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Will let you down last Minute without a second tho

This lady was nice when I met her but is clearly unreliable. However people need to know that she will build your hopes up and let you down at the last minute.

From the first day I met her I explained that I was going to university and she would get paid by the childcare grant and it’s weekly payment. This lady was happy with this at the beginning, then a few days before my son was due to start. She send me a text saying she cannot provide childcare now. This then leaves me in a situation where I only have a few days to look for childcare not knowing if I can go to university and work. If KIKO had told me from the beginning she don’t like to be paid weekly and had an issue it’s childcare grant I would understand. Putting people in this position last minute is totally unfair! I’m happy to find out now rather that LATER!!

Don’t agree to things you are clearly not happy with FROM the BEGINNING instead of wasting people TIME that’s my advice to you!!

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by Chantell about Origami childminding on 07/06/2022

Caring, gentle, thorough & very trustworthy

My daughter Élodie has been looked after by Makiko for over two years and we all absolutely love her to bits! She cares for the children as if they were her own and we love getting regular updates about Élodie's day (including photos and short video clips). We cannot be happier with how well Élodie has progressed in Makiko's care and the beautiful arts and craft work she brings home always put a smile on our faces.

Makiko is extremely professional and thorough, particularly when it comes to safeguarding. During the pandemic, she has taken every precaution to ensure that the children's safety is paramount, by closely following the Public Health's advice. She has even created a new safe space for the children to learn and play in, as well as an outdoor hand washing station which is a great idea!

We cannot recommend Makiko highly enough and we thank our lucky stars that we found such a wonderful setting for our daughter.

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by Emma about Origami childminding on 03/06/2021

Response by Origami childminding on 04/06/2021:

Hi Emma
Thank you for wonderful review! It’s been over 2 years already, so fast and so many lovely developments shared with you!
I can’t thanks enough to your support each day!

Best regards
Kiko

Unreliable and unresponsive.

I really want to give Makiko 5 stars as I thought she was kind and I really liked her, but after my recent experience, I simply cannot.

After 2 years of being out of work, I was offered a job that was running a campaign and required a childminder 3 days a week full time hours.
After some extensive research I came across origami Childminding. I was so nervous to leave my son with a stranger as he's only ever been with family for short periods of time, but never a full day. After seeing how qualified Makiko was and upon having our first meeting I felt very reassured and knew my son would do great with her. He seemed to take very well to Makiko and loved the setting. She reassured me that he would do fine.

2 days was all I got!!

After arranging all of my son's requirements and having signed the paper work and making the first payment. My son was due to start his first day on the thursday. Makiko sends updates on your child's progress throughout the day which is lovely and comforting to see at work. Especially when it was my sons first childminder. Day 1 went so well surprisingly and my son seems happy. Later that evening I got a call to say that another child that my son is exposed to was ill and whether or not I wanted him to attend on the Friday. I was happy to proceed as I didn't have much of a choice as there was no one to cover my shift at work. And I knew kids get ill at days ares, it's just inevitable. Makiko had told me she would be doing a deep cleanse so nothing else would be infected.

Low and behold my son suddenly got sick and Saturday he broke into a fever. This wasnt a big deal though and I wasn't upset, it was just unfortunate. Upon initial request from Makiko who asked me in the furture not to bring in my child if he ever was to get sick. I informed her thatt son would not attend on Monday out of respect for other kids not getting ill too. I wanted to make sure he fully recovered first and makiko would still get paid for the days he didn't attend. I also had ample time to inform work and get my shift covered.

I followed all protocol by Makiko and even had my son tested for covid twice (which all came back negative). However on the Monday she messaged me in the morning and told me she was now terminating the contract with her with no explanation whatsoever. This in turn caused me to lose my job on the campaign as there was no one else who could take my son as all other childminders were fully booked. And I was seen as unreliable for furture work.

Devastated and confused i confronted Makiko politely as to why she terminated the contract and also blocked my original account on childcare.co.uk, to which I got no reply. She dropped off the remaining items that was left in her setting (with missing items) and refunded the rest of the month. But I felt like I was being treated like some criminal. I honestly believed everything was go well until this event

I would not recommend this childcare as it is extremely unreliable with devastating results.

