What really stands out about Jak is how much you can tell she really cares about the children she looks after - this is something that a number of mums in the area who use Jak's services have agreed on. She is a very warm, caring, friendly, fun person who is fantastic with children of all ages. She has a lovely warm, welcoming home with a wealth of wonderful toys that my little boy loves! She also has a gorgeous, gentle golden retriever who is so good with all the children - my little boy is so confident and gentle with dogs now as a result and loves giving Simba big cuddles. Jak is always creative in coming up with different ideas to fill the day, which often involve getting outside and exploring nature and sends me fantastic photos of what he's doing every day. She always provides a range of tasty home-cooked and healthy food and my little boy always has a big appetite when he stays with her. She's also brilliant at being calm and soothing him and the other children to sleep with stories. She encourages children of different ages to socialise together with different activities which can be made relevant to a variety of ages, and always encourages the children to be kind and helpful to each other. Her own children are also very caring and good with her mindees. She often meets up with other childminders and local groups in her area too, providing the opportunity to play with different children and toys in another environment. My little boy learns so much from his time with her and has made so many friends of all ages - it is always so lovely wandering round the village with him and hearing different local children call out 'hello!' to him. I always completely trust Jak to look after my little boy as well as she can and, from the first day he went to stay with her, he has always seemed so at home. She will give her time to answer any questions you have and is very reassuring. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

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