ABSTRACT
Carie Green is an Assistant Professor in Graduate Education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the USA. This chapter focuses on the researches of 3- and 5-year-olds' hiding places and experiences in their home environment by Carie Green. This includes a sense of comfort and security, and opportunities for play and creativity where young children are recognised as active agents in creating their own culture and place in the world. Therefore early childhood educators are encouraged to consider the significance of hiding places for young children's development in their own practice. A fascination with hiding begins at a very young age, emerging as infants innocently engage in the game of peek-a-boo with a parent, sibling, or adult caregiver. Hiding places play a significant role in children's lives by allowing them to socially engage with adults and peers and negotiate their own rules, engage in play and creativity, and find comfort and security.
