'Added Advantage' H.E.L.P.'s
Featuring a Home-based Early Learning Program, London Ontario
Testimonials
There is nothing more rewarding than the kind words of others to add value to the imporant work we do ... please feel free to read some snippets from written letters of reference provided by current and former clients, colleques and peers. Full letters of reference and contact information of references are available for review during the interview process Thanks Margaret Wonderful Warm Fuzzies ....
Our daughters language has improved immensely since being under Margaret's watch and she is learning her letters and numbers, as well as the different emotions and she just turned 2.
Margaret is vibrant and fun and my daughter loves her and feels very safe with her. The program that Margaret presents is one that can only allow a child to grow mentally, emotionally and socially. Margaret sincerely cares for the children that she has under he guidance and it is refreshing to see the way she interacts with all of the children. Her program is a great balance of playtime and learning time. She spends a lot of time outside with the children and mixes things up so that the children are never bored.
We are absolutely thrilled with Margaret and I can honestly say that I do not know what I would do without her! We believe that Margaret's program should be an example to other providers and that all children should be so lucky to have such a caring, well-organized daycare provider!
Pam
Current client at Added Advantage 2007 - present
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Margaret shows a great deal of compassion and love for the children that attend her daycare, which is our first priority. Margaret also has a fantastic childcare program that follows a nicely balanced and diverse curriculum that is based on the child's needs and development, this is extremely hard to find in home-based program. The children have lots of opportunity to explore creative and dramatic play. We are very happy and enthusiastic to read all the documentation that Margaret so graciously keeps up with on the children. The photos and quotes on her secure and password protected website are a pleasure to view as well.
Patti
Former client at Added Advantage 2007 - 2010
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We have had two other home daycare providers before Margaret and there is simply no comparison. We very quickly came to recognize the exceptional level of commitment and professionalism that sets her apart from her contemporaries.
Margaret maintains constant communication with the parents of her clients. We receive regular emails and visit her website frequently. Here we find extensive documentation of our child's activities as well as calendars of upcoming events and archived newsletters. Her documentation is impeccable, invaluably highlighting the developmental value of each activity and containing photographs of our daughter having fun.
Margaret's commitment to being among the finest in her profession is evident in every aspect of her program and obvious to anyone who watches her interact children!
Rob
Former client at Added Advantage 2007 - 2010
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Our daughter rushes out the door each morning in her excitement to get to Margaret's house. We often have to chaser her down to even get a hug or kiss since she is so eager to begin the days activities. It is such a pleasure to see that she enjoys her time away from home. As any parent will describe, it is often difficult to be away from our children but knowing that she is receiving the best possible care from Margaret is reassuring.
Margaret is a great resource and is always willing to share, or recommend where to find, information related to raising children. She is patient and kind with our daughter and has helped us work through some undesirable behavioral issues (hitting/pushing). We highly recommend Margaret to others and have in fact referred Margaret to two families who are not sending their children to Margaret's home care!
Nicki
Former client at Added Advantage 2007 - 2009
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We are appreciative of the friendliness and one-on-one attention we recieve as parents when dropping off or picking up our child. We appreciate the amount of information given to us about our daughters day and have found Margaret's efforts to be superior to other daycare providers we have worked with. In addition, she takes the time and effort to provider fantastic typed descriptions of our daughters developmental progress, together with photographs of her interactions at program. it is always a joy to read this descriptions
In closing, we are grateful to Margaret for the superior level of care she providers our daughter, both in terms of teacher and nurturer.
Joanna
Former client 2006
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The most crucial issue that Margaret assisted our family with was my sons hearing disability. It began when he was experiencing fluid on the ears quiet often. I was having trouble getting our family physician to refer us to a specialist. Margaret was noticing that my son would mispronounce words as a result of not hearing those sounds properly, so she took the initiative to refer us to Tyke Talk. Through Tyke Talk, we were able to get the proper referrals. As a result, we found out that a more serious problem was hidden by the fluid issue. My son actually has hearing loss in both ears.... Without Margaret's help I am positive that this process would have taken much longer, his speech would have been set back further and we may still not know about his permanent hearing loss.
It has always been obvious to me that the children are 'number one' with Margaret.
Christy
Former client 2006
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Margaret has developed close relationships with the children, parents and staff. She is very passionate about her job and exudes professionalism in everything she does such as written and verbal work and how she conducts herself everyday with everyone she interacts with on a daily basis. She is very committed to the early years field and has attended numerous workshops both in our community and outside to better herself as an educator. She has taken on the emergent curriculum philosophy and gone with it, doing amazing project work from beginning to end and has inspired others along the way including myself. Margaret is so enthusiastic about emergent curriculum she is now presenting her experiences in some workshops due to the lack of emergent curriculum workshops presented there.
Margaret is flexible, reliable, trustworthy and honest and a truly a valuable member of our team. Anyone would be privileged to have her on his or her team.
Toni
Previous Employer 2006
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Margaret had excellent ideas in terms of behaviour adjustment when I expressed specific concerns we were having with our son. She took the time to listen and provide various approaches to help him through difficult times and phases. Margaret was also open and honest about our son's strengths and weaknesses and helped us to positively reorient less desirable behaviours he was exhibiting.
I would highly recommend her ...
Carolyn
Former client 2006
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From a parent's standpoint, Margaret was a wonderful asset in the long process of toilet training our son. When we were discouraged, she always smiled and told us to keep bringing those extra clothes and not give up. While this may seem a strange thing to remember or comment on, for the first time parents with no family connections in London, we felt that Margaret was a valuable parenting resource for us in this, and so many other ways.
Our sons socialization skills, his confidence and his joy for learning are not only attributable to us - Margret has left an indelible, and extremely valuable, impression in his life. In many ways, we feel that she has taught us how to parent a preschooler. Please accept my wholehearted endorsement.
June
Former client 2006
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While my son was in Margaret's care, I was consistently impressed by the attributes that Margaret brought to her role. It started from the first day I took him to visit. This was to be his first experience in a daycare environment, so naturally we were both a little nervous! I first met Margaret when she was outside with some children. The first thing i heard her say was "That is not a very safe choice. What do you think would be a better choice?" to one of the children. I thought to myself, now that is the way I would want someone to teach my child to behave properly - by empowering him to make good choices! This may seem like just one simple example, but in observing Margaret with the children, I have found that each time she interacts with a child, she puts very careful consideration into what message she sends and is very skilled at helping the children use their own thought processes to learn new things!
Christy
Former client 2006
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