Having not lived in Retford long when I had my first child, I didn’t know what to do for childcare. I had never considered a childminder, but while I was looking at nursery’s someone recommended Tina to me… Sending my children to Tina is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made!

Tina is always so welcoming, helpful and knowledgable . My daughter has developed so many positive attributes through going to Tina. Her confidence and determination have flourished, and I have to credit Tina for this. Tina has helped develop her speech and language tenfold, along with her manners, and we are just starting to develop her reading and writing along with Tina’s advice. Tina has also helped and supported us with our child’s potty training and eating habits.

In terms of the activities Tina does with the children, we couldn’t ask for more. They do arts and crafts which our daughter loves and has really improved her mark marking, which is now evident with us teaching her to write her name.
Tina does all the fun things we would ideally be doing with the children if we weren’t at work. She gets them outdoors, walking, running, jumping, climbing, improving not only their physical skills but also their enjoyment of the outdoors and nature. They go to both outdoor and indoor parks, toast marshmallows, choose books at the library, attend playgroups, farms, take part in handling animals, picking fruit, and lots lots more.
Socially our children have excelled through visiting Tina.

Tina accommodates the flexibility we need with us working shifts, and is so understanding and helpful with the difficulties this causes us.
We are kept updated about what they’ve been up to and how they’ve been during the day.
Tina’s own children are really polite and well mannered, and good with the childminder kids.

When we had our second child there was no question as to where we would send her. both our children have developed really well with Tina and they thoroughly enjoy themselves.

Regardless of the benefits of how Tina develops the children, the most important thing to me is that my children are happy, content and safe, and I certainly know this is the case with Tina.

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