To potential families,
Ms. Katie watched my daughter from the time she was 3 months old to 2 years old. Ms. Katie helped my daughter reach every age appropriate milestone in her infancy. Ms. Katie created a daily schedule that was specific to my daughter’s daily care needs which made my husband and I very happy.
Ms. Katie would take my daughter outside everyday to play in the sand box, go down slide and do bubbles (my daughters favorite. Anytime the weather was bad, she would add more coloring and play time to my daughters’ day. She kept my daughter on a daily schedule and I could really tell my daughter loved being under Ms. Katies care because every night at pickup she would be so into her playing.
When my daughter turned 2 years old, Ms. Katie incorporated preschool educational learning activities to her day. Each night my daughter would be very excited to show me her work pages that she did during the day. When under Ms. Katies care, I never had to worry about my child’s safety as Ms. Katie brought me peace of mind during the day when she would send me cute photo text updates of my daughter having a fun day.
As my daughter became a toddler, she begun having some tantrums during the day and Ms. Katie was there to help her through her tantrums and she did so in a very positive way.
While we have moved on to a preschool now for my daughter, she still misses her Ms. Katie
I highly recommend Ms. Katies care for young children as they will learn so much from being under her care.
Best
TW
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We are a military family that needed care for our daughter in a short amount of time. We were open to on base and off base childcare options. We were so fortunate to have found Katies Wonderful World. I thought it would take a lot of time to get a spot for our daughter, but we were able to get her right in. We sent our daughter to Katies Wonderful World for 2-3 years before my husband was assigned a different duty station therefor we had to move out of state.
While at Katies Wonderful World, my family truly enjoyed our experience there. Ms. Katie always had a welcoming, bubbly personality. My daughter couldn’t wait to get to see Ms. Katie each day, and often would be sad when we had to leave Ms. Katie in the evening. Ms. Katie has taught my daughter a lot of things, she helped teach her the alphabet, sharing, caring etc. Ms. Katie’s care has been exceptional for my daughter. In the evenings my daughter would tell me how much fun her day was and what she did during the day.
On occasion, there would be field trips to the local county playground or to a local library where my daughter did story times/ playgroup which my daughter really enjoyed. Ms. Katie sent home clean dishes each day. When my daughter had soiled her clothes, Ms. Katie somehow had time to wash them which was a really nice perk which meant I wouldn’t need to add cleaning dishes or clothing in the evening so I had more time with my daughter.
Leyla H
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Hello. I am a mom who was with Ms. Katie for some time and wanted to write a recommendation. We have been very happy with the care that Ms. Katie has provided to our son since he was 3 months old up until 12 months old. Her arrangement is very clean and bright, with tons of toys and books which she adds to often, and spaces she designs specifically around the needs of each child. She only watches a small group of children together at any time ( 2-3). They go outside on stroller rides around her neighborhood, to local county playgrounds, and play at the playset at her house. my son loves spending time with her.
For me as a mom, Ms. Katie offers some amazing perks that we now miss. She cleans my son’s dishes and does his laundry when its dirtied, which means that when I get home, I do not have to worry about soiled clothes or dirtied dishes. She keeps food/ bottles in her mini refrigerator/freezer so I never worried about breast milk or food spoiling and I could keep extras at her place for days he was hungrier than usual. She is very flexible in terms of time, which allows us to drop our son off early in the mornings so that we can both be at work on time. She does not charge for days that our son is not with her, which means days our son was out sick or we were on family vacation it didn’t come out of both our work leave and the family budget. And best of all, Katie sends a steady stream of pictures throughout the day of our son having fun and doing activities. She has honestly taken some of the best pictures of our son we have, and nothing makes me smile more than a picture text with his grinning face or him curled up on her lap fast asleep.
Ms. Katie’s care has been exceptional for our son, and I recommend her for anyone looking to provide a loving, nurturing place for their infant or toddler.
Ms. Katie is infant and child CPR/ First Aid/AED Trained and Certified and has taken multiple child development classes.
I have never been concerned for my son’s safety while he is under her care, and I am fully confident in both her ability to provide wonderful care and the upkeep and maintenance of her facility.
