Our daughter was looked after by Sophie from the age of one. We chose Sophie as our childminder because she has excellent communications skills and provides a varied and stimulating environment for children in her care. She has been a brilliant, steady support over the last year and our daughter enjoyed every minute of being there. Sophie does a great job at developing children's learning and development through experimentation, positive reinforcement and consistency. She has a wide selection of toys and takes them out on daily excursions to playgroups and other child-friendly places such as the Horniman museum. Our daughter struck up a bond with Sophie's own children – who play a part in her welcoming and caring setting. An added bonus! Sophie is completely reliable, a fantastic communicator (we enjoyed hearing her daily reports) and her manner with both our daughter and us always impressed us. We would not hesitate to recommended Sophie and we all miss her already!

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