Linda has been a wonderful childminder for my daughter, who has been with her for nearly two years. My daughter has always loved attending Linda's setting, as Linda has made it a home from home for her as it is clean, comfortable and, most importantly for my child, Linda has lots of toys and role play activities which she loves playing with!

Everyday Linda takes the children out in the local area for a walk and fresh air, and to play at the park. Pre-covid she also used to take them to rhyme time at the library, the city farm and museums, but she made up for not being able to go on longer trips by doing a wide range of fun activities at home in instead. This includes lots of crafts, baking and messy play, and she always plans fun events to fit the time of year (St. Patrick's day crafts, Queens birthday tea, Chinese lantern for lunar new year etc).

Sadly my daughter has just finished at Linda's as we are moving house, but it was so lovely to receive a large book filled with all the art my child had done in her time there which Linda gave her on her last day. This will be such a lovely thing to keep and show my daughter once she is older!

Linda has shown she really cares about the children she looks after, and my daughter was crying when she knew it was her last day as she is going to miss her so much! She really has been fantastic, and took lots of precautions during the lockdown to keep the setting and children safe, and I really appreciated this (and the fact she stayed open as I am a key worker).

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