Baby exploring Kino playmat in sunlit loft

A landscape
for learning

The first playmat designed to evolve with your baby's development. Five rearrangeable texture zones. One intelligent app. Infinite configurations.

Babies don't develop on flat, uniform surfaces. Why should they play on one?

Decades of motor development research shows that variability — not repetition — is how infants learn to move. Kino brings that variability home.

Baby hand exploring soft wave textures Macro detail of Tencel lyocell fabric — soft, natural fibers Baby hand pressing into rounded bump texture Close-up of open-cell polymer lattice core — breathable and washable Cross-section of playmat panel showing layered foam and textile construction
The Mat

3' × 4' breathable base with a washable polymer lattice core

90% air, fully washable, non-toxic. No foam, no off-gassing. Clean, breathable support that rinses in the tub and air-dries in hours.

Kino mat in warm light showing organic texture zones
Low angle view of baby crawling across texture zones
The Textures

Five panels, each with a genuinely different tactile surface

Quilted channels. Concentric ridges. Soft rounded waves. Wide parallel ribs. Smooth matte. Every zone feels different under tiny hands, bellies, and knees.

The System

Rearrange the landscape as your baby grows

Panels attach magnetically and can be repositioned in any configuration. Move the most stimulating texture to encourage turning. Create a smooth corridor for early crawling. The layout evolves with your baby.

Kino mat showing color and texture variation
The Science

Variability is not noise. It's the signal.

For decades, researchers assumed infant movement was a fixed progression — a staircase of milestones on a biological clock. The science tells a different story.

Studies across developmental psychology, neuroscience, and physical therapy now converge on a powerful finding: variability in early movement is not error. It's how the motor system learns. Infants who encounter varied surfaces, textures, and physical challenges develop richer motor repertoires, stronger postural control, and more adaptive movement strategies.

Touch is one of the first senses to develop — active by the eighth week of pregnancy. Through tactile exploration, infants learn to map their bodies, discriminate textures and pressures, and build the sensorimotor foundations for every skill that follows. Varied sensory experience isn't optional. It's the engine of development.

30%
Of infants meet the recommended daily tummy time guidelines — leaving most without the prone play they need for motor development
46%
Of waking hours spent in active motor behavior during the first year of life
5
Distinct tactile zones on every Kino mat
8 wks
How early the sense of touch develops in utero — making it the foundation of all sensory learning
How It Works

Mat, app, milestone

1

Lay it down

Set up the base and arrange the five texture panels however you like. The whole thing takes thirty seconds.

2

Open the app

Kino's camera tracks your baby's movement in real time — head lifts, rotation, weight shifts — and turns it into a clear developmental picture.

3

Follow the guidance

The app tells you which textures to move and where, based on what your baby needs next. New configuration, new challenges, new growth.

Aerial view of Kino mat showing organic shapes and textures
Easy to Clean

Every layer washes. Every surface wipes.

A playmat lives on the floor. It catches everything. Kino is built in three layers, and every single one is designed to clean in minutes.

Breathable core
Polymer lattice — rinse under water, air-dry. No foam to trap bacteria or off-gas.
Zippered base cover
Tencel jersey with a waterproof TPU membrane. Unzip, machine wash warm, tumble dry low. Keeps the core protected between deep cleans.
Texture panels
Spot-wipe daily, machine wash when needed. Each panel washes as a single piece — toss in and go.
Close up of Kino mat surface texture and quality
Kino home screen
Home
Kino session results
Session
Kino Progress Screen
Progress
Kino tips and guidance
Tips
The App

See what your baby is really doing during tummy time

Most parents put their baby on a mat and hope for the best. Kino uses Apple's Vision framework and our proprietary pose-estimation model to actually measure what's happening — head elevation angle, hold duration, left-right turning preference, weight distribution across the arms — and translates raw motion data into clear, actionable guidance you can use in the moment and track over weeks.

No wearables. No sensors embedded in the mat. Just prop your phone up and press start. Our computer vision runs entirely on-device, trained on thousands of hours of annotated infant motor development footage so your baby's data never leaves your phone.

After each session, Kino gives you a single score, a breakdown of every metric that matters, and a specific recommendation for what to change next — which panel to move, which side to encourage, or when it's time to introduce a new challenge.

Real-time tracking
Head elevation, rotation angle, and hold time measured live during every session with a pose skeleton overlay you can watch in real time.
Live coaching
Gentle audio and on-screen prompts guide you during the session — when to reposition, when to encourage, and when your baby needs a break. Like having a pediatric PT in the room.
Progress over time
Week-over-week charts track head lift percentage, longest hold, rotation balance, and overall session scores so you can see growth that's invisible day-to-day.
Layout recommendations
After each session, the app suggests which texture panels to move and where — placing the ridged panel left to encourage leftward rotation, or introducing the linen weave when grip strength is ready.
Expert-led learning
Short video guides from pediatric therapists and motor development researchers explain the why behind every milestone and give you techniques to try at home.
Private by design
All vision processing runs on-device using Apple's Neural Engine. Video never leaves your phone — only the metrics you choose to save are stored.

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