I have a 2 year old daughter, who has recently (in the past few months) been enjoying the freedom of spending some time playing on her own in the bedrooms with her toys etc. I realise this may be slightly different, however shes only 2, we wont be letting her play outside on her own for obvious reasons. The bedrooms are as safe as can realistically be for her, and we have a baby monitor on downstairs (which she uses as her personal servant bell!) but we are firm believers that she needs this freedom, and will do as she grows older. We wont be cooping her up and restricting her, as is so common these days.
Just be sensible with restrictions, and that's the best route IMO :)
It sounds to me like you're doing it right! This is all very age-specific, but the underlying principles of allowing kids to practice whatever movement skills are appropriate for their age still remains.
I think too often parents are too eager to 'hurry up' the process, or to 'help' their child to roll over, lift their heads, walk, etc. that the child doesn't gain the benefit of learning how to do the whole movement by themselves, and end up developing a pattern that is lacking.
If you're curious as to what you should be allowing the child to figure out, here's a great chart. They will try and try, and fail and fail...until one day they do it, and then they start to do it very well. Such is life, I guess : )
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