Alison
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Ms. Katie is truly amazing and goes above and beyond to provide the children an amazing, wonderful, perfect experience. I am truly sad that my family had to move out of state since that meant I needed to pull my daughter from Ms. Katie’s care. I know that any family will be blessed and lucky to get a spot at Ms. Katie’s. One of the many things that my family liked about Ms. Katie’s care is that she only watches a small number of children at any time which gave my daughter personalized 1-1 care and attention she needs. I found it extremely difficult to get into a childcare arrangement and spent months on many waitlists and lots of money wasted. With my younger son, we were very lucky to find Katies Wonderful World/Ms. Katie as she is so nice calm and nurturing. she has a very nice nursery/ children's areas setup in her home. She has tons of age appropriate educational toys for children of all ages especially small kids. She takes the children outside each day weather permitting to play and go to local county playground and go for stroller rides. she provided excellent care to my son which I can tell by his joy of spending time with her and how happy he gets each morning when I tell him we are going to Katies. He is always so happy to get to see and spend time with her. Our family started with just 1 day per week but quickly realized how helpful it was having our son in childcare and so we moved up to 2 and 3 days a week which eventually led to full time care. we did the transition this way because it was what worked for our family since we were transitioning from care from my husbands parents to an provider. After doing this two times, I wish I did this part time strategy earlier because it gave everyone in the family a much needed break. Ms. Katie would take our little one to JW Tumbles classes and to local library for socialization when she only had our son.
Preeti C.
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To Whom It May Concern:
Our family is very thankful for the time we had Ms. Katie care for our son. She was his nanny from the time he was around six months old to two years old. Our son enjoyed his time with his nanny. In the morning when I told him he would be with his nanny Katie, he became very excited to begin his day. Throughout the day, Katie would text me photos of him playing at the house or at the local playground. When I had any questions about his well being, she answered them promptly when needed.
I would often tip toe down the hall to see him enjoying his last few minutes with her. When he noticed I was there, my son would show me all his toys and “tell me” about his day with joy in his little voice. As a new parent I always felt comfort knowing that he truly loved to be with Katie and that she enjoyed watching him.
In addition to caring for my son, Katie also taught him many things. She taught him to enjoy being a “helper” and take things to the laundry basket and trash can. She worked with him on colors, shapes, letters, how to share etc. and how to clean ( put away) his toys. I am amazed with how kind and gentle he has been with younger children including babies because of the time around other kids when Ms. Katie would take him to activities with younger babies etc. and sometimes she would watch another child which gave my son a child his age or younger to be with. Katie has helped my son become the engaged, happy and loving child that he is today.
For any family that has young babies or toddlers, I highly recommend Katie as a caregiver for your family as she is an amazing nanny and provides a loving, safe, educational and clean environment for my son to thrive and learn.
Kathryn M.
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I needed care for my daughter last minute. I looked all over for childcare/ nanny service and I stumbled upon Katies Wonderful World/ Ms. Katie. I am so thankful that I found out about Katies Wonderful World. Ms. Katie was able to get my daughter in the same day that I inquired which really saved me big time as I had important meeting to attend. I was worried about leaving my daughter with someone outside of my family however, Ms. Katie eased my fears right away.
At the time, there were 2 other regular babies that also made me and my baby feel more secure. My baby was in a very positive, nurturing, safe and enjoyable atmosphere while at Katie's place. I really recommend sending your child to Ms. Katies since your child will be with a provider who clearly loves children and is amazing at her job. I used Ms. Katie only a handful of times due to our family’s needs that changed, however we wished we could’ve used Ms. Katie more.
My daughter is very shy especially with new people but Ms. Katie was able to have my daughter open up to her and the other children and while doing so, Ms. Katie was very calm, patient and understanding when it came to my daughter’s adjustments.
I 100% recommend other parents to send their child to Ms. Katies especially since she has a very warm, colorful, educational atmosphere for the children.
Kiyoko
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Ms. Katie watched my daughter years ago. My family was new to the area at the time and didn’t know who to have watch our daughter so we searched for providers and found Ms. Katie. Ms. Katie welcomed us each morning with a smile and had a bubbly personality. Her setup was very organized, clean and spacious. I could tell she enjoyed watching my daughter.
Each day when I went to pick up my daughter she wanted to stay and play at Ms. Katies. Ms. Katie provided my daughter with age appropriate educational activities and helped her learn colors, numbers, first words etc.
Each evening, when I picked up, my daughter had cleaned clothes and cleaned dishes which was a huge plus for our family. When we arrive home, we had more time to spend together as a family without my husband or I having to clean our child’s clothes or dishes from the day
Ms. Katie is very flexible in hours and days of care. She is understanding when things come up. She would take our daughter to age appropriate activities at Library or to the local playground on nice weather days. I also received tons of photos which made me smile.
I hope that after reading my letter of recommendation for Ms. Katie, that you will highly consider her as your child’s provider. I know your family will be very blessed to have her as your provider.
- Mary B