or more gesture commands recognized by the program represent actual commands of the program; and displaying one or more exemplary gesture commands recognized by the one or more programs in order to aid the user in understanding appropriate various defined gestures representing actual program commands, the exemplary gesture commands comprising one or more graphical, non-textual images that depict a series of one or more object motions or movements performable by the user that form a recognized command, recognizable by the motion-sensitive display surface.