Rockport Early Childhood Center has been open since August 31, 1981. Our center has a long history of providing quality care and education to young children, ages six weeks to seven years. You can find us in beautiful Rocky River, Ohio on the rim of the Rocky River Valley. PURPOSE & GOALS OF THE CENTER Through the Center, Rockport United Methodist Church will serve the needs of the community by providing a daily child care center for children aged six weeks through seven years (first grade). The needs of each child will be served in a comprehensive early childhood program that provides learning experiences in all areas—physical, social, emotional, and cognitive. To fulfill our purpose, the following goals guide and direct our nurturing and teaching: We will facilitate the growth of the child as a total person and enable the child to realize that he/she is special and unique. We will become a family-life learning community, which involves staff, children, parents, the church, and others who share concern for the growth of young children. Because we honor families, we weave a fine fabric of security and acceptance for the children in our care.