I cannot sing Maria's praises highly enough.

I feel like I've struck gold.

Maria is so friendly, so kind, so thoughtful with my daughter and all the children, so dedicated to development and education but, just as importantly in my opinion, 100% dedicated to fun, exercise and the outdoors.

How Maria plans and crams as much as she does into every day is beyond me AND she teams it with endless energy. The creativity that my daughter is involved in every week is so fulfilling from a parents perspective: including painting, sponsored walks for charity, messy play, learning about seasons and diversity, being taken to see the planes take off at Southend airport, to the beach, lots of reading, 'pyjama days' (where Maria also wears a onesie) and so on.
The food also always seems of a high standard too which was one of my most important criteria when finding a childminder.

I could not be happier as a parent and feel very lucky that my daughter is in this environment on a daily basis.

Thank you, Maria!