Our son has been with Paula since he was a year old, and he's now been there 9 months. We are really thrilled with his progress - he can name colours and shapes, sing songs and count objects. He has also learnt to say his please and thank yous! He happily goes in when we drop him off and it's clear Paula ans her assistant Shannon have a great relationship with the kids.

Paula has a lovely, bright and very clean house with lots of toys and activities for the children to occupy themselves with. There is a great garden so the kids spend lots of time outdoors. I love getting photo updates on all the things my son has been doing throughout the day. Paula and Shannon also take them out on little trips during the day which is great.

All of the children seem so happy there. I love going to collect my son as you can hear all the kids having fun and playing together. I particularly like that Paula looks after some of the primary school children after school as it means my son gets to spend lots of time with older children. He is really confident around older children and I think he learns a lot from them.

I'd highly recommend Paula to anyone looking for a caring, funny, friendly childminder who really brings out the best in children.

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