When we moved to the area 5 years ago, our child was 3 and had almost exactly a year before starting school. We were moving from another Childminder so I thought I knew what to expect in terms of level of care etc. Petina made us completely at ease and we started our time with her - week 2 she asked to talk to us one eve and told us that our son’s fine motor skills were not at the level she would expect and she was concerned that this would hold him back when starting school - but she already had a plan for working with him while he was there and gave us lots of ideas for what we could do at home to help as well. This is just one example - there are far too many to list here.

When we had our second child there wasn’t even any thought that he wouldn’t be at Petina’s when I went back to work. She worked with us to do a phased introduction from 9months and he’s loved it from the first day. The difference in his communication, confidence, fine motor and other learning from being there from the start has been notable - he has just turned 3 and is so much further ahead than our eldest was when we first arrived here.

Petina and Shay give personalised care and are able to adapt to needs of the children specifically and quickly - not just because it is their job but because they genuinely love and care for the kids and want the best for them while having fun. Our eldest is still there for school wrap around care and his favourite thing is ‘all the trips out and lots of time outside’. Our youngest loves all the play and the music man visits!

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