Ylva

Exceptional and Excellent Childminder

We’ve been with Ylva for 10 months since our son was 1 years old. As first time parents, she was a guardian for us navigating this new chapter. She has a wealth of knowledge and went above and beyond to provide us with advice.

Ylva is a warm, caring and patient person who loves children. She has a wealth of experience and is always up-to-date on the latest childcare practices. She creates a safe and nurturing environment where children can learn and grow. I also like that she is firm as it encourages my son (and me) to exhibit good behaviour.

Ylva’s home is although a couple flights up, provides perfect exercise for my toddler to practice walking up and down stairs. There is plenty of space to play, both inside and out. Ylva takes the kids to the park outside her place where the children can run around, play games and explore nature. She also takes the children on regular outings to the church stay and play, the London Zoo and school pick-ups.

Ylva provides a stimulating and educational curriculum based on the EYFS. She tailors the learning to my son’s needs and has an extensive collection of toys and educational material.

Ylva is also very communicative. She sends us regular updates on our son's day, including photos and videos via WhatsApp. She is always happy and quick to respond to our questions and concerns.

Ylva is also very careful and well trained in handling allergies, which was a non-negotiable for us as our son has a peanut and egg allergy. She was very considerate in certain situations to ask if it was okay to have cake in the same room.

Overall, Ylva is an excellent childminder and deserves the Outstanding rating from Ofsted. We highly recommend her to anyone looking for a childminder.

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by Julie about Ylva on 12/07/2023

Can't recommend Ylva more highly - she's wonderful

I can't recommend Ylva highly enough - she is an excellent childminder.

Ylva took care of our daughter from when she was just a baby until she was a full-blown toddler, and we have all adored her the entire time. She is just as wonderful with babies as she is with toddlers and older children. Ylva is warm and loving and incredibly experienced and knowledgable. She pays careful attention to your child's specific needs and she tailors her care for them. She's both warmly attuned emotionally and always thinking about helping to promote their development in age-appropriate ways - play, song, movement - and she manages to somehow create an evironment that is fun, filled with learning, clear & helpful boundaries (our daughter would sleep at Ylva's and do things like take off her shoes with Ylva, even if she wouldn't at home), and the children just flourish. Ylva is also super communicative and clear, which makes working with her very easy, and she's so thoughtful about things like the children's food.

Our daughter was always wanting it to be an 'Ylva day', she always went to Ylva's with enthusiasm, and we always felt confident that she was in excellent, caring hands. As first time parents, Ylva was also incredibly helpful and supportive for us, while we learned to navigate parenthood!

We wish our daughter could have continued with Ylva forever. We only finished because we were told if our daughter didn't start at the nursery now, she wouldn't be able to have a place when she was older. I wholeheartedly recommend putting your child with Ylva, she's the best.

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by SophieM about Ylva on 05/03/2023

Excellent!

Ylva is absolutely wonderful. She is highly experienced, caring and nurturing, and the needs of my child and health were always at the forefront. She creates such a wonderful environment at her home, with so much stimulation for the little ones. She also provides a large variety of activities and walks/ outings (the science museum) and knew where was good to go with children. We got updated with our child’s activities over the day and also many photos each day. She is very flexible and accommodate as well. I very much recommend Ylva to anyone looking for childcare.

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by Toti about Ylva on 12/08/2022

OUTSTANDING CHILDMINDER, COULD NOT RECOMMEND MORE!

Ylva is a wonderful childminder and my husband, myself and our daughter could not recommend her more highly. She goes above and beyond for the children she cares for- teaching them healthy routines, providing nutrious meals, and taking them on educational outings around London (including the transport museum, natural history museum, local zoo, and parks) and is so incredibly talented and caring in what she does. During our time with Ylva, she helped guide us through the different stages of our baby’s development and always provided daily updates and photos of our daughter and what she was doing.

We trust, respect, and appreciate Ylva and all the care she gave our daughter. She is a wonderful carer and educator and we would not hesitate to recommend her to others.

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by Katherin about Ylva on 07/07/2022

Great Childminder

Ylva was like a second mother to my children, while they were with her. She added great value to them each time they were with her, helped with homework, ensured they had fruits and milk at the right time, and they played at the right time. Her home was home away from home for my children and I like the fact that she is such an organised person.

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by Bim about Ylva on 11/10/2021