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Early Morning Daycare in Connecticut

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
1,012
towns
136
towns have their own early morning daycare page
74
of all Connecticut daycares
31%

Map of Connecticut: 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.Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Connecticut

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Connecticut

Waterbury148 open before 7 AMDanbury75 open before 7 AMNew Haven69 open before 7 AMBridgeport59 open before 7 AMHartford51 open before 7 AMWest Haven39 open before 7 AMMeriden28 open before 7 AMNew Britain22 open before 7 AMStratford22 open before 7 AMBristol20 open before 7 AMEast Hartford19 open before 7 AMHamden17 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Connecticut

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 daycares3,228
Take infants856
Child care centers1,445
Accept subsidy95
In-home daycares1,783
Christian & church daycares96
Montessori schools40
Preschools & pre-K1,149
Night daycare313
Early morning daycare1,012
Weekend daycare152
Part-time daycare165
Drop-in daycare21
After-school care1,028
Bilingual daycare24
Head Start53

The Connecticut state record

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Division of Licensing licenses daycares in Connecticut.

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 1990
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Connecticut state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Connecticut

  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.

Connecticut

Cost, inspections and ratios in Connecticut

Daycare cost in ConnecticutWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Connecticut inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in ConnecticutHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for ConnecticutQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 136 Connecticut towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A4 towns
B11 towns
C5 towns
D5 towns
E7 towns
F2 towns
G5 towns
H5 towns
J1 town
K1 town
L4 towns
M14 towns
N17 towns
O5 towns
P6 towns
R4 towns
S15 towns
T5 towns
U1 town
V3 towns
W16 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

New York766 open before 7 AMMassachusetts236 open before 7 AMRhode Island81 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Connecticut

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

1,012 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 136 Connecticut towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Waterbury, with 148 listed. Next are Danbury (75) and New Haven (69).

Which daycares in Connecticut open at 6 AM?

467 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Connecticut. All 1,012 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Connecticut open at 5 AM?

60 open at 5 AM or earlier, 6 of them open 24 hours.

Who licenses daycares in Connecticut?

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Division of Licensing licenses daycares in Connecticut. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.