Our daughter, Violet, started with Samantha after a bad experience with another childminder. With the previous childminder Violet would sob each day I dropped her off, begging me not to leave her. And then we found Samantha….

Violet settled with Samantha after day one, and since then has run into her house with a huge smile on her face (closing the door on me without so much as a backward glance!). Every morning we are greeted with enthusiasm, you can tell that Samantha loves looking after the children, it was so reassuring leaving Violet each day knowing she was happy and well cared for.

The setting is fantastic, the toys are age appropriate, fun and educational, and the food menu changes daily (always home cooked and healthy!). Outside of her home setting, Samantha arranges fantastic days out for the children (in their little hi-vis jackets), to beaches, museums, parks (to name a few), Violet always loved days out in Samantha’s car (fabulous minibus).

I felt that Samantha quickly became part of our family, Violet will miss her and I will too. We were so lucky to have found such a wonderful childminder in Samantha, she is kind, approachable, bubbly and down to earth, we honestly couldn’t have asked for better.

Samantha has Zizi & Tracy working with her too, and I should also mention that they too are wonderful, the ‘Couper Childcare Team’ are just fantastic, I cannot recommend them enough!

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