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Early Morning Daycare in California

Daycares that open before 7 AM in California, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
1,135
towns
294
towns have their own early morning daycare page
126
of all California daycares
4%

Map of California: each dot is a town with daycares that open before 7 AM, sized by how many are listed

Opens early
What puts a daycare on this listThe hours on its state license record open before 7 AM, or run 24 hours. Where the state publishes no hours, its public business listing gives the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.The California license list we load does not publish opening hours, so here this list uses the hours on each daycare's public business listing: the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

California

Largest towns for early morning daycare in California

Los Angeles62 open before 7 AMSan Diego35 open before 7 AMLong Beach24 open before 7 AMAnaheim23 open before 7 AMRiverside22 open before 7 AMSacramento21 open before 7 AMChula Vista18 open before 7 AMFresno16 open before 7 AMTracy15 open before 7 AMCompton14 open before 7 AMFontana14 open before 7 AMLancaster14 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in California

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares25,828
Take infants2,521
Child care centers10,951
Accept subsidy462
In-home daycares14,877
Christian & church daycares959
Montessori schools1,064
Preschools & pre-K3,768
Early morning daycare1,135
Part-time daycare816
Drop-in daycare202
After-school care1,529
Bilingual daycare512
Head Start1,403

The California state record

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division licenses daycares in California.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
Citation counts as the state reports them
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the California state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in California

  1. 1

    Check the opening time

    Each listing shows its hours. Ask whether staff are there to take children at opening every day.

  2. 2

    Ask about breakfast

    Ask whether children who arrive early get breakfast, and whether you send it.

  3. 3

    Ask about the early group

    Some daycares combine age groups early in the morning. Ask who is with your child until the rooms open.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its hours as the state lists them and the inspection record.

California

Cost, inspections and ratios in California

Daycare cost in CaliforniaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat California inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in CaliforniaHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 294 California towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A16 towns
B13 towns
C29 towns
D9 towns
E9 towns
F11 towns
G8 towns
H12 towns
I3 towns
J1 town
K3 towns
L31 towns
M15 towns
N9 towns
O10 towns
P16 towns
R19 towns
S43 towns
T7 towns
U1 town
V7 towns
W18 towns
Y4 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Arizona468 open before 7 AMOregon278 open before 7 AMNevada146 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in California

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in California?

1,135 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 294 California towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Which California town has the most daycares that open before 7 AM?

Los Angeles, with 62 listed. Next are San Diego (35) and Long Beach (24).

Which daycares in California open at 6 AM?

524 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in California. All 1,135 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in California open at 5 AM?

66 open at 5 AM or earlier.

Who licenses daycares in California?

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division licenses daycares in California. It publishes its inspections with the citation counts, and we copy them onto each listing.