Daria made a big impact on the development of our older son, supporting him with his fine motor skills with specific movement tasks.
Daria made an enormous contribution to establishing a good sleep routine, eating habits and help with our son’s overall attitude to nutrition. She implemented good daily routines and effective reward systems for good behaviour. She helped improve his concentration level with reading and maths activities. To improve on all of these areas required exceptional patience as our son was born extremely premature and has multiple health needs. The progress he has made as a result of Daria’s care is exceptional.
Daria has helped us with the school settling in process and continues to guide us, parents, through the curriculum, giving support with home learning.
Daria’s knowledge of the art of childcare helped us frame our experiences with our children, understanding what is ‘normal’ and what might come next. In her communication with us parents, Daria has always shown good professional judgment as to when to make recommendations or provide support by simply being there for us. As we are involved in a complex healthcare programme for both our children, Daria often acted as a good sounding board for the information we had received from healthcare institutions such as hospitals. Helping us with the sense-making and decision-making and how to fold our exceptional needs into the everyday life of a child.


Daria’s patience, resourcefulness and sincere interest in child development have surpassed any expectations we have had. As a family, we are enriched by having Daria with us. Our children are more content, competent and confident as a result of all Daria’s good work.


I would whole-heartedly recommend Daria to work in any childcare or educational context.

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