HelenH7's Reviews
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(5 from 8 reviews)
My daughter was in Helen’s care for just over a year: 11 months - 2 years old and was our first experience of a childcare setting and I wish we could have stayed with Helen until my daughter went to school (only reason we didn’t is we moved out of area).
From the get go my husband and I knew Helen was the perfect fit for our needs. She went above & beyond to ensure we all felt comfortable with the set up and adhered to our slightly strange shift working hours pattern. My daughter has loved every single minute of her time with Helen and we have been so impressed with how her setting was ran. As a teacher myself it was so wonderful seeing Helen using EYFS teaching techniques & set ups in her home & garden. Every day was a new experience for my daughter & she always came home with wonderful tales of her adventures at Helen’s. If you live in the area & are looking for a childminder, go and meet with Helen and I can guarantee you’ll understand what we mean.
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Our daughter has been with Helen since the age of 1 (she is now 3 going on 4). As soon as we met Helen for her first day DD took Helen’s hand and walked inside with her to start playing. No hesitation! Helen’s kindness and calmness is the perfect antidote to her robust and expressive nature and it has really helped to shape her character towards a more caring and respectful one.
Helen has created a wonderful family environment where our daughter feels right at home. Everyday Helen sets up a variety of arts and crafts exercises and/or takes the kids on multiple fun excursions and nature walks. Everything from planting daffodil bulbs, Autumn leaves collecting, dancing and singing and just about anything that makes a child smile. We nearly always pick up a happy and satisfied child.
Our home is a bilingual household, so Helen has really helped to develop our daughter’s English, with great results. She sends us daily updates on language and numeracy developments. Even after 2 years Helen is consistent with updates on all the daily developments. It really helps us and keeps us informed so we don’t feel like we are missing out on any elements of our daughter’s early years.
When it was time for our daughter to start going to preschool in 2021, Helen worked with us to find a bespoke solution that would work for all of us. She now takes care of our daughter in the afternoons and during the holiday periods. We are so appreciative of her support every day for our daughter.
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Helen looked after our daughter for almost two years of her life (ages 1-3). When planning to return to work back in 2018, I visited a few child minders before we met Helen and she gave me a that warm, calm and reassured feeling. Plus how she focused on my daughter and interacted with her made me feel at ease. Plus her setting was so lovely each term would have theme, it was child focused, clean and spacious. Helen provided settling in sessions at the beginning and our daughter settled in so well (no tears at all) and became a part of the family.
Helen is kind, caring, attentive, friendly and patient person. Our daughter has always been happy to go to Helen's and always had such an enjoyable time. She leaves with a smile on her face and as she got older would talk happily about the activities and things they have done throughout the day and friends she played with.
Helen provides a fun filled and structured creative learning environment. Our daughter has grown and developed so much during her time with Helen and she supported her through different milestones including potty training.
Helen provides healthy home cooked meals; breakfast, lunch, tea, water, milk and snacks.
Helen would regularly send updates on how our daughter was doing including photos which enabled me to feel at ease when at work.
Helen has a big garden area which our daughter loved playing outside. Helen's activities included trips to park, walks in the woods, picnic lunch and visit to library. Singing, dancing, reading, art and craft activity, baking and educational/developmental adult led activity (tailored at our daughters age).
Helen would go above and beyond for our daughter and I can honestly say I felt safe and reassured our daughter was being well cared for and looked after while I was at work.
As well as a daily update to let us know how she was doing, she would provide a regular end of day update including food she was offered, what she ate, naps, toileting etc.
Helen celebrates birthdays and other important occasions eg mother and fathers day, easter and Christmas etc. And it was so lovely to receive handprint cards which we will treasure.
We can't thank Helen enough for the support and care she has given our daughter and the positive impact she has had in her life. We will miss you and your lovely family so much.
So yes, we would HIGHLY recommend Helen as a child minder, she is Amazing and does such a Wonderful job.
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Helen has looked after our daughter for close to a year now. Our daughter settled in straight away and we felt very comfortable leaving her knowing she was in excellent hands. She loves going to Helen in the mornings and often runs straight in without a look back to say bye.
The activities Helen plans are well thought out and planned and with the updates during the day we can see our daughter enjoys them and is really engaged. They are varied both indoors and out which is wonderful. Our daughter has come on leaps and bounds this year thanks to Helen's work.
Our daughter has some food allergies which Helen was happy to cater for. The food info we get at the end of the day and it is always varied healthy and sounds yummy!
We are very happy with Helen and highly recommend her to anyone looking for a home away from home type environment for their little one.
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Helen has been really amazing looking after my little boy. He has been going to her for nearly one year now and he really loves it there!
Helen has always been going above and beyond for me and my son to make sure he has all he needs and feels well looked after and secure. She is so creative and always has new fun activities planned to keep the kids happy and entertained. There is a lot of educational play too, reading books which relate to seasons and current themes etc. My son is always full of smiles and very happy when i pick him up.
There are always updates throughout the days and photos so i am always involved and dont need to worry at all while being at work etc. I know my son is in the best hands possible and i cant recommend Helen highly enough! Thank you for all your great work and patience - you are amazing!! :)
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Love Helen...She is doing brilliant job and I couldn't ask more...
She gave that warm feeling that she is right person and I won't worry when my boy is in her care... I'm always updated what my boy is up to with the daily sent pictures when I'm at work plus diary when and what he ate, how long and when he slept...I just don't miss anything...
Love you Helen...xxx
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Helen started to look after our son when I returned to work after maternity, straight after his first birthday.
He settled in almost immediately and became part of the family with ease.
She offers a very warm, happy and comfortable environment giving the children space to play and learn using lots of different methods - she is brilliantly creative with messy play.
Helen reports back daily on our sons learning and we also get a report at the end of each term to highlight any key observations made over the last 3 months. We also get a monthly newsletter telling us the 'theme of the month' and anything we need to be aware of for the coming 4 weeks
We have 2 languages within our household and Helen has supported our child's learning through flash cards and nursery rhymes.
She is wonderful and I am so pleased we found her!
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Helen Looked after our 2 year old Twins for a year.
Helen is a very professional, fun, caring,firm childminder and knows exactly what she is doing. I felt that she really cared and looked after the twins and gave them her undivided attention.
Both twins have learned a lot form Helen with regards to them recognising, colours, letters, alphabet, songs, being able to put on their shoes, jackets scarfs etc..
Both twins really had bonded well with Helen and the family which really made myself and my husband feel at ease while we were at work.
I would definitely recommend Helen!!
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