Karen has been a wonderful carer for Leo over the last 2 years. When it was time for me to return to work we wanted a ‘home from home’ environment for Leo as he was still so young (10 months). Karen provided this, but with the added benefit of being part of a wider childminding network. This gave Leo the opportunity to mix with a larger group of children for a few hours a day, whilst having the care and attention of Karen, whom only takes on a few children at a time – a big selling point for us when choosing a childminder.
Over time it quickly became apparent that Leo is a rather bright child, and Karen managed to foster this in such a way that his communication and knowledge are of an exceptional standard – she was teaching him things we wouldn’t even have considered at that point, for example he could count to 10 at only 15 months old!
We are so proud of the child Leo is and know that we owe a lot of that credit to Karen. It is clearly obvious that childminding is more of a passion than a job to Karen, which is what makes her so good at it.

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