Gemma has looked after our son from when he was 9 months old until just before his 3rd birthday. He absolutely loves his days with Gemma, skips in happily through her door every morning and adores her and will often ask when his next "Gemma day" is going to be and is always happy and excited to see her. We always feel at ease when he is with Gemma and know that he is so well cared for. Gemma does her absolute best to provide him with a structured day, so that he is always engaged and learning and we feel lucky that as a qualified teacher, she knows exactly how to teach children and help them achieve their potential! He knows all his shapes, numbers, letters, phonics and she has even been teaching him the basics of writing and how to hold a pen etc, so that he is pre-school ready, which is a huge relief and she has spent so much dedicated time with him to help his learning, that a nursery are just not able to offer, which we feel so grateful for. Gemma is always on hand and listen if we have any queries about anything and she is so organised and proactive and we feel so confident in her assessment of his abilities and learning. She also takes time to make sure to take the children out to groups and activities, which we love and he has developed some lovely friendships with other children in the setting. We really couldn't have asked for a better childminder for our son and he will miss her terribly when he goes to pre-school! Thank you so much Gemma, you really are brilliant at what you do :)

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