Rachel has looked after our daughter for 2 years, from age 2 to 4, and she has been a fantastic childminder, helping to develop her in all areas. From the first day, our daughter has always looked forward to going to Rachel’s house. Several times per week she asks: ‘Am I going to Rachel’s today/ tomorrow?’ She’s always sorely disappointed when the answer is no. She clearly gets a lot of stimulation there, with a good variety of toys and activities in the house and garden and lots of outings to parks and other venues. Rachel does some lovely craft activities with the kids, as well as taking them to playgroups, softplay, the community farm and Hanham library for other activities.
Rachel is such a kind, caring, calm and thoughtful person, and her nice house is always immaculately clean. All those clichés about the childminder being a home from home truly apply to her home. Our daughter also gets on very well with the other children in Rachel’s care and with Rachel’s own two lovely, gentle boys. Playing with this small group of friends under the supervision of Rachel has been great for her social skills. Our 5-year-old son sometimes joins his sister at Rachel’s for a few days during the school holidays and he loves it and can’t wait to go.
As our daughter is starting school this year, we’ll soon have to say goodbye to Rachel. We feel very fortunate to have found such a wonderful person to look after our daughter and occasionally our son. We, and they, will miss her lots.

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