Very happy with our childcare
Our 13 month old has been with Debbie and Allan for two months now, he is with them five days a week, 12 hours a day. I had huge reservations about returning to work and leaving Sam for so long but I honestly needn't have worried. He leaps into Allan's arms when he is picked up in the mornings and we've seen him laughing with Debbie at the end of he days. We receive pictures and videos of all the fun that they are having often at the beach, park, farm etc etc. I do not know where Debbie and Allan get their boundless energy from! Our son settled in with them straight away and you can see the obvious affection that he has for them and vice versa. I think Sam has developed more quickly since being there - playing with and watching the older children. The service that they provide with pick ups and drop off's has been invaluable for us as my husband and I both commute on the train to work so that service takes a lot of a.m. and p.m. stress away. They are also very flexible, we are at the mercy of the trains to get back on time and there have been times when we have both been delayed and they are happy to work around that. They also sometimes wash Sam and pop him in his PJ's when he is really tired so that he is all ready for bed when he arrives home. I had a good feeling about Debbie and Allan when I spoke to Debbie on the phone but when I went to visit their house, I knew that I'd found the perfect childcare. The house has a warm, friendly feeling and they have the most amazing garden that the kids get to play in. I'm really happy with the amount of outdoor play that the kids get compared to some nurseries that I visited.
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Saragold, we are like the aunt and uncle to xxxxxx. Even though he is with us for a long stretch, he knows as soon as we pull up to the road that it's mummy and daddy time. His legs kick out with excitement, his whole body language displays an overwhelming sense that he is at home. We all communicate well throughout the day. Communication is definitely the key to a succesful partnership between childcare setting and home setting, assuring xxxxxxx is safe, nurtured in a thriving environment where he feels a sense of love, effection and security to venture off and explore in a learning method that xxxxx chooses. In the two months we have been looking after him we have listened, watched and taken notes on the style of learning that best suits xxxxxx. We include all the child's individual styles of learning and adapt our free play style of learning at each child's age stage development. Each child is an individual, there needs and wants are varied. With the aid of Babysdays the online software package I can complete the required paperwork within the childcare setting quickly and effectively. For parents like yourselves, you can access information such as observations, contracts, invoicing, policies, procedures, trackers on xxxxx to see which early years outcomes are complete merging and so on, 24 hours a day. It is an opportunity for parental interaction. You use it well and share information, privately and it is all confidential. We do really enjoy working for you all as a family unit and we feel valued and respected like members of an extended family, which is nice for everyone. Thank you, for choosing us as your childminders.
