Emma's Reviews
Childminder
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(5 from 36 reviews)
Our daughter has been with Emma since she was just 10 months old (she is now nearly 3). Whilst being a home-from-home, the environment that Emma creates is also one of fun, learning, play and creativity. The house is immaculate, safe, secure and spacious, with a big garden for plenty of outdoor play when the weather permits.
Emma encourages the children in her care to be confident and social – going out every day, to different parks, playgroups, shops and libraries. Emma’s family is also very supportive and our daughter adores her children, who clearly enjoy spending time with the kids.
Emma is incredibly thoughtful and organised and always has time to discuss the development of your child. Being first-time parents, we have found Emma to be the font of all knowledge about how to get through various hurdles, from diet to naps, ailments and potty-training (the list goes on) – giving us far more confidence as parents.
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Emma has fantastic facilities, her house itself has a great garden and the main playing area for the children is huge, plus, it is situated right on a big park/playground so the kids are never indoors for long! Emma takes the children to parks, playgroups and libraries and also does regular crafts and other interactive sessions at home. She is keenly aware of developmental milestones, and really helpful at guiding you as a parent through any concerns. She is excellent and boundaries and rule setting, the kids know that ‘no means no,’ which means that they’re better behaved at home as a result of her warm but assertive discipline.
What Emma offers is a very warm family environment (her kids are lovely and all tend to get involved with the playtime with little ones when they come home from school) that adds a really special element of friendship and support for babies and toddlers.
My favourite thing as a parent has always been Emma’s personal handwritten diary that charts the day’s activities as well as the personal interactions and funny anecdotes from the day. It must be yet another job to do, but has been enormously precious to us over the months and years. We’re very sad to be leaving, and only doing so because of a house move, but feel very lucky that our son has had the chance to spend these early years in such a loving, fun-filled environment.
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Our son (now 8) has now been with Emma since reception. What more can I say? We'd be lost without her.
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My son has been with Emma for nearly a year now and he has truly relished the experience. Emma provides a fun, loving and stimulating environment for the children in her care, and makes every effort to ensure they are happy, content and well fed!
Going back to work and having someone look after our son was a daunting prospect for my husband and I, however we feel extremely lucky to have Emma as his childminder. He enjoys going there each day, playing with the other children of various ages and going on outings, and best of all, we receive a daily written diary and a verbal update from Emma, so we don't feel we've missed anything.
Emma is trustworthy and passionate about what she does, which is evident in the relationships she develops with the children...my son does not want to come home with me on some evenings!
I would highly recommend Emma for childminding services as I feel her personality, professional conduct and caring nature contribute to making her an exceptional carer for children.
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I could not be happier with Emma or sing her praises high enough. From day one, I instantly knew that my son would be happy in her home and I felt such trust and assurance leaving him with her. She really is everything you hope and dream of finding in a childminder. Emma has looked after my son since before he could crawl at 9 months, starting with one day and progressing to three days now he is a running mini-toddler of 15 months. Emma’s home is always so welcoming, warm, relaxed and loving. My son always has a day that is balanced by interesting activities, lots of time outdoors, yet good playtimes in the house too. All this interspersed with nutritious home-cooked food, eaten all together at the table. Emma is also really organised and the admin side of childcare is taken care of seamlessly. There are daily diary entries for my son full of everything he has been up to. Emma’s own three children are wonderful and I love how they clearly enjoy spending time with the little ones. My son adores them. I feel truly blessed and thankful to have found this peaceful, happy, fun place for my son to enjoy every week.
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Emma provides excellent care with activities out including playgroups, farms and museums. A broad range of toys are available and our son always comes home with highly creative craft projects. Her qualifications and experience set her above the rest. Our son has created strong bonds with her children over the last 2 years that gives him a warm home from home environment. A highlight at the end of the my day is to read a well written (often amusing) journal of how our sons day has been.
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My little boy has been minded by Emma for the last six months. From my first meeting with Emma, I felt sure that he would be happy there. Emma has a fantastic set-up. There are loads of toys, she lives right next to a recreation area with playground and she often takes the children in her care to local music sessions and playgroups. I am a stay at home mum myself and I am very happy that Emma does the things that I would do with my son but he has the extra stimulus of Emma herself and the other children in her care. Emma keeps a little diary of how our little boy's day has been and my husband and I always looking forward to reading it. Emma has a fantastic sense of humour and from what I can tell is cool as a cucumber! My little boy is quite active and needs a constant eye kept on him, which Emma does. Emma is our little boy's 'home from home'.
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I was looking for someone to look after my now 16 month old son for a day or two a week so joined Childcare.co.uk. Emma and Paul were the only childminders I met from my search because as soon as I met them in person I knew they were perfect.
Between the two of them, Emma and Paul have created a rich, stimulating, creative and loving environment for the children they look after. My son has settled in extremely well despite only being there one or two days a week and this is down to their confidence and excellent level of care. He's enjoyed a varying menu of delicious and healthy meals, been to the farm, a variety of local classes and playing spaces as well as having created lovely paintings and cards to bring home
Practical and sensible care combined with imaginative play and affection - I can't recommend Emma and Paul highly enough. I'm now leaving London and only hope I can find someone as well suited to my son as they have been.
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As soon as I met with Emma and Paul I knew it was the right childcare setting for my daughter. My little one loves it there, and I can go to work feeling that she is safe, happy and enjoying a really good time with the other children. Emma's own children are always immaculately behaved and it's lovely to see how caring they are towards the babies and toddlers too.
The house is always spotless and the meals home-cooked and nutritious. There's a great balance of play (and music and dancing) and no-nonsense rule-setting, and my daughter even offered some of her lunch to another little girl the other day,something I have never seen her do before. I know Emma and Paul encourage sociable mealtimes with lots of chat and sharing. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this brilliant childcare team and know that my child will benefit from their love and care for years to come. Can't recommend highly enough.
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Emma and Paul looked after my son from the age of ten months to nearly three and he was so happy there. He still talks about them now. Emma's children took my son as one of their own and I always felt like he was part of the family.
Emma is super-organised, the children eat really well balanced home-cooked meals and go out every day. There is a real variety of activities too, farm visits, play-groups, soft play and they even took my son to the natural history museum (I haven't even managed to do that yet!). They keep daily diaries for you to read so that you can catch up on what your child has been doing that day. The garden is massive with lots of space for the children to run around in and Emma's house is right next door to a park.
I always loved the fact that it is a male/female team working together. Paul was a fantastic male role model for my son, and with two childminders you know when meal preparation and nappy changes are happening the children are not unsupervised.
Together they are a truly caring, fun and professional team, and I am so grateful that I found them when I did, they gave my son a really great start.
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