Swift spent the early years of her life on an 11-acre Christmas-tree farm in Cumru Township, Pennsylvania.[8] Swift's family owned several Quarter horses and a Shetland pony, and her first hobby was English horse riding.[9] Her mother first put her in a saddle when she was nine months old and she later competed in horse shows.[10] Swift attended preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School, run by Franciscan nuns,[11] before moving to the Wyndcroft School, a co-ed private school.[12] Swift and her brother were raised in accordance with the Presbyterian faith and attended Vacation Bible School.