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(5 from 22 reviews)
Elena has been childminding my daughter since July 2015. She was taking care after her for 3 years.
I have been extremely happy with the care my daughter has received, and the great progress she has made whilst in Elena’s care. Elena’s settling is always welcoming, clean and well organised and my daughter has great fun playing with all the toys available and with the other children in her care. Beyond all this though, it is Elena’s warm and friendly approach but with strict rules that all children must.
She provides a wide, fun range of activities including outdoor exercise. I know children have enjoyed play doh, drawing and sticking, reading, puzzles and music classes as well as various garden activities. Last week they decorated cards to give to theirs Daddies for Father’s Day.
Elena is a great communicator and has no trouble in gaining children confidence and therefore encouraging good behaviour and kindness and compassion to others. When our daughter steps outside her boundaries Elena responds with firm but kind discipline explaining what she would like to see in terms which our daughter understands. When she is hurt or feeling under the weather I know that she feels happy to be comforted by Elena and I am confident that Elena can administer either first aid or medication following all the correct procedures and completing the necessary records to ensure his health and safety.
Elena provides healthy, home cooked meals and snacks such as fruits. I am also aware that Elena ensures good personal hygiene in encouraging all the children to wash their hands before eating and after using the toilet. I’m sure that it is this practice together with the cleanliness of Elena’s home which has ensured that my daughter has remained healthy and bug free for the last 3 years.
Elena completes a diary detailing what my daughter has done each day. From this I have a complete picture of her whole day including what she has eaten, how long she has slept and all her activities. This helps me to feel involved with her care and that I can talk to her about her day.
All in all I am thoroughly happy with the level of care my child receives and I’m certain that being in such a positive and happy environment is helping my daughter develop into a confident and self-assured girl.
I would absolutely recommend Elena as a great and reliable childminder.
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Aleksand
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on 21/06/2018
Elena and Mark are a fantastic couple and you can see straight away that they are great with children. We had our daughter with them for nearly a year. She loves going there every morning and comes home with a big smile.
Even before starting we had an accommodation period, but our daughter was ok to be left in their establishment after just 3 days. Over the time that she has been there she has developed a lot, every week we can see that she is doing something new. She is always busy with games, activities, outside play, arts and crafts and music. Music day it is a great hit with our daughter, she loves dancing and music. In all this time her mobility, her language and her social skills have developed so much.
Elena and Mark are always there to help you with support and advices for every problem that you could encounter. They do a daily dairy that goes home with the child every day so you can see how their day was and what they did. Also they have made a tapestry journal which provides you with pictures and videos of their daily activities.
We are very happy with Elena and Mark and we highly recommend them.
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Roxana
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on 22/02/2018
We are happy to recommend Elena as carrying and reliable childminder. Our 3 year old daughter since the first day was coming back home happy and smiling, and she made a lot of new friends. She has learned a lot at Elena’s setting and benefited from contact with various age children. Due to Elena working with her husband as assistant, and having her own two children it is very home like and happy environment, where children can develop various skills as well as confidence through play and interacting with each other. Elena also helped our daughter with her language and provided us with constructive feedback on a daily basis.
Elena supported us on our potty journey, provided advice, ideas and supported us by following the same routine and as an effect our daughter is now fully toilet trained. Also children have child size toilet at Elena setting which is an advantage.
Elena has lots of toys and provides variety of indoors activities like drawing, painting, messy play with water, play dough, also other arts and crafts. Children also spend a lot of time playing outside in the garden or going on outings to nearby parks and playgrounds. However the part we will miss the most is weekly music lesson, which is my daughter’s absolute favourite.
Elena provides nutritious meals as well as daily diary with all the details of activities and food that children have, and we appreciated that very much as a busy working parents. She was always flexible in accommodating our requests, informative and supportive. We are sad to be leaving Elena’s setting but we are hoping she could help us further with care over our daughter in the future. We are grateful to Elena and her family for their help and support.
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Emilia
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on 02/08/2016
My little girl Simona has been in Elena's childcare for over 2 years now and she loves every minute of it. Her older sister Kristiyana joins her everyschool holiday.
