I can't recommend Carmel highly enough. Both my children spent time in her setting from age 1 to going to nursery school aged 3, and then occasional times after that as we all missed Carmel! She is the most wonderful childminder, caring, dedicated and highly knowledgeable about children's developmental milestones. I always felt completely confident in her and I know both my children loved their time with her and benefited enormously from her nurturing and engaging setting. Carmel created beautiful scrapbooks of the children's time with her that we still love to look through. At one point my daughter asked about a friend "does she have a Carmel?" meaning does she have a childminder - we wish that all children could have our Carmel! We will always be grateful to Carmel for the huge and valuable contribution she made to our children's early years.

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