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by Crystal about Origami childminding on 31/05/2021

Response by Origami childminding on 31/05/2021:

Dear Crystal
I appreciate the beginning of your review and I agree when you say your son was doing well in my setting, this is all true, he was settling very well and I’m sure he would enjoy here very much, however well-being and safety are utmost important for my setting especially in this current situation and unfortunately you failed to provide me a negative PCR test result as I requested and you also disagreed with Covid-19 government guidelines in which would compromise the well-being and safety of my setting and myself , is also fair to say as you have mentioned to me that your son was attending indoor play centre prior his first day in my setting where potentially he could have been exposed already.

I do wish all the best to your son.

Regards

Kiko is a wonderful childminder

We are so thrilled that we chose Kiko as our childminder for our son. We had chosen to send him to a childminder over nursery as we felt that he would benefit from having a more personal relationship with his carer.

Having sent him to nursery before he was always very apprehensive about going in and despite feeling like this at the beginning he now happily goes into Kiko's house as if it's his favourite place in the world. He has only been going for around a month, so we are very happy with how well he has settled in.

It's really lovely getting updates throughout the day on what he has been up to, and we've found his speech has really developed in the last few weeks being around the children.

I can't recommend Kiko enough. If you get the chance to send your little ones to her setting then you definitely should.

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by Nikki39 about Origami childminding on 20/11/2020

Response by Origami childminding on 20/11/2020:

Thank you very much for wonderful review! So happy to know that my setting is his favourite place in the world!!

Warm, loving and full of smiles

Makiko has been looking after our 2 year old son. Firstly, her childcare set up has been upgraded to a beautiful facility just for the children and not with the main home. The set up is full of interactive toys and mats that kept our little one entertained. She has an amazing huge garden for lots of fun time play and fresh air for the children.

Makiko is a wonderful, experienced and professional childminder. She takes the care and development of the children very seriously. Our little boy settled in really well with her, even after an initial struggle. She figured out very quickly what he liked and made everything available for him to learn and develop! He comes home singing the ‘hello song’ that she does with the children every morning.

Sami’s days are filled with indoor and outdoor activities tailored by Makiko’s qualifications in psychological and cognitive development! He regularly comes home with drawings or something he’s made!

We are regularly updated with pictures of him enjoying the nature walks in the garden, jumping around chasing bubbles or when he’s inside playing or reading books.

We can’t recommend this lady enough. She is an absolute gem, is full of smiles and love for the children she looks after!

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by Hjn about Origami childminding on 13/09/2020

Response by Origami childminding on 03/10/2020:

Thank you so much for your review. Describing me and my setting filled with kind and beautiful words. I am extremely happy and will work even better!
Many many Thank you
Kiko

Amazing!

My daughter is currently looked after by Makiko and she is fab! Always sends photos and updates, has nature walks and outdoor play, creative play as well. My daughter absolutely loves her and settled perfectly with her. She is 18 months old and can sing twinkle twinkle little star in Japanese!

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by Kay about Origami childminding on 14/05/2018

Response by Origami childminding on 14/05/2018:

Thank you so much for this lovely review. I am a such lucky person to have meet wonderful people.

Wonderful childminder

Makiko is Joshua's first childminder. She is calm, patient and really loving. She is wonderful and helpful. Joshua settled very well and always sing a song 'hello Malkiko' in home. He definitely likes Makiko!

Makiko worked very well with me, always communicating and accommodating. She would let me know of any concerns she had about Joshua and would give me recommendations. Even we changed Joshua's childcare time in several times since our need changed, Maikiko did her best to fit our needs.

My husband and I are both extremely happy with the care Makiko has provided and cannot recommend Makiko enough.

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by Parent about Origami childminding on 27/11/2016

Response by Origami childminding on 31/01/2017:

Hi Jane

Thank you so much for your kind review about me here. I'm sorry for not responding to you sooner, cos I didn't know that I could till today. typical me!

Missing you all!
Thank you
Makiko

The best!

My 9 years old Natalia was with Makiko every day after school. She was always soo happy there, she loves her food(she isnt so easy with eating...) and as she said, it was a great time with her:) they did some craft together, origami and even Japanese writing, every day something diffrence. Natalia miss her allready, and i think this is the best recomendation for Makiko. Im really happy that we had Makiko as our childminder, and i will highly recomended her to anyone. She was always on time to pick her up from school, and i was sure that my daughter is in a good hand.Im changing now my working hours,and this is reason why im not sending Natalia to her anymore.Makiko, we miss you very much and we wish you all the best in your work with children:):)Ewa and Nati

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by Parent about Origami childminding on 30/12/2014