Zahra26's Reviews

Wonderful childminder with home-from-home setting

My little one, T, has been cared for by Zahra since he was 11 months old. She is a wonderful childminder, nurturing his development with care and kindness. It was important to me that T was looked after in a home-from-home setting. And when Zahra welcomed us into her setting for our first visit, T and I both knew we were in the right place. He was really relaxed and happy there, and so was I.
Zahra takes great care in rotating the activities children have available and involves them in suitable, constructive play indoors and outside (in an awesome garden that T loves). T's language, social and motor skills have come on so well since he's been with her.
Some of things we appreciate most are being kept up-to-date each day with photos and videos, Zahra sharing details of T's achievements and funny stories about what he's been up to, the stable and loving feel of the setting, the nutritious home-cooked food Zahra serves and the relationship he's formed with Zahra and the other children. T comes home calm and happy and tell us about all the things he's been up to. We're often jealous!
If Zahra has a space for your child, I would snap it up now. She's an absolute star!

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by AlNo about Zahra26 on 13/03/2023

Brilliant childminder

Zahra has a real gift of making children feel welcome, comfortable, and relaxed in her care. Our daughter settled in really quickly at Zahra's and loved going there in the mornings. She would come back home happy, relaxed and with lots of stories to tell about playing with her little friends or making various crafts with Zahra. I particularly appreciated Zahra's calm and positive manner, graceful and confident limit-setting, and a real sense of humor when describing to us some of our daughter's behaviors or interactions between the children.
I was quite anxious about my daughter attending daycare, as she'd been with me prior to starting at Zahra's for 2.5 years. Zahra was very understanding and supportive. We steadily increased the number of days per week my daughter was spending with Zahra, and now I see that we were very lucky to get the place! It's truly a home-from-home environment. I wholeheartedly recommend Zahra's childcare.

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by Mila about Zahra26 on 20/12/2022

One in a million!

My daughter Nela started at Zahra Childcare on September 2016.

I was naturally anxious about parting with Nela but when I dropped her off for the first full day I felt very relaxed and completely at ease that Zahra is providing the best care for my daughter and since then I’ve had no concerns whatsoever. Nela settled in very quickly. She is a very happy little girl, and comfortable in Zahra’s environment. She is developing quickly during her time with Zahra. I am always well informed about her time as Zahra provides a daily diary with photos detailing activities undertaken, meal time information, even down to nappy changes. We also speak every day and it is a good two way relationship in looking after my daughter. We have a similar approach to discipline and discuss any issues that have arisen. Zahra also provides a very healthy environment, examples are:
• the high standard of cooking and range of foods – especially fruit and veg;
• the amount of outdoor exercise Nela gets both outside Zahra’s house and walking to school.
Whenever I arrive to collect Nela she always has a smile on her face and has never been desperate to leave, I think this demonstrates how secure she is with Zahra.

As a Working Mum, I've been under a lot less pressure at work as in Zahra we have a fantastic yet reliable Childminder who always goes out of her way to help not only the children but also their parents.

I know that Zahra has excellent knowledge on how to get the best out of all the children in her care, and provides a very entertaining and stimulating environment for them all. She follows the Early Years Foundation Stages to ensure all the children she cares for have the right learning and development through play and games. Her home is a clean and safe place for children. She has a really lovely manner, she always seems kind, calm and patient with children and all of them are happy and well behaved.

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by Parent about Zahra26 on 14/09/2017