“Our daughter had a very happy time at Rashadee’s. From the time she started her day trips to Rashadee’s, at six months, until the time she left to go to big nursery, she got on her feet, began to run, learnt to jump, sign, sing, and dance, was read tens of books, messy-played, ate wonderful food, went for walks and to playgroups, developed a taste for accessories and dressing up, and laughed, laughed and laughed. We were happy and feel our daughter was in the best setting we could find: a positive, very affectionate and caring place; a kind, supportive environment, with just the right amount of discipline thrown in.  A warm home. A great start. Thank you again, Rashadee!”

Magdalena’s parents

“Rashadee looked after both our sons from babies to 2 years old. She gave them both a wonderful start – Rashadee is warm, caring, fun and yet also firm, setting clear boundaries and expecting and developing polite and considerate behaviour from the beginning. Rashadee did a wide range of fun activities including cooking, messy play, a wide range of toys and puzzles and plenty of outside play at the pond, parks and the wetland centre. Rashadee cooks nutritional and delicious food (often organic) – which we have enjoyed ourselves at the family parties she organises twice a year. She also helped them both develop a love of reading and helped them learn to count. Rashadee is a fantastic childminder and we would recommend her without hesitation.”

Joel and Ethan’s parents

“We were so lucky to find our daughter a place with Rashadee.  She provides a safe, creative, instructional, fun and nutritious environment for her charges, both at her home and on a wide variety of adventures outside.  Every day seems to bring different activities and recipes and how she finds the time to plan it all is beyond us. Elena’s development during her time with Rashadee and the other children was amazing to see.  She pretty much learnt to speak, to play games, sing songs, try new foods…   It took her only a couple of days to settle at the very start and since then she’s looked forward to going every day, and been disappointed on her days off. We couldn’t have hoped for a better childminder in Barnes.  We’re only sorry their time together had to end but we’re moving abroad.   Whoever takes Elena’s place will be as lucky as we’ve been.”

Elena’s parents

“Rashadee is loving and gentle with the children in her care. The children get lots of cuddles and reassurance and our son quickly  felt comfortable and safe with her. Rashadee also stimulates the children’s minds. She takes the children out into Barnes to the common, pond and the Wetland centre often and uses these outings to teach the children about the world. She also goes out of her way to engage the children in interesting activities and regularly takes then on outings to museums, theatres and parks. Rashadee has helped our son develop his verbal and number skills. We feel very lucky that Rashadee had been our son’s childminder. And over the course of the three years she looked after our son (1-4 years of age) she became a part of our family.”

“Our daughter Lucy absolutely adores Rashadee.  Rashadee is more than our childminder or friend; She is now part of our family and always will be.  Rashadee has a real understanding and empathy for children, encouraging them to flourish and have fun.  She strikes the balance in providing a safe, caring and nurturing environment, whilst also setting clear boundaries to encourage respectful behaviour.  She puts together structured weekly themes of activity whilst also attending to individual interests and preferences of the children she cares for.  Rashadee provides detailed feedback of the days activities. When Rashadee first cared for our daughter, she was allergic to milk and all milk products.  We were reassured that as Rashadee is also a registered nurse, she would take Lucy’s allergy seriously.  Rashadee not only accommodated Lucy’s allergy, but ensured Lucy had alternative foods so she didn’t feel she was missing out from what the other children had to eat.  Rashadee is also a fantastic cook, cooking nutritious and varied food from scratch. We’d thoroughly recommend Rashadee as a trusted childminder.”

Rashadee was our childminder for our son from the age of 1 until nearly 4. We only moved him from Rashadee’s when we moved away from the local areal.

We highly recommend Rashadee as a childminder as we were so pleased with every element of the care he received. Rashadee creates a loving and caring environment where our son developed, grew in confidence and was happy. Her home was a welcoming place where he felt at home and went happily daily.  

Rashadee was always taking the children on trips out; kew gardens, the wetlands centre, gardening club  etc. We were so pleased with all the opportunities he had with Rashadee. It was great that he was not confined to the same place 5 days a week. These experiences developed his confidence and contributed to his willingness to always join in group activities.  

At Rashadee’s he got a varied diet of home cooked nutritious food. This took the stress of meals from us and aided his interest in food. He will try anything now and has very adventurous tastes. The children always sat for meal times together which was so nice. 

Rashadee always kept us informed of how our son was progressing and what he was doing. It was so great to see what he was up to everyday. He learnt so many things with Rashadee, all whilst having fun and being outdoors. We had parent evenings to discuss how he was developing. 

Rashadee is an ex nurse, so welfare and health were never a concern. On the rare occasion when our son was taken ill, Rashadee was calm and dealt with us and the illness very well ensuring his health was the priority. 

We are sure the energy and care Rashadee put into our son helped him develop into the happy and confident little boy he is today. We are so grateful for the time he spent with Rashadee during the vital years of his development.

Freddie’s Parents