Before I took my child to Reen, I read some of her reviews and thought they cannot be true.

They are.

She is brilliant.

My son has been going to her since I had to return to work when he was 7 months old. It's been 3 years now - and although I have now also started him at nursery for his pre-school year - I still take him to her 2 days a week because what she gives him a nursery cannot: individual attention, personalised care, awareness of his personality traits (both good and bad) and how to build them. Her interactions with him have changed as he has developed to suit his level of development. He is a calm, confident individual, filled with curiosity about the world around him - and a very large part of that is because of all the activities Reen undertakes with him and the other kids which she tailors to individual needs. When I have concerns about one part of his development possibly lagging, she always comes up with a targeted creative way of helping him develop that skill through play.

On a personal level - I am a working mom who works in news, so unpredictable hours, with a husband who is frequently away. Reen is always flexible within reason, and takes a lot of the pressure off me, making coping with a demanding job and not enough hours in the day possible. I would not have survived these last 3 years without her.

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