Helen has been the childminder for my daughter for over two years. She is one of the warmest people I know and it has been such as pleasure to watch my daughter flourish in the nurturing family environment Helen creates at her home. She cares for all of the children in her care enormously and understands their individual needs. She instills good behavior in them all and the children benefit from communally tidying up/making food together and so on. Children are stimulated through daily outings and activities and really benefit from being with children of different ages, they feel secure and have made great friends. They do lots of learning through creative play and crafting at home and in the garden as well as when they are out and about. My daughter eats well there and its one less worry to have to do breakfast every day before getting out the door in the morning! Also Helen has been fantastic at stepping in with last minute childcare demands/requests for flexibility.

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