Kerri_D

About Me

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Hi mums and dads!
Thank you for looking at our profile. My name is Kerri, I'm 36 & have two children a daughter who is 13 & my son 5 years. My partner also lives with us who you may occasionally see.

We are a Reggio Emilia inspired, play based, educational approach to childcare.

My daughter loves having the children here and has made some lovely friends not to mention how much all the children love her! I returned to work when my son was 6 weeks old & I’m so happy he has settled with the children.

We have a lovely welcoming home based in Kings road with a log cabin that we work from built just for our childminding. Not only does it have two decking areas and a small barked area, but it backs a woodlands where we will be doing forest school activities. We moved a year ago so the cabin space area is still in progress!

We work with companies world wide reviewing their products, so have a wide variety of resources for our children to explore with!

We care for children from 3montths to 3 years as we do not accept funded hours.
We know that our partnership with parents is essential to create the best learning opportunities for children.

Our children are at the forefront of absolutely everything we do and we believe all children deserve the most amazing childhood experiences.

We strive to create a fun, enticing, educational and inspiring learning environment that facilitates our unique curriculum whilst the children are engaged in PLAY.

We strongly believe that children learn best and thrive when when they are happy, relaxed and taking part in what they enjoy; we feel this fosters a genuine curiosity and love of learning that can last a lifetime.

To achieve this, we provide an environment packed full of open-ended resources and balance of inspiring experiences that are responsive to the needs and abilities of every child, and that is based on both the choices of the children, their individual learning needs along with our aspirations of what they can achieve and what they may enjoy.

Our knowledge and experience focuses us on encouraging your children to have a possitive attitude to challenge, learning and respect.

We are constantly looking for improvement.
Me and Amy are increasingly aware of our belief in putting the child first.

I have an assistant I employ 5 days a week who is my sister. My sister has all relevant checks, NVQ level 2 and 3 years experience in a previous nursery, the kids love her!
A lot of our parents like that childrens naps do not get disturbed to do the school run as Amy is here.

Our outdoor play is where the children are encouraged to take risks, develop confidence and self esteem and explore their natural surroundings.

We plan our holidays a year in advance so it makes parents childcare a lot more easier to arrange.

Children adjust to our routine very quickly and it shows when we are in public too.
Holding hands and good listening is important when we are out and about and we are very proud with all the children in our care.

We have been told by many parents that they can see the difference in their childrens behaviour and development, which is always good to hear :)

I am a big kid myself and full of ideas and love making the children's time here fun, whilst learning through play.

We provide daily diaries so we can communicate at all times.
This consists of food they have eaten, toileting and what we have been up to.

We provide a two year progress check which you will also have with a health visitor as well as a summary every 6 months.

I am always available to contact at any time and know all my parents can come to me if you needed to.
We are lucky to have such great parents to work with xx

We are passionate about our job and when you meet us you will see that too. We enjoy making our own resources and most of them.

We often watch the children play and observe what they like to do with certain objects to then make it into a resource.

Child led play and learning through play is most important in our setting.

We have a waiting list for parents who are enquiring about childcare months in advance, as we have parents contact us that are expecting.

Please contact me for any information or if you would like to see pictures of my setting and what we do.

I can send either by email or what's app.

Look forward to hearing from you x