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Here is a simple test parents can understand immediately.

Place the playmat directly on hardwood or tile, without a carpet or rug underneath, and kneel on it.

Does your knee almost immediately feel the hard floor?

Now stand on the mat.

Does your heel disappear into a deep depression? Does the material rebound promptly when you step away?

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Babies don’t need an app to learn how the world works.

Give them a comfortable patch of floor, a familiar face and a few interesting objects, and they already have the ingredients for meaningful play.

From reaching for a wooden spoon to crawling after a rolling ball, some of the best screen free activities for babies are surprisingly simple. They encourage children to move their bodies, experiment, communicate and discover what happens when they interact with the real world around them.

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