Our Personal Journeys

Hi I'm Claire, born and (mostly) raised in Britain, as you may have guessed from some of the spellings :-). I've also spent two very happy years in the USA as a teenager with my family. Ever since I was a little girl I've often found babies and younger children to care for. When they were nowhere to be found, I looked after my dolls instead.

I started babysitting at 13 and worked in a day nursery (actually a daycare center) at 16 years old. We decided I would take a gap year from education early because we just moved states and were only staying there for six months.

When I returned to Britain, I became a trained nanny/ nursery nurse (or childcare worker for those who are not familiar with the British lingo). I spent nearly a year doing temp work because I'm rather nosy. I enjoyed learning the differences and similarities of many nurseries and a few schools. So I've actually interacted with more childcare professionals and parents as well as supervised more activities than the average 23 year old.

After a while the novelty wore off when I felt my natural creativity being stifled by having no say in what activities I did with the children. So I got a permanent job in a nursery caring for toddlers. I got tired of seeing the unpleasant side-affects that group care has on young children. So I decided to switch to being a nanny. Now I care for a set of two-year-old twins and love it!

I have been fortunate that most of my experience has been with my favourite age group, which of course is toddlers. I believe that toddlers' curiosity and striving for independence is often misunderstood as mischief. I'm pleased that this site gives me the opportunity to share ways I've found successful in guiding toddlers to fulfill their need of learning through activities. (If you have clever toddler activity or a handy parenting tip, I'd love to hear about it through our contact page.)

I never thought I would ever own a E-business! It's much easier than I first thought. Would you like to know why building this site was easy?

I am a mother of two lovely girls. One of them being Claire! I really enjoyed being a mother when they were little. My oldest daughter, Helen, is just 16 months older than Claire, so they were both toddlers together!

I have been a teacher for more years than I care to count with all age groups under 15. Mostly under 11 and more recently 1-4 year olds.

As Claire mentioned, we have moved around quite a bit within Britain and also abroad. Teachers with English as a first language, have skills that are sought all over the world. I enjoyed living in North Carolina and Montana in the USA and also in Kuwait for a few years. (Claire didn't come to Kuwait as she was at college in Wales.) I'm finding it's good to be back in England now.

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