After meeting Dawn for the first time, I knew that I wanted my 6 month old to be in a mixed age, small setting. A year on and he continues to amaze us daily by doing things he has learnt with Dawn and picked up from the other children. He bought his first painting home at 11 months old and has always included in everything the older children do - crafts, cooking, singing, reading. There is nothing that they exclude him from for being too young.

All of the food is healthy and home cooked which he loves and there is no fussiness at all - he never stops eating! On top of healthy eating, Dawn puts a great emphasis on manners and he's learnt very young to sit nicely when eating, say thank you and even put his hand over his mouth when coughing.

I cannot rate Dawn highly enough for the boundless energy she puts into everything she does with the children and the photos on babysdays every day makes me feel like I'm there with him when he does his cooking and painting.

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