I can't speak highly enough of Lisa. Our son James has been with her since he was 1 and is now nearly 3. He will stop seeing her later this year, only because he is starting nursery and we will all be very sad that he won't be going to her anymore, because he's had an amazing couple of years with her. We even stayed with her after moving further away, because he has such good fun with her and she looks after him so well.

Lisa regularly takes the children to toddler group, as well as doing fun activities in her lovely home and garden. She was very helpful and professional and put us at ease when we started with her.

When Lisa has holiday she is very efficient at notifying us in advance and even helps us to find cover, through her contact with other local childminders.

James loves spending time with Lisa, the other children in her care and her own lovely children, who are sometimes around before/after school or during holidays. They have all treated him very well, and he often talks about the children he sees with Lisa when he is with us.

Lisa regularly provides us with updates, photos/diary and works with parents to help improve key skills in these vital early years. She has always been very helpful and supportive if we have had any concerns about James and his stages of development. He went through a bit of a shy stage, and she really helped bring him out of his shell by giving him lots of experiences with spending time with other children and adults. They have done a lot of fun activities together over these two years and he will miss her very much when it is time to say goodbye.

I would recommend Lisa to anyone looking for childcare and as I've told her, I am always happy to be called on for a reference.

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