Our daughter spent approximately six months with Jass and her family, full time (7:30 am – 5 pm), when she was 22 – 28 months old. Although our daughter was only with Jass4fun a relatively short time, she settled in so well that felt like one of the family almost straight away – she really looked forward to going round to their house and was always very excited to see them all! Going back to work was never going to be easy, but knowing that our daughter was happy at Jass’ really, really helped.

We have seen our daughter develop a huge amount over the past six months – she has learnt countless words and concepts and has become much more outgoing and comfortable with new people, which we are sure is a result of being in such a welcoming and encouraging atmosphere. We took Jass4fun on as childminders initially as we were extremely impressed with their focus on the child: using a large variety of toys and other tools such as music to encourage learning, and we have certainly not been disappointed. As we got to know their family we were continuously impressed by their extremely high standards in everything, from ensuring our daughter was constantly having fun while being developmentally stimulated (she always slept very well after a day with Jass!), making sure that she was eating lovely health food, and even considering the health and safety aspects. At almost two and a half years old, we have been told our daughter is now quite far ahead developmentally – the midwife who did her 2 year assessment was very, very impressed with her language and vocabulary, and certainly Jass4fun helped a huge amount with that.

We also really appreciated Jass’s flexible approach. My work means that I have had to travel quite a bit, sometimes at short notice, which in practice meant us making changes to the routine and our daughter sometimes staying longer hours. However Jass and her family always went out of their way to accommodate us and make our lives easy, which we are very grateful for.

In conclusion, we've moved around quite a bit in the last couple of years and have had several childminders - but we were absolutely delighted with the care that Jass4Fun provided and cannot thank them enough. We are extremely sorry to be leaving the area again now so it is necessary to find a new childminder, but would highly recommend Jass and her family to anyone looking for a childminder who really cares.