Infants and toddlers need safe spaces filled with opportunities to explore, discover, and learn through the sensory experiences that reinforce developing motor skills. Sensorimotor development happens through repetitive experiences and reinforcement with new discoveries.

Home environmental factors were associated with children's motor development.

It is critical that infants spend many of their waking hours on the floor during the day, where they can move around and practise their motor skills. An open and safe floor area allows infants the freedom to move their bodies in many ways.