Jak's Reviews

Fabulous

We’ve not long moved to Starcross and found Jak through recommendation. How pleased we were! She’s kind and welcoming, helpful & thoughtful. Our daughter has thoroughly enjoyed her time with Jak and comes home ‘buzzing’ from her after school sessions. Her family are lovely and Simba is melt your heart gorgeous. Jak has always been super flexible which is great for us as we have changing needs. We can’t recommend Jak highly enough.

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by Sam about Jak on 09/10/2018

Exceptional Childminder.

Jak has looked after our daughter since she was 10 months old, she is now approaching 2 and absolutely loves her time with Jak. Jak is caring and fun but also consistent and safe in her approach to looking after the children in her care. I especially love that the children often get outside and have a day packed with learning and play. She takes time to cater for the individual needs of each child and is amazing at keeping a dialogue between herself and us the parents to keep us updated and informed about what our daughter is up to. I trust Jak completely with looking after my daughter and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for childcare in the area.

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by Rosie about Jak on 06/10/2018

Warm, caring, fun lady; lovely welcoming home

What really stands out about Jak is how much you can tell she really cares about the children she looks after - this is something that a number of mums in the area who use Jak's services have agreed on. She is a very warm, caring, friendly, fun person who is fantastic with children of all ages. She has a lovely warm, welcoming home with a wealth of wonderful toys that my little boy loves! She also has a gorgeous, gentle golden retriever who is so good with all the children - my little boy is so confident and gentle with dogs now as a result and loves giving Simba big cuddles. Jak is always creative in coming up with different ideas to fill the day, which often involve getting outside and exploring nature and sends me fantastic photos of what he's doing every day. She always provides a range of tasty home-cooked and healthy food and my little boy always has a big appetite when he stays with her. She's also brilliant at being calm and soothing him and the other children to sleep with stories. She encourages children of different ages to socialise together with different activities which can be made relevant to a variety of ages, and always encourages the children to be kind and helpful to each other. Her own children are also very caring and good with her mindees. She often meets up with other childminders and local groups in her area too, providing the opportunity to play with different children and toys in another environment. My little boy learns so much from his time with her and has made so many friends of all ages - it is always so lovely wandering round the village with him and hearing different local children call out 'hello!' to him. I always completely trust Jak to look after my little boy as well as she can and, from the first day he went to stay with her, he has always seemed so at home. She will give her time to answer any questions you have and is very reassuring. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

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by Jo A about Jak on 05/10/2018