“an episode in which two or more individuals work together in an intellectual way to solve a problem, clarify a concept, evaluate activities, extend a narrative etc. Both parties must contribute to the thinking and it must develop and extend” (From the Effective Provision of Pre-school Education Report.)

Whiteley preschool use sustain shared thinking to support children’s creative thinking and often use phrases such as “I wonder what…..” or “I wonder how…..” You could try this at home, think about how you can use the term I wonder to solve a problem or expand thinking.