Both of my boys went to Lisa from the age of two up to school age. Lisa is the perfect combination of loving parent and supportive teacher. The boys loved being at Lisa's, as every day was exciting with a mixture of creative play + learning, interacting with other kids and fun outings. Lisa took the boys to the New Forest, Hillier Gardens, soft play and the beach or stream, not to mention all the best playgrounds in the area.

Lisa encouraged my boys to learn and build their social skills by meeting other child minders and their kids, which has helped them when moving on to school. Motor skills, words, numbers, letters and writing were all made fun with Lisa's creative and supportive ways of teaching, which have helped the boys greatly.

I believe that using a child minder like Lisa, helps your child to develop quicker than going to a nursery as there is more one on one instruction and the home environment is familiar and more comforting to the child, so they feel relaxed quicker than in a large nursery with a greater number of people, which can be daunting for some kids.

In all, if we have a terrible accident and end up with a third child, they will be going to Lisa, which speaks volumes.

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