Katie's Reviews

Amazing childminder

My children are aged 4 and 20 months. I first spoke with Katie when looking for a childminder but felt she lived too far away so went with somebody else. I soon discovered the other childminder wasn't what we were looking for and spoke with Katie again. I live 10 minutes away from work but now do a 40 minute round journey in order to use Katie as our childminder. The journey is well worth doing as Katie is amazing with my 2 children and us as parents too.

Katie looks after the children she minds as if they are her own family. The children all love Katie and her daughter and look forward to going each time. Katie always keeps them busy whether this is activities at home with the vast array of toys/ crafts she has or days out to soft play, farms, woods, garden centres etc. I never knew a garden centre could be made such fun and educational before until my 4 year old told me what they get up to.

The setting is centred around the children. It is very clean with lots of child friendly and educational toys and activities.

My 20 month old was born in lockdown and was the typical lockdown baby. When she went to Katie she had no confidence and would only go to myself or my husband. Not even the grandparents! Katie has worked with her in order to bring her on and she is now a confident bubbly little girl.

My son is a very picky eater and was under the dietician because of it. Katie has worked closely with him following his cues and not pressuring him like our previous childminder. He has tried several new foods recently and widened his accepted foods, this is all down to Katie. Meals are nutritious and fill then up nicely.

Katie follows the EYFS like nurseries do just in a different structure. My 4 year old was previously at nursery but feel for us the childminding setting is more suited to him.

Communication is amazing. Handover at the beginning and end of day is thorough and the added bonus is we get lots of pictures sent to us of what they have been up to

I would recommend Katie to anybody looking for a loving and nurturing environment with a home from home feel for there child/ children

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by Emily about Katie on 08/01/2022