This article investigates the potential of alternative research terminology to facilitate the utilisation of existing geographical conceptions of space and place in empirical studies of children's everyday lives. This is achieved by employing Clifford Geertz’s (1974. “‘From the Native’s Point of View’: On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding.” Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 28 (1): 26–45) concepts of ‘experience-near’ and ‘experience-distant’ in the context of research on children's everyday lives, and by presenting empirical data demonstrating how the daily material social practices of children result in the formation of dynamic spaces that transcend geographical boundaries and scales. The article proposes the use of neither a wholly experience-near nor wholly experience-distant name for space and place, and puts forward the notion of ‘doing an extended space of everyday life’ as a middle ground. Mundane action is suggested as a unit of analysis in empirical studies of children's geographies. The article concludes by suggesting that interviews and ‘talk’, as well as engagement with everyday life studies, could prove a fruitful avenue of enquiry in studies of children's everyday geographies. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.