Sue C89

Thoroughly recommend Sue!

Sue has cared for my son from the age of 9months for three days a week and daughter before and after school, since May 2021.

Since day one both children look forward to and ask for ‘Sue days’ during the week. She is always welcoming, warm and friendly. She is reliable and flexible in times when we’ve made slight changes to the childcare. The children feel safe and secure in her care and I am confident that Sue puts their needs first.

Sue has a wide selection of toys and recourses for the children to play and engage with, and a large garden area for them to play in the warmer months. She provides a wide range of activities and has endless amounts of arts and crafts that she uses with the children. With my son in particular, Sue incorporates daily creating, making, experimenting with different media, counting/number work and fine motor activities. If there are any celebrations or world wide events taking place she will go above and beyond to put these into context for the children, providing engaging activities that will help them to understand the event and tailor it to their age. These are all areas that will support him in working towards some of the key Early Learning Goals.

Sue takes my son to weekly playgroups and sometimes Forest schools which he absolutely loves. He will always bring a craft back with him and will clearly articulate what he did and who he saw. These sessions have really helped to develop my sons confidence around adults and children as he can be quite shy in new situations or around unfamiliar people. During times when Sue has cared for both children for the day she has taken them for days out to the beach and has taken them to visit farms. Sue also provides sufficient exercise for my son that is appropriate for his age and little legs, mostly in the form of nature/dog walks and park visits.

We cannot recommend Sue enough. She has supported our children to grow and develop into confident, happy and kind little people.

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by Jessica on 22/08/2024

Response by Sue C89 on 22/08/2024:

ahh thank you they have been a pleasure and so nice to see M grow into a confident little man! All the best for school and the future years xx

I am happy to recommend sue cannings

Mrs cannings has looked after my younger 2 children since 2007: my son from age 6 months and my daughter from when she was 6 years old.

I have been very happy with sue’s care of my children. They are safe and well looked after at all times.

I am especially pleased that my children have bonded with sue so closely; she always takes the time to get to know each child and their interests and caters for these.she is always affectionate and cheerful towards them so they look forward to being in her company. I feel it is a ‘home from home’ for them as sue strives to make them welcome into her family and her home. My children feel like they can trust her like a member of our family.

Sue’s own children are a credit to her.; they fully interact with all minded children in a very positive way, and are like extra brothers and sisters! All the children are treated equally and there is no favouritism of any kind. Children of different ages have their needs met equally too, and all the older children are taught to be very kind and helpful to the younger ones.

Sue is extremely kind to any child who is upset or hurt, and has a firm, appropriate discipline in place for the little misdemeanours that happen time to time in any group of children. If you see sue and her mindees out and about you will see their good behaviour and kindness to each other.

Sue’s facilities include a lovely big garden to play in, lots of trips out including to toddlers group which my youngest really enjoyed.

Sue’s record-keeping and routines are very secure and she communicates fully with me about how the children have been. I especially value the folder of photos and daily notebook of comments which I had not had with my previous childminders.

I am happy to recommend sue cannings as a childminder unreservedly.

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by Mumof2 on 13/04/2023

Massively recommend

I massively recommend sue cannings, my little boy has been with her since about 12 weeks. He adores her and is now 13 months. He is confident, social and very happy which makes me happy to crack on with work knowing he is in safe hands.

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by Mummsie on 13/04/2023