Katie's Reviews
Childminder
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Average Rating:
(5 from 10 reviews)
Katie is an amazing childminder. Unfortunately due to circumstances out of our control our little one was only with Katie for a short period of time but he absolutely thrived in her care. He enjoyed days out with Katie to forest school which he loved and lots of exciting activities with Katie at home. She treated Freddie like her own and made a home from home environment for him, it made my return to work post maternity leave so much easier knowing he was in safe hands.
We have baby no 2 on the way and we are hoping Katie has some availability for when this little will need childcare. Would recommend her to anyone!
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Emily
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Katie
on 11/08/2024
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Katie
on 11/08/2024:
Thank you so much for your kind review ☺️
A truly great childminder is hard to find, difficult to part with and impossible to forget.
Katie helped our daughter grow from a quiet 23 month old baby to a happy, outgoing rising 3 year old.
Our daughter has been with Katie, for a school year (9 months) 2 days a week from 08.30 - 4.30pm and always came home wanting to return!
Katie is fantastic at Arts and Crafts, we are always amazed at how imaginative the works of art are that were sent home. She is super thoughtful and we were delighted to receive a mixture of Easter, Valentines, Birthday and Christmas cards, cakes and presents (appropriate to the time of year) for my husband and I packaged up from our daughter.
Most weeks Katie took our daughter to Forest school which was a great hit! Other outings have included a beach day, library visits for a sing-along classes, a local farm with a great playground.
Katie regularly does baby / toddler yoga with them, and sings with the children giving them different instruments to use.
We were always updated regularly throughout the day with whatsapp pictures, photos of what was offered and eaten and sleep times etc.
My daughters days were filled with a mixture of developmental tasks and free play.
Katie is kind, nurturing, thoughtful, patient, caring and so much more providing a home-from-home and any child in her care is extremely lucky.
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Bella
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on 09/08/2024
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Katie
on 09/08/2024:
This is such a lovely review! Thank you so much ☺️
Katie looked after my son and daughter from 8 months old; my son for 4 years and my daughter for 2 years.
Katie offers a truly warm, compassionate home from home in which my children have truly thrived. She has helped mould them into polite and clever little people. I thought I would struggle finding someone I trusted to care for my babies when I returned to work, but it was apparent very quickly that I had nothing to worry about with Katie. I’m so sad she has moved on to a new area, but any children in her care will be very lucky!
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Words can't describe how blessed I was to have found Katie, my little boy was with Katie for 1 year, he started with her at 6 months old. From our very 1st meeting I knew he would be happy in her care. After the 1st settling session all my worries melted away it was like leaving him with a family member. Every day he went there he was happy loved and cared for in the way I would have cared for him myself. As he grew and knew where he was the pure excitement he had each morning as we pulled up outside made my day so much easier, as I knew he was happy to be there in fact he cried when I came to pick him up.
If you're looking for a home from home experience you will definitely have that with Katie.
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Katie is an amazing childminder, so kind and caring. She is completely professional and goes above and beyond for the children and their learning needs. My son was in her childcare setting from the age of one and absolutely loves and adores Katie as do I. He is Gluten Free/Wheat Free/Egg Free and Katie went out of her way cater for his allergies and ensure that he was eating the same as the rest of the children so he didn’t feel left out. I felt completely comfortable leaving my most precious possession in her amazing care as she makes you feel at ease. As a parent you are constantly updated with pictures on how your child’s day is going and you are also given regular progress reports on their learning and development. My sons days we filled with a mixture of developmental curriculum tasks and free play.
Katie is amazing her setting is a home from home and any child in her care is very lucky
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Katie is a truly amazing childminder, she does great job to keep children safe and I have never worried about leaving my baby with Katie. My baby loved spending time at Katie's place , always running to me with a smile on her face.
For me as a parent there was a great communication with Katie, she was helpful, giving good advises and she was very creative to keep baby active.I highly recommend Katie!
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After a few bumps in the road with previous childminder, my son moved to be with Katie. Within weeks we seen a massive improvement from my son which gave me and my partner massive confidence. she goes above and beyond with all kids and does lovely art and craft activities and has brought home gifts for fathers day, birthdays and mothers day. We get regular updates on WhatsApp too. I am so happy how my son has learnt so many skills and adapted to being with other kids. a very much home from home setting which Is great. Couldn't reccomend Katie anymore. She's a great childminder but a great friend too.
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I have had the pleasure of Katie and Corinne who have looked our baby Mason since he was 8 months old. Mason has developed so many skills whilst being with them and the other children.
We have regularly had lovely surprises with artwork from the kids for every occasion, Easter, Mother’s Day, Pancake Day to name a few. We receive photo’s and updates throughout the day over WhatsApp which is a delight.
I’ve never once worried about leaving our baby and the love they receive is as I would expect from a family member.
I cannot recommend using Katie and Corrine enough, they are amazing 🤍 x
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As a first time mum, I was very anxious leaving my daughter with someone. After meeting Katie and Corrine for the first time, I was impressed and happy to have a home away from home setting for my daughter. Not only were my husband and I happy with Katie, but our daughter who was around 10 months (she is 18 months at the end of Jan) at the time took to the setting so well. Katie does so much for us as parents and for our daughter that I could not recommend her enough - from catering to our dietary requirements to sending us daily updates Katie truly is special to our daughter and to me as I could not imagine leaving her with anyone else.
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My 2.5 year old daughter has been with Katie for 3 months now. When my daughter first met Katie, I could tell that she was comfortable around her and the other children instantly. We chose to go with Katie after around 20 minutes of my wife and I meeting her......
For Christmas, she put together a beautiful crafts book of my daughters paintings, a personalised calendar, a christmas tree bauble and loads more. She is so thoughtful and we are so grateful to have her as our daughters childminder. Thank you :)
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