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Early Morning Daycare in Delaware

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
453
towns
41
towns have their own early morning daycare page
26
of all Delaware daycares
38%

Map of Delaware: 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.

Delaware

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Delaware

Wilmington97 open before