Our son started with Joyce at 9 months. From the day he started Wren was happy and comfortable with Joyce, he very quickly became part of her family and was so at home with her. I was nervous of Wren going into full-time child care at such a young age but from day one he flourished. Joyce sends photos and communicates with us every day and everything is about team work.

We get a lot of comments on how advanced Wren's language, and behaviour is. He’s kind, confident and interested, we really credit this to Joyce making learning fun and part of their everyday activity. They do a lot of activities and partake in tidying the toys and putting their shoes away which Wren now does at home.

We would have wanted Wren to stay with Joyce until school but our jobs meant we had to move. I don’t think we will find another childminder we like as much. We want to thank Joyce from the bottom of our hearts for helping to give Wren such a wonderful and loving start.

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