Marina
Childminder in Dartford (also available for babysitting)
Usually responds within 24 hours
Female Member since Dec 2024 Last Updated Jul 2025 Last Login 06 Jul 2025
My Summary
Little House Montessori Home Nursery
About Me
Hi, my name is Marina and I am a fully registered childminder and qualified Early Years Montessori Teacher.
I aim to provide a safe, warm and friendly environment where the children can play, learn and develop under the EYFS framework and Montessori philosophy.
Please contact me to discuss your individual needs.
I live with my partner and my two young children. We are located in South Darenth, Dartford and live in a large 3-bedroom semi-detached house with a fully enclosed garden and fully equipped playroom.
We are a totally smoke and pet free household.
Both myself and my partner are fully CRB checked.
Funded hours available.
My Experience
20 years of experience working within Outstanding Day Nurseries and primary schools.
My Qualifications
Montessori teaching qualification (birth to 6 years).
Bachelor degree in Modern Languages.
My Availability
All year round
Monday to Friday
7.30am until 5.30pm
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| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 02/07/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £12.00 per hour
- Childminding from £7.00 per hour
£7 per hour
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 Documents
- UK Driving Licence (added 04/01/2025)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Marina. 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.
My little girl has been cared for by Marina since April and I couldn’t be more grateful for what Marina has done for our daughter.
This setting is second to none! The physical learning environment and resources are remarkable and are regularly enhanced to reflect the children’s interests and present learning. Marina is constantly striving for excellence and children now have free flow access to learning indoor and outdoors. Provision reflects the requirements of the Early Years Curriculum ensuring children have all necessary opportunities to develop and flourish.
The initial reason for wanting a childminder instead of a private day nursery is because we wanted a “home environment” for our child and felt a nursery would be to formal and institutionalised. With Marina, I believe children get the best of both.
My daughter has built strong bonds with Marina and her family. She honestly loves going there and looks forward to seeing her and all her friends.
Marina ensures I am fully informed of my daughter’s stage of development, I am informed of her strengths and next steps and together we work on these to ensure my child is making progress in all areas.
Communication between me and Marina is excellent. We use baby’s days app, whatsapp, emails and phone calls.
In addition, I like that Marina is incredibly flexible and accommodating, she goes above and beyond her role for the needs of the children and families she works with and is more than helpful if parents need additional days or hours than normal.
I couldn’t recommend Marina enough, for us it’s been the best decision we have made for our daughter so far.
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Laura
on 30/06/2025
Marina was my daughter’s teacher at preschool. She also helped me with occasional babysitting as I really couldn’t trust anybody else.
The activities she organises are both educational and fun.
She really does her best, I could see all the kids loved her. They would run towards her and hug her.
I can’t be grateful enough for everything she did for my daughter. She grew up into such a well mannered, polite and kind little girl. Not only she learnt to read and count, but she also learnt to do the house chores. It was so fun to see her folding clothes, cleaning the table, taking care of plants, and so much more.
Unfortunately, Marina moved too far from us and we can’t get help from her anymore.
But I would definitely recommend her to any parent who needs peace of mind.
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Isabelle
on 27/02/2025
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