Maxine soon became part of our family. Our son started with her when he was 11 months until he turned 3 and he absolutely loved it there. The amount of care, dedication and love she offers you won't find elsewhere. We visited a number of child minders and hands down Maxine is the best. Our son flourished under her care and we love that she only takes early years and not a large number of children like other places. It was his home away from home. We still keep in contact with Maxine and if we ever had another would definitely use her again. Her home is clean and pet free which is another plus. She exposes them to a number things like toddler groups, different parks, post office, shop where she teaches them numbers, colours, etc. Her vision and way with children aligned with our gentle approach and that's important when looking for the right person who your child will be spending a lot of their time with. Plus she uses common sense...if the children are under the weather or its cold season she doesn't expose them to that which was great. Not many people use common sense these days and our son was rarely sick under her care.
She sends loads of pictures so you know what they get up to and you can carry the theme on at home if you like.
Safe to say we were spoiled by Maxine.

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