Jane has been looking after my 2 children, aged 2 and 4 for the past 12 months and we couldn’t be happier with the care she provides them.

Jane has a huge variety of resources and always has something new out to play with and do every day. She is extremely creative and they always come home with amazing art and crafts and other activities that they have done.

She puts a huge effort and thought into planning their days into home based educational activities, which she often links with things we have done at home (days out etc). They also love the trips out to the park/nature walks and meet up with the other local childminders.

Jane has been very flexible and accommodating working to our routine and helping with potty training/pick ups from nursery and particularly helping the children settle in.

She goes out of her way to make the children feel at home, with lots of lovely personal touches just for them and selecting games/activities based on their likes/preferences. She also keeps a close track on their development, and pushes them to learn/expand their knowledge and skills. They also get along brilliantly with Jane’s 5 year old son who both of my children are very fond of.

Jane clearly adores children and has a great natural relationship and bond with them. Sadly we won't be using her anymore after this summer due to being linked to a different school from September, but I would highly recommend her as a childminder.

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