Simona V's 5 Star Reviews
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Below are the 5 star reviews for Simona V. 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.
I’m so pleased we were recommended to Simona, being a first time mum I was pretty anxious about leaving my daughter (11 months at the time) however Simona fully put me at ease and I felt that Abbie was getting all the care and love she needed when I wasn’t there. Throughout the day we get updates on what activities they are doing and topics they are focusing on. By seeing how excited my daughter was to see Simona from an early age just shows how good she is. Simona is patient, caring and will always give time to talk and give advice on your child’s needs. I was looking for someone who would be a caring motherly figure to my daughter and I’m so grateful that I found that in Simona!
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Olivia
on 21/06/2024
Simona began looking after our youngest daughter from 11months old, she is now 3 and attends nursery at a local school where Simona collects her from at 3.20 each day. We are incredibly lucky to have been recommended Simona and have seen the huge impact she has had on our daughters fundamental early years education. Méabh feels at home and safe with Simona and has built a wonderful relationship with her two daughters as well. Simona is highly organised, caring, patient and understanding, she gives regular updates throughout the day via WhatsApp and shares pictures of the wonderful activities they have been doing. Our second daughter has now also started with Simona and even though it can be difficult working full time, I feel like I am leaving my children with a family member and know they will receive the highest possible care.
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Grainne
on 20/06/2024
I am delighted to write a review for Simona, who has been providing outstanding care for my child, Victoria. From the moment we started, Simona has shown incredible dedication, warmth, and professionalism.
She creates a loving and supportive atmosphere that makes my daughter feel comfortable and happy every day. Her nurturing approach helps her to thrive and feel at home.
Every day is filled with fun, educational, and age-appropriate activities that keep Victoria engaged and excited to learn. From arts and crafts to outdoor play, there is always something interesting planned.
Simona maintains excellent communication with us parents. I always receive updates about Victoria’s day, including her activities, meals, and any milestones.
I wholeheartedly recommend her services to any parent looking for a trustworthy, caring, and professional childminder. Your child will be in excellent hands with Simona.
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Coral
on 20/06/2024
The title just says it all. Simona has looked after my boy since he was 11 months old until he turned 3. From the get go, we saw our boy coming home happy and developing so quickly all thanks to Simona. She is loving caring and knows the needs and wants from each child. I love how she has a lovely large garden with lots and lots of toys to play with. She sets up activities on a weekly basis and takes them to the local park. Every time I picked up my son, he just didn’t want to leave. I still paise her to this day, and now my daughter is attending her setting, we didn’t need to look else where, I was adamant she had to go with Simona. Both of my kids settled in really well. We adore you Simona, you’re just so loving and caring with my kids.
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Mayuri
on 20/06/2024
Simona is an absolute diamond. She looks after our son and all the other children in her care, just like her very own. She is honest, kind, supportive, creative and reliable. She has helped enormously to make our childcare experience a rewarding one. Our son loves her and so do we!
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Avia
on 21/02/2023
My daughter was going one day a week to Simona and 4 days a week at the nursery. Since the beginning, she felt comfortable with Simona. When she knows in the morning that she is going to the childminder, her face brightens and she got very excited (happy dance on the bed). She is also enjoying the nursery but I think the setting and the environment at Simona's home are just so special. I get an update on what she is doing during the day and it does look like they have a lot of diverse activities and fun during the day! I don't think my daughter is doing that much at the nursery. It's also great to see my daughter interacting with kids a bit younger and older than her.
Both my husband and I felt really comfortable with Simona. We have the same view in raising children and dealing with challenging moments with the kids. We 100% recommend her as a childminder.
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Korally
on 11/11/2022
Having raised two kids, I never thought childminders like this existed.
I found Simona for my third one, and I can certainly say her active interaction, love, and individual approach to each child is by far, the best care I could wish for, for my little explorer.
Simona always has activities planned for the kids, which exceed what many respectful nurseries do, in different ways, i.e. creativity, educational aspect, social/practical skills, emotional intelligence, and so on. Always organized and positive, Simona will teach children good manners. I cannot recommend her enough! She is truly remarkable! I'm so lucky to have found her. My son loves spending time with Simona. Thank you so much for everything you do! :) xx
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Ellie l
on 02/11/2022
Simona has been a godsend for our little family, when I needed childcare during the pandemic. As an educational psychologist I visit a lot of settings, and I’m quite selective about my own childcare! From her very first message, Simona replied reliably and answered all my questions fully. I was surprised by how easily my daughter settled in, and she is always happy that it’s a Simona Day. Simona sends photos throughout the day, and I love being able to picture what my daughter is up to. Simona’s professionalism has meant that I feel able to raise any concerns I have, confident that we will still have a good relationship.
