Our 2 year old daughter has been with Birsel for the last 9 months. We cannot recommend her highly enough! From very early on our daughter settled in very well with Birsel. Birsel is very attentive and caring, she spends lots of time with her one-on-one teaching her new skills and taking her out on trips to the library and the park. We were sent photographs and updates throughout the day. Birsel has a lovely home with a large selection of toys and a large garden. We have seen our daughter thrive in the time she has been with Birsel, her language has really advanced and she has become a lot more confident. Although she was alone with Birsel most of the day, she loved the school pick up and the older children that were around after school- we think this was really good for her development and for learning good habits as she ate dinner and played with them in the afternoons. They were really caring and she usually didn't want to come home at pick up!

Starting with Birsel was a very smooth transition and she happily strolled in at drop off very early on- we think this is because she felt very safe and was looked after very well at Birsel's. She ate very well (lunch and dinner) and had a lot more variety than at home. Birsel makes all her own food and very often cooked with our daughter too. Birsel is very approachable and we found her very flexible if we needed to change days or have extra hours- she was always happy to discuss what they had been up to at drop off and provided us with sheets-that had her naps/ food schedule as well as her weekly 30 minute assessment of her development-on a regular basis for us to add our comments.

Sadly we are moving out of the area and have had to leave Birsel's but she was very loved and we will miss her a lot.

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