AP Childminding

My name is Martina, I am married and a mother of two: my big girl is 6 and my little boy is 3. We have 3 guinea pigs - Lily, Poppy and Davin. They live upstairs in the winter and outside in the summer. I was inspected by Ofsted in 2013 and I was graded outstanding. I hold a current paediatric first aid certificate. I studied psychology at university and have done some counselling training, I've held various jobs, but when I became a mum a realised that I enjoyed working with children and decided to become a childminder. I'm from Slovakia originally, I have been living in Basingstoke for 9 years. We speak Slovakian and English at home, I have some basic knowledge of a few other languages. While I see myself as practising AP, I don't follow any particular 'rules'. As a childminder I'm commited to working in partnership with parents and I belive this is easier if the parents and childminder have similar values - especially when it comes to sleeping, eating, discipline, etc.