Samia's Reviews
Childminder
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(4.97 from 33 reviews)
Samia is a warm, lovely person who really enjoys and understands children.
She is firm when she needs to be, without over-reacting.
They were never stuck in the house, she always took them to all sorts of exciting places, like The Science Museum, The Natural History Museum, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square, Princess Diana Park, Highgate Woods, play schemes and libraries.
I felt completely confident that they would be safe in her care, as she was very firm and safety conscious.
They were given really healthy meals, and tried new healthy foods that they hadn’t tried before.
Samia was flexible, accommodating, caring and understanding, a truly lovely person who had a great relationship with both the children and myself.
I would highly recommend her as great child minder, who will bring out the best in any child.
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Samia is a lovely, warm and caring person who clearly delights in her job looking after children. She is very accommodating to you and your child's needs and can also provide sage parenting advice if needed as she has a wealth of experience.
My daughter has a very active social life when she is with Samia, as they attend all sorts of singing, craft and playgroups which has really contributed to her development. She also always provides a wide variety of healthy, nutritious food, from all around the world, which helps to develop young taste buds.
It's quite clear that my daughter genuinely loves Samia as much as she loves her.
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Samia became part of our family life when my eldest son was 8 weeks old. I had no idea what I was doing and I'll never forget the first time I met her she came into our house and started helping me breast feed my son. She has a no nonsense approach and just gets on with it. What a relief it was to find someone to be an extra "mum".
Twenty years later Samia is still part of our childrens lives, yes she looked after our second son too. I would highly recommend Samia as she has a tremendous amount of knowledge to share with parents and the children enjoy spending time with her.
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My daughter loves seeing Samia and always comes home in a very happy mood. We have found Samia to be cheerful, kind and fair. She has always been willing to accommodate schedule changes, making our lives easier and is very reliable.
Her food is excellent - she even managed to get a five year old to enjoy aubergine! We feel lucky to have found Samia.
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Samia picked my son up from school throughout his whole time at primary school. She proved to be very able, capable and reliable and made my life as a working Mum a whole lot easier knowing my son was being well cared for. She was hugely supportive and built up a great relationship with our son and our whole family. He benefited from the wide range of activities on offer and from having other young children around. She is a great cook, feeds children well and is very experienced. She is very knowledgeable about activities for children in the local area. Samia is very flexible and was unflappable when arrangements changed at short notice. I would highly recommend her.
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Samia has been my daughters child minder since she was a baby and my daughter who is now 4, adores her. She is an excellent child minder, warm and caring but firm and I always admire her complete control over the children, while they look happy to be with her all the time. The children run into her arms as she collects them from nursery or school and are delighted to see her. Her home cooking is delicious, even by childrens standards! Many has been the time, I have heard children discuss Samia's food with delight! My daughter has never been the easiest to feed but she has always eaten Samia's food and asked me to get the recipe! She is reliable and honest and I wouldn't hesitate but to recommend her highly as a most brilliant child minder. Joy
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Samia has looked after our 4 year old daughter since she was 1. Samia feels like part of our family, and certainly our daughter feels very happy and safe with her.
For our daughter, Samia was the first person to look after her away from her parents, and this sometimes difficult transition was made incredibly easy with Samia because of her years of experience.
Our daughter has thrived in Samia's care. She is brilliantly enthusiastic with children, she is warm, generous and kind. Samia is flexible with childcare arrangements and will always try to help out when she is able to.
Samia is great at finding good local activities for the children in her care to take part in - like the library, play groups, parks ect - she also makes her home very warm and welcoming, full of toys & games should the weather be cold and wet.
We are so glad that we have someone like Samia that our daughter loves to bits, to help her through the next big step in her life as she begins school.
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Samia was my son's childminder from the age of 1 until he went to nursery and she continued to look after him around nursery hours until he was fully settled in. She looked after several children from my son's school over the years, so I've had the pleasure of seeing her there. I was really pleased to find Samia. When I met her I was an inexperienced mum, nervous about leaving my son when I returned to work. From my first meeting with Samia it was clear that she was very tuned in to children. She really enjoys her work and is alert to the individual personalities of the children in her care. She knows and is responsive to what interests them, or ails them, or comforts them. And, with her wealth of experience, she was a great source of support to me as a new mum! When I left my son with her, I always felt completely secure that he was in warm, kind, skilled hands and that he'd have a lot of fun. He thrived in her care. When he went to nursery and to school, he settled in easily having had such a stable, reliable, kind, and fun experience outside home.
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Samia is fantastic with children and our daughter loves going to Samia. She always know ther'll be other children to play with and that she'll be served yummy home made food. We all envy Samia's culinary skills.
Samia is trustworthy, reliable, incredibly qualified and honest.
We can't recommend Samia highly enough. When we're at work we feel relaxed because we know that our daughter is in such a good capable pair of hands. Samia's also brilliant coming up with fun activities for the children and there's never a dull moment.
Samia's experience as a childminder is also very helpful for us as parents. Sometimes in life you get very stuck with tricky situations in regards to your child. Samia's our oracle. She always seems to know the answers and solutions to the problems. That is brilliant!
We're very blessed to have Samia in our life.
Lotta and Sebastian
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Samia looked after my daughter (now 7) from when she was 7 months old. We chose Samia because she seemed warm, caring and organised and so it turned out. Although we moved two years ago to a different part of London, we have stayed in touch and still see each other regularly.
Samia creates a loving home for children, plans what she will do with them, communicates well with parents and regularly takes children out so they can experience the world with her support and care.
I would warmly recommend Samia as a childminder to parents looking for help with care of
- babies and toddlers, and
- after school.
I would be happy to give more feedback if anyone wants to get in touch.
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