What can I say about Barbara? Honestly, she is the most loving, nurturing, encouraging, caring, active childminder I know. My son Arthur has been with Barbara for 2 years. He is starting school and we, as a family, are so sad Arthur is leaving.

She has been a fantastic childminder to my son. Every day is an exciting day and my son has never not looked forward to going to her house. Arthur went Mon-Thurs 8.30-4pm. This is a long day for a child so young and as any parent, you always worry about leaving them but I can honestly say Arthur would've stayed longer if I let him.
He was treated like a member of the family by all of Barbara's family including her husband and her two children when they visited.
Arthur would go to Willows farm and paradise wildlife park weekly and always looked forward going to parks, groups and to the seaside.

A really important quality I wanted in a childminder was for them to keep my son in a routine and introduce new things to him like food.
Barbara would cook beautiful home cooked food my son and often took home cooked food out with her when they ventured out for the day. She would always use fresh ingredients and he would have fresh fruit daily. He often ate foods with her he wouldn't eat with me so I was really impressed.

The setting in which Arthur is in daily is beautiful. Barbara's house is a home and is stunning. She has a very large play space for the children both indoors and outdoors and her home is spotlessly clean. My son has been taught so many beautiful manners like not eating when walking around and to sit at the table when having food which I think is a really lovely quality to install in to a child. I love how Barbara also talks to the children. Always gives them time to talk and voice anything they need to and she will always give her 110% attention to the children and explains everything she does or anything that's needs explaining. Little things like teaching my son to put his own shoes on and having the patience to sit and talk him through it no matter how many times he would try putting them on the wrong feet.

Barbara is honestly a superstar!

I could not recommend her highly enough ❤️

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