Syeda's Reviews

Dedicated, kind and careful

My son was with Syeda 3 days per week from 1-2 and we still see her for babysitting and extra cover. Our experience has been extremely positive - things I've particularly appreciated are Syeda's attention to detail, to each child's individual interests and preferences, taking time to set up lots of different activities and modifying them to each child, her clear love and appreciation for the children in her care and seeing them grow and develop, her extremely thorough updates every day, and the care she takes with providing very healthy varied meals. Her space is great for young children, loads of resources for learning and fun, and she mixes up the activities outside the home as well. Our son loved going and settled very easily, and is still friends with both Syeda and the other children he met there. Highly recommended.

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by Jess on 21/02/2024

Response by Syeda on 21/02/2024:

Thank you very much Jess for your lovely review. I highly appreciate your precious time to write it about what you felt. It’s all inspiring and helps me to motivate and focus on good practice within my little childminding setting .

Best wishes and love
Syeda

Two brilliant and loving years with Syeda

We sent our daughter to Syeda from 1- 3years old, two days a week, when I went back to work full time. I couldn't be happier with the care she received from Syeda and her partner. They're both very loving, calm, fun and very knowledgable in caring for young children. I felt incredibly secure and reassured leaving my baby there for a 10 hour day, something I was really apprehensive about. It's very dependent on your child and circumstances but I personally also felt we made the right choice going for a childminder rather than a larger nursery with more children, as our daughter was able to form really close bonds with the two/three other children she was with during her two days.

My daughter was quite anxious and clingy when settling in, she cried a lot when I left and as you can imagine it was an emotional time for me too. Syeda was brilliant at calming and distracting her and 20 mins or so later I'd get an update saying that she was happily playing with her new friends. A few sessions later, my daughter would look forward to going to her house.

Syeda's setting is colourful, spacious and full of toys. She also carries out lots of activities with the children during the day (water fun/learning about sinking and floating, playing with sand, using a magnifying glass to look at toy insects, playing musical instruments, reading, disco dancing with flashing lights, visiting the nearby park and childrens centre) and it was great to get photo's of their play and meal times during the day. The food she provided was varied and healthy. She's naturally responsive to a childs individuals needs and seems to have a knack for engaging with them on their level, whilst also being firm when she needs to be (making sure they stay out of danger when out and about). Syeda was also great at making developmental recommendations or suggestions to us which I found really useful. I also noticed my little girl started using makaton sign language for key words that Syeda taught her, which she still uses now.

I feel incredibly lucky that we found Syeda on this site without a personal recommendation. She was hands down the best childminder we could have hoped for. Thank you Syeda for everything, we miss you!

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by Ivy on 07/09/2020

Response by Syeda on 19/09/2021:

Thank you very much Ivy for this lovely review.

A nursery in a home

The environment in Syeda's home was perfect for our 1yr old son. There was a lot of space for him to roam around and two different playrooms to choose from. Syeda has her place set up as you would see a nursery - so many toys, learning opportunities and cultural references on the walls. It felt different from some of the other childminder's we'd visited in that sense. Syeda is highly qualified and has some of her certificates on the walls which made us feel confident leaving our first born for the first time!

Syeda herself is really sweet and playful with Samuel. Always singing songs and introducing him to new things. She was also a master of distraction when I had to leave and I could see Samuel beginning to get upset! Syeda absolutely puts the children first. If they need to sleep, they stay in and have a good sleep; if they're bubbling with energy she'll take them outside for trips to the park or other places. Syeda kept in touch throughout the day with info on Samuel's eating and sleeping and nappy changes and sent photos of him happily playing which made us feel like he was in very happy, safe hands. I feel that Syeda really got to know Samuel and created a strong bond in the short time that she was with him. Syeda is a very kind, big-hearted and open-minded person. We couldn't recommend her more highly :)

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by LJH on 10/12/2019

Response by Syeda on 10/12/2019:

Thank you so much LJH for leaving a nice review.
Best wishes
Syeda