On doing the childminder rounds for my 1year old son I visited Maninder at Marvellous Minds. Maninder is very smart with bags of emotional intelligence too. She immediately connected with my son and sparked his imagination with the wealth of interesting toys and stimulus around the room. What I loved was the way she always had an eye on him during our conversation and alway made sure he was occupied and engaged before continuing with our chat.
The space has transformed from her living room (which is huge!) and is wallpapered with all the relevant learning materials for the Early Years Development. There are a wealth of different toys, books and environments. Plus she has a basement with low lighting for nap times. There is also a focus on creativity and art which I liked and not all childminders go in for. Maninder is very easy going and strikes me as a wonderful carer for small children. My only reservation was the distance I would have had to walk from my house to hers, sadly it was a little out of reach for us, but some other lucky family will benefit from her care.