In dealing with children, safety is the main if not the ultimate priority. It is normal for them to run around, jump up and down wherever they may be. They are highly active and perhaps, no adult can beat the energy that they have. They climb, skip, tumble, jump, roll, they pretty much do everything that they can think of, whether they have a playmate around or just playing with themselves. It feels so good to see them having fun, just by staring at them. But once you see them fall, your heart will immediately stop and worry they may have been wounded or had a fracture or not.
Whether it is in a bedroom or in a day care center, it is a must to keep a safety mat on your floor (these mats are also called activity mats, since most of them come in various designs such as alphabets or letters, thereby doubling as a learning tool). These safety mats are the ones that will protect them from any wounds once they drop on the floor or fall (especially their heads and backs), since children as they are, they are still clumsy. Aside from that, it is not like our eyes are glued on them every minute and every hour, and sometimes they wait for the time that we turn our backs and they would immediately run.
Most day care centers nowadays are built with tiles, and tiles can be slippery especially when they are wet. It is important to choose high quality mats since mats that are of poor quality may tend to slide too, especially when they don’t cover up the whole floor of the room.