Nanny K Seesingsay
Childminder in Leighton Buzzard (also available for babysitting)
Usually responds within 1 hour
Female Member since Feb 2011 Last Updated Dec 2024 Last Login 24 Jan 2025
My Summary
About Me
I’ve been registered since 1997 & received Good & Outstanding in my previous Ofsted inspections. I specialise in teaching through song & baby sign & this has particularly useful to the vast majority of families who are bilingual or trilingual that have come to my setting. I believe children hear more words & learn languages quicker if we repeat ourselves by using rhythm & rhymes.
I also have had previous experience of caring for families with twins. I am a mother of 3 daughters who all have finished university & Nanny K to my 2 twin Granddaughters. We live in a large house with a garden and a designated playroom for the children on the ground floor, where they play eat & sleep. It also has a W/C for nappy changing & potty & toilet training.
I enjoy singing the life skills songs with the children that I write to help them with their speech & language, development and to increase their understanding about every day tasks through rhythm & rhyme as we process music in a different part of our brains than we do for spoken word.
My setting provides a warm, caring and stimulating environment where the children in my care will feel safe and secure they are valued and treated as individuals.
Children are given the opportunity to develop physically, socially and emotionally in a home environment.
I don’t do any school runs anymore, this give me more time to allow the children to gain vital life skills like feeding themselves, getting dressed, potty training, teeth brushing & self care.
I am committed to equal opportunity equality and diversity. Helping the children to become confident, caring and independent.
My setting freely allows children to choose a variety of activities for themselves.
These are some of my daily activities include Playdoh, colouring, sticking, painting, singing, stories, jigsaws dressing up, games and a varied selection of toys for all ages and abilities. Which they also are encouraged to clear away afterward, allowing flexible and structured activities in account of their ages and stages of the children. We use the covered outside area & garden everyday. We also attend local toddler group's and visit the library at times.
When the weather permits we walk to the park, enjoy having picnics visit the woods, soft play and use the local sandpit & splash pool.
In my garden it is full of bikes, scooters, toys, slides, see-saw, pop-up tents and tunnels, sand and water play. The playroom opens out directly into the garden via sliding patio doors. The children are encouraged to help with planting flowers and vegetables in the garden and watch them grow and water them.
References available from past and present parents of child minded children.
My Experience
I attended my Childminding in the Home NVQ when I registered & I have cared for children for over 30 years now. Some of the families the children were in my care for over 8 years. I offer a home from home environment for the children to learn and develop in their own time. Working with parents is especially important to me & helping children develop & achieve to their own maximum goals. Working together as a team.
My Qualifications
Paediatric First Aid,
Childminding in the Home NVQ,
Six Areas of Learning & Development
Safe Guarding Level 2,
Food Safety
Food Allergy
FGM Awareness
British Values
My Availability
Opening times: 7a.m to 6p.m.
Availability: Full Time, Part Time, All Year round, or as and when Required.
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| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 31/12/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £15.00 per hour
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
Please contact me for fees
I accept childcare vouchers
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
My Ofsted Inspections
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- First Aid Certificate (added 27/11/2024)
- UK Driving Licence (added 17/11/2022)
- First Aid Certificate: Qualification (added 19/05/2021)
- Exam Certificate (added 12/03/2018)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 12/03/2018)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Nanny K seesingsay. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
I can’t recommend Kate aka Nanny K enough. Our daughter has joined her setting when she was just 17 months old and she was there for a year. This was the first time our little one stayed somewhere else other than home and with someone other than us. Not once she cried or had a bad day. From the settling in date to going full days, she was just so happy to go and stay. Always very happy, always looking forward to go to Nanny K. Kate takes such a good care of the little ones. She is just truly amazing! Our daughter has learnt sign language, different life skills, and been potty trained. She always came home with paintings and lovely cards for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas and Easter. Her development has been amazing with Kate’s help and care. She treats them like her own. Couldn’t have asked for a better place and person to take care of our daughter. We are forever thankful for Kate.
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Rozsa
on 02/10/2024
Nanny K has been our childminder over 4 years with both our children. We fell in love with her setting immediately - it was like a mini nursery with no school runs and being seperate to her own home. A beautiful garden, outdoor toys, games, lights and activities inside.
Our girls have very different personalities but each thrived with Nanny K! I miss the artwork coming home and hearing the songs they've learnt, but we're very luckily to remain friends with other children we met whilst there.
Our eldest went from age 2 when we moved to LB, but our youngest went from under 12 months to age 3 and truly believes Kate is her "Nanny". We left Nanny K's this summer and she still talks about Kate, wants to go to her house and even celebrate her birthday with her.
Kate's home, garden and her family create a loving, fun, safe and warm enviroment for all children under 5. Kate offers flexibility and always gave us an update on our daughter during the day. We often sent our daughter with breakfast and lunch for the day but Kate happily helped with this, she would also provide fruit, including what the children pick from the garden allotment, and managed our daughter's allergies no problem.