Setting are always tidy, clean and with lots of toys for every child group and for different activites. Massive garden, where the children play in the nice weather.
Elena and Mark always make sure they have fun activities planned for the day. Trips to the local park, play groups and Music class, which my daughter is always looking for. Elena is making sure all children learn manners, she teaches them healthy eating and how to e nice to each others. My daughter has a daily diary and that way I know exactly what she has been up to all day.
With English not being her first language I was a bit worried for SImona and how difficult it would be for her to learn letters and numbers. She is now 4 years old and can spell her name and other words, knows every letter from the alphabet and can count to 100.
Elena and Mark are always there when you need support and to give you advice on how to cope with challenging behaviour or address any worries you might have. When Simona developed a stutter Elena gave me reassurance and tips on how to help her overcome it.
I highly recommend Elena and Mark and rest assured that your child will be in really good hands.
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Tinka160
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on 31/07/2016
My son started with Elena back in December and has had no problem settling in. Elena and Mark have made the process very easy and painless for us both.
Seth enters with a smile and always leaves with one. And when there are a few tears Elena is brilliant at distracting and comforting him.
Although Seth is one of the youngest currently in the setting he has had no problem interacting and making friends with the other children. Every week I can see how much he is learning and developing from being around the other children, but also because of all the activities Elena and Mark provide for him. They are always doing something whether that is playing at the park, the back garden, or in the play room (all constructive) or arts and crafts and even a music class every week (which my son loves).
I can't recommend them enough. They have a fantastic establishment and run an excellent childminding business. I will be very sad when the day comes for my son to leave, as I'm sure he will be too.
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on 12/04/2016
I was nervous about putting my children with a childminder as I had never done it before, but upon meeting Elena and Mark who work as the most fantastic childminding team I can honestly say I've never felt so at ease. Both my kids can't wait to get there in the morning, and are quite often to busy to greet me when I pick them up. My daughter who stays with them all day while my son is at school comes home with the best stories of her day, Elena has even organised a music class once a week and my daughter loves it. The development my children has made already has been fantastic and i haven't hesitated in recommending them to others already.
Most brilliant childminders.
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on 11/04/2016
Really recommend Elena. She has made the settling in process for my son (and for me), a lot easier. She distracts him easily in the mornings, when he is tearful, and can see that she pays attention to his needs, and already notices his likes and dislikes.
There is always plenty to do, and I like the fact that they go outside as much as possible, which he loves too. Lots of different activities are done throughout the day, and they even go to a music group.
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Parent
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on 22/04/2015
We have been using Elena's services for two months now and we are absolutely happy with her. When I go to her setting to pick up our daughter, I always find her happy and playing. That is the best signal for me.
Elena has a really nice, clean and tidy place. You can see kids drawings, pictures and toys. You can feel like home there.
Also Elena has two lovely daughters (my daughter loves them!), who are very friendly with the kids. When you meet them you can see that Elena and her husband are wonderful parents.
We are from Argentina, so my daughter's first language is not English. Elena is helping her with the language and we are seeing how she is learning new words every week. We are grateful to Elena for having patience with this specially.
I would highly recommend her.
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Lucy
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on 21/04/2015
Elena has been my childminder for over a month now and zack loves it there from the first day of settling in to this day current he enters elenas home with a smile and leaves with one too.
Elena offers so much fun and enjoyment not only at her home where she has plenty of toys games books you name it she has it but just the atomosphere is grate she has a lovely family that welcome the children in her care into there home and the two young girls our very good with the children always playfully and cheery.
Elena is a very organised lady with a very nice and tidy home she always reassures you when you ask questions she provides a top rated service and I would recommend anyone to use her
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Emma
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Elena 2011
on 26/03/2013
We used Elena's services for a week and I'm very pleased with the way she looked after our baby. She is very organized and even though we used her services for a short while, she ensured all the formalities are completed. We also liked the way she made note of our daughter's daily activities.
Her house is very tidy and there are quite a few toys for kids to play. She has two lovely daughters who are so cheerful and welcoming and both of them enjoy playing with kids and looking after them.
We will be very happy to use her services if required in future and would recommend her to anyone looking for a good childminder.
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aadhyac
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Elena 2011
on 19/10/2012
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