Month: July 2026

Floor time for babies and toddlers: why freedom of movement matters

Dr Emmi Pikler was a Hungarian paediatrician who, in the 1940s, established a residential nursery in Budapest. She and her team developed the Pikler approach through decades of watching infants move.  What they observed – carefully and systematically – is that when infants are given the freedom to move without adult interference, they don’t just develop physically; they develop grace...