Kate's "seesingsay" songs and videos and facebook page were another selling point for us, she loves her work and it shows :)
100% recommend
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NaomiP
on 24/09/2024
Our 18mo had never been to a childcare setting when we found Kate. We couldn’t have asked for a kinder, warmer place for our little girl. She learnt so much from Kate, most importantly life and social skills and toilet training. Our daughter has now started school, but still waves to Nanny K’s house/road whenever we drive past and asks when she can go back and play. I’m so pleased she had Kate’s nurturing in these early and formative years. We are already looking forward to sending our newborn to Kate next year and seeing what he will learn and discover!
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Georgia
on 23/09/2024
We felt so lucky when we found Nanny Kate to look after our little boy who had just turned one. Kate is kind and caring and always creates a fun and engaging environment where children can learn and flourish. Her setting is wonderful with so many lovely toys and resources & Ted loved playing and learning in her wonderful garden. Kate creates fun crafts, and activities for all of the children, and she was key in supporting Ted in learning key life skills such a teeth brushing, potty training and eating with cutlery.
Kate also offered great flexibility for our sometimes changing work schedules & Ted loved his time with Nanny Kate in preparing him for pre-school. We would not hesitate in recommending Kate to anyone!
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Victoria
on 27/06/2024
My 2 year old went to Nanny Kate's 2 half days a week from 16 months old to 22 months and absolutely loved it. Kate is very caring, she was very flexible and did lots of activities that helped with my daughter's development. Having only a small group of kids meant she got lots of one on one care, as a protective mama I felt she was always safe there. She misses and still asks to see nanny K 4 months later!
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Babs
on 02/11/2023
Nanny K was fantastic with our little boy. He always came home with crafts / artwork (including a super cute fathers day card!) And was kept busy throughout the day. The set up is amazing and our little one loved the access to outdoors with the sandpit and swing.
Nanny K was really flexible with the days we booked which was perfect for us due to our job roles.
We would 100% recommend her to anyone!
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FionaJ
on 21/09/2023
I am writing this review filled with gratitude to Nanny K for taking such excellent care of my son. We looked for the right person to look after Hugo for a while and frankly I have given up hope that we will be able to find someone who will be able to provide this "home away from home" stimulating environment. When Kate messaged me, we arranged a meeting right away and I was blown away by the number of resources she uses to occupy the children in her care and her personality too. Kate spent a lot of time on helping my son speak English as it's his secondary language and she even thought him some sign language. My son brought various art and kraft projects home every day.
Kate is a very kind, patient and empathetic person Hugo took to her very quickly and they created an incredible bond. I will forever be grateful to Kate for giving me peace of mind knowing that my child was in the best hands.
Thank you Nanny K!
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iandr
on 23/01/2023
I must of searched through about 45 peoples profile and I felt so lucky that I came across Nanny K.She has a lovely,clean setting separate from her house .This has an en-suite/changing /potty area ,large play room with toys and books galore that is very inviting for any little one and a garden also to play in .She also has an area for the children to eat and colour ordinates everything so the children know what belongs to them .
Since my daughter has been in Nanny Ks care ,we have watched her grow and develop well into a confident happy little girl.
She has come on leaps and bounds with her speech and language and I have Nanny K to thank for this .She also writes her own music seesingsay (can be found on insta and Facebook) and this makes it more fun with the learning for my LO.She does art and crafts too which is really nice and often come home to nice arty pieces my daughter has done .
Besides the excellent setting and wonderful care .Nanny K is the heart and soul of this place .It’s not just a job for her it is a vocation .I feel like she is genuinely interested and invested in having a relationship with my daughter.My daughter also loves Nanny K and comes home happy and calm when collected .I feel confident and reassured that I can go to work and know my daughter is in safe hands .Communication has always been excellent and always contactable when needed .
Thank you for such Wonderful Care.
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Maria
on 10/12/2022
Even though our little Stan had only been with Kate for less than a year he managed to pick up some basics of the British Sign Language, he really loved the setting and could not wait to go to Kate and play with his buddy Hugo. Kate was a great and patient teacher, helped us with all the routines, from potty training through washing hands and eating to midday naps.
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Chris
on 01/08/2022
Kate is absolutely amazing, my daughter loved being with her!
I was in need of someone that could give me a short contract while I was waiting for a space where her older sibling went.
Kate had Riley from 8 months old and she was so supportive of her routine and needs. We were so lucky to find such an amazing person.
Her environment for the children is wonderful, so many activities supporting deveoplment and she got so much messy play!
At every pick up I heard about Riley's whole day and what her favourite things to do were.
Riley really bonded with Kate and we will miss her.
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Julie
on 10/07/2022
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