First Steps: Age 2 through Kindergarten

Montessori at Cincinnati's landmark private school

The Summit Country Day School is one of a few schools in Greater Cincinnati applying the Montessori philosophy in an educational program for two-year olds. The program provides a positive, stimulating introduction to classroom education in a private school setting for students at age two, in the half-day Signature Toddler Program and students from age three to five, who are offered both full- and half-day sessions. Children learn the Montessori philosophy of order, independence, concentration, and coordination, gradually moving from the concrete to the abstract. Emphasis is placed on developing nascent skills in areas such as language, math, computers, science, geography, and music. Students also participate in physical education, sensorial development, and spiritual growth. The Montessori program at The Summit gives each child a framework that helps ensure continued academic success in grades one through four and beyond.

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Faculty devoted to high standards, state-of-the-art resources, outstanding curriculum and an enthusiastic learning community have resulted in many distinctive programs that make The Summit Country Day School unique among private and public schools in Cincinnati. These Signature Programs epitomize The Summit’s dedication to academic excellence while fulfilling its mission to challenge students to develop spiritually, academically, physically, socially and artistically.

• 2-year-old Toddler Program

  The Montessori School is one of a few schools in Greater Cincinnati where of university-trained Montessori curriculum experts offer an educational program for two-year olds. Read more

• Enrichment Program

  Specially-trained teachers in the Montessori School’s Enrichment Program build on the core-curriculum to present in-depth, higher-level instruction to absorbent young minds. Read more

• Orff Music Approach

  Children in the Montessori School tap into their natural instincts to make music by playing instruments, improvising, moving and singing through the Orff Schulwerk Music Approach. Read more

• Character Education

  Character Education is a way of life at The Summit, where part of the core mission is to help students become people of character who value and improve the world they inherit. Read More

• World Language

  The Summit aims to produce high-school graduates with strong proficiency in French or Spanish through a 13-year World Language program. Read More

• Writing Program

  The Summit’s Writing Program lets students find their voice through a fusion of time-tested writing approaches from preschool to 12th grade. Read More

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