Simona has boundless energy for setting up engaging activities, and although she is a qualified teacher, she makes sure that everything is play-based, which is important to me. My daughter spends hours each day playing independently, as well as joining in with singing, stories and structured craft activities.
Simona and her family are incredibly kind. Her girls come to the door in the morning, eager to see my daughter, and my daughter especially loves her big girl, who plays beautifully with the little ones. Simona’s kindness extends to the whole family, like providing lunch for my daughter the week of our house move, and posting a card from my daughter to her granny for Mother’s Day. Simona has been very flexible to our family’s needs, and is supportive of my summer-born daughter starting Reception at five.
I have especially appreciated Simona’s calm approach to the pandemic. The children are well informed about the virus and take all sensible precautions but their day to day lives are filled with play and normality. Simona holds a party for each child’s birthday and celebrates every occasion and event, which has filled the huge gap left by restrictions and cancellations in the wider world.
I am so grateful for Simona’s skilled and kind care of my daughter, and I hope our families will be friends long after my daughter leaves to start school.
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BarnetM
on 08/04/2021
We were initially thrown into looking for a Childminder when our eldest son was starting Reception at Whitings Hill and whilst we had always planned for him to go to After School Club this was not available due to the COVID pandemic, let the stress begin.
We searched around for a Childminder and visited a few but did not feel comfortable with those ones as we were looking for someone who would replicate a home environment for our son and not just be an after school club. We then found Simona and thank god we did. We popped over to her lovely warm, clean and safe home and instantly felt that gut feeling you get when you know its the right person. Our son warmed to her straight away and our 2 yr old didn't want to leave which is always a good sign. An important thing for us was that as our son wasn't going to be getting hot meals at school due to COVID that he would get one in the evening and Simona is more than happy to cook every evening for him, even catering to his fussy nature with food.
We get regular Whatsapp photos with him practising his reading and writing there and SImona constantly keeps him entertained with far more imaginative games than we come up with at home. He also has a lot of fun playing with the other children including Simona's daughters.
We honestly couldn't recommend Simona highly enough. She is naturally caring and very professional. Our boy Is extremely happy there and always has a big smile on his face when we pick him up surely that's the only sign you need to know you've made the right choice.
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Jamesb
on 04/12/2020
Our son started going to Simona for two days a week when he was 8 months old. He is now 19 months and goes for three days a week. He absolutely adores Simona, as do we! Although he can be clingy with me at home, our son never minds leaving me when he is going to Simona - in fact he runs away from me happily the moment i drop him off at the door and is always in a great mood when I pick him up again.
Simona keeps us regularly updated throughout the day with pictures of what they are getting up to. She prepares creative and imaginative activities, which are stimulating, fun and educational for the children. I love finding the drawings/artwork in our son's bag at the end of each day! She prepares fresh, healthy meals so I know our son is eating well.
It was such a relief to find someone so trustworthy and loving to look after our son while my husband and I are working (we are both professional classical musicians) - we couldn't have asked for more and wouldn't hesitate to recommend Simona most highly.
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RachelW
on 13/11/2020
We feel incredibly lucky to have found Simona when we did, our daughter was soon approaching her first birthday and my return to work from maternity leave was looming. After a year of the world standing still because of Covid I hadn’t left my daughter for longer than two hours so as a first time Mum I was feeling very anxious about organising her childcare.
Simona invited us round to her house to chat and to meet Nina and as soon as I met her at her front door my gut instinct was that I could trust her to look after my daughter implicitly. She has a warmth and kindness that radiates from her and my daughter was transfixed. It was meant to be.
As a first time Mum I struggled leaving my daughter at first but Simona was an incredible support, what became evident was how happy my daughter was with Simona and the other children and she still beams and giggles when we ring Simona's bell at the start of the day (Nina has been going to Simona’s for three months now).
Simona really looks after your children as if they were her own and I don’t think you can ask for more than that. It is a kind, nurturing and stimulating setting for a child. Simona’s house is beautiful and clean and she is always coming up with new activities for the children.
What was very special for us was Simona organised a birthday party for Ninas first birthday and she came home happy with beautiful home made cards from all the children. So it feels more than a child care setting and much like an extended family.
Simona is excellent at her job and her heart is in everything. She really listens to you and caters for everything and anything.
They say it takes a village to raise a child so I am incredibly grateful to have Simona on my team.
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Emmal
on 12/11/2020
Simona cared for my son when he was 19- 23 months old last year for just under 6 months. My son was in her care from July - December 2019. She was absolutely amazing and the only reason we left was because I am now home with our children. Simona was such a kind, attentive and generous childminder and my son loved his time with her. She was a great communicator, was flexible when I needed it was always reliable. I miss her and wish so much that my son was still in her care. She's highly trained, always available and gave me extra support when I was pregnant. She really was an angel to our family when we needed it the most.
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teresajd
on 01/07/2020
I have known Simona for 5 years now. She was my son’s best friend nanny and now she is my friend. I have always been impressed with the way Simona looked after H. and his older siblings. Always with high standards in the most nurturing environment! Simona is very committed to her job, she does it perfectly and with pleasure. She can easily identify any issue/development stage children might be experiencing (emotional/physical/social/academic), set realistic goals and implement the most variety of fun/interesting ways to work through it. Super effective communication skills and huge heart! For several times I have heard people referring to Simona as the little boy’s mom and I guess that shows a lot of the relationship she has with the ones she looks after :) Finishing this review I would like to add that Simona is a wonderful mom of two gorgeous girls and that you can see in them all I have detailed above. Having Simona as your childminder will make you an even luckier and grateful person, believe me!
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PaulaJ
on 09/01/2020
Simona looked after my premature twins when they were toddlers, to give me a break. I never once worried whilst Simona was in charge and the children loved her. She played many stimulating games and introduced us to a family with whom our children are still best friends. The house was always spotless when I came home, which was very welcome. Simona sets high standards for herself in terms of being a super nanny - and meets them. We still keep in touch and our children like to play together. You won't go wrong, trusting your children to Simona.
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ECHP
on 12/05/2019
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Simona V
on 13/05/2019:
Thank you very much, Elizabeth!
Simona was our nanny for seven and a half years in our busy two career household (I am a doctor, my husband is a lawyer) looking after our three young children. Simona started with us when our daughter was six months old and has known both of our sons since the day they were born. Simona is an outstanding professional. Love, kindness, respect and discipline are at the heart of what she does. She is a qualified teacher and she had a profoundly positive effect on our children's early development and education. She is serious and focused about homework and reading for older children and keenly understands the requirements and learning needs of even the youngest children. She is a happy, loving person who our children adore and she certainly brought the sunshine with her when she would arrive each morning. She is ultra reliable. In all the years she was with us she was never late and never once let us down on an arrangement. She is very organised and considered and always uses her initiative and thinks clearly about things. During her time with us numerous teachers at our children's schools as well as other parents told us how impressed they were with Simona's abilities, character and attitude.
Simona is a consummate professional who works to the very highest standards - a true super-nanny.
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YellowSt
on 18/03/2019
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Simona V
on 18/03/2019:
Thank you very much for your kind words, Saira! I miss you very much!
Simona helped us a handful of times with babysitting in the evenings with our 4 months old baby. She is punctual, reliable, very experienced to deal with most situations that would arise in the house. She communicates very well with parents and makes us feel very comfortable when leaving our baby with her. Highly recommended!
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4400NYC
on 03/03/2019
We were lucky to find Simona through recommendation of the teachers at Whitings Hill School where our daughter attends nursery. Our 4 year old spends 5 days a week with Simona who drops off our daughter to school and picks her up from school to keep her until we pick her up at the end of the day which means all day care for our little one which is only possible because our daughter is very happy to be with Simona. The communication and care is brilliant with photos of activities through WhatsApp everyday and regular phone calls with details and observations too. In our opinion we could not have found a better carer for our daughter. We would recommend Simona as an outstanding childminder.
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dilhan
on 26/02/2019
We feel blessed to have found Simona. Our two girls adore her, and they are learning so many new things in a simulating and happy environment. I suppose the proof is when our eldest says she'd rather stay at Simona's than go to her nursery. A straight 5 out of 5 from us!
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Koalill
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