The commitment of the F.I.R.S.T. (Families and Infants: Resource, Support, and Training) Program is to educate the earliest learners and their parents. F.I.R.S.T. brings parents and their children from birth through two years of age together in a learning environment for two hours a week. During this time, babies interact with their parents and other children in an enriched and stimulating environment. Parents learn techniques to enhance their child's acquisition of new skills, ways to stimulate the child's developing brain, and behaviors to facilitate the formation of a secure attachment bond.

Parents and their infant or toddler are grouped with a maximum of eight other parents and children who meet one morning each week for two hours. Classes are grouped according to the child's developmental age: Precrawlers, Crawlers, Walkers, and Sturdy Walkers. Parents also come once a month without their child for an evening parent education class focused of fine-tuning their parenting skills.

Summit's F.I.R.S.T. Program trains parents to be their child's teacher for the first two years of their life. Parents are given the resources, training, and support that have historically been reserved for professional educators. We hope that you will join us in developing the best instructor possible for your baby---YOU!