An outdoor play area for infants should be one that allows them to explore the different sounds, textures, colors, and smells of nature to enhance all of their domains of development through developmentally appropriate and safe equipment and materials. Based on my understanding of Piaget’s stages of development, infants are in the sensorimotor stage. Meaning they need many developmentally appropriate social, motor, and cognitive opportunities in which they can experience success. Therefore, their outdoor play equipment should encourage independence, allow social interaction, and support development. It should be equipped with both store made and nature made equipment. Just like their indoor area, the outdoor play area must allow for a wide
