All the above reviews can be found at https://www.childcare.co.uk/profile/156227
General info from a leaflet about childminders "'Childminder' is a legal term" "Registration is a licence to work with children" "Many childcare experts feel that childmining is the most suitable form of day care for children" "There is a lot more one-to-one care for each child" "lots of chances for outings and for everday experiences" "Research carried out by Penelope Leach..... has shown that children did better socially and emotionally with a childminder than other forms of childcare" "home-from home environment.... is vital for children's emotional development and to their outcomes in later life" "routine in a home setting can be more flexible... than with a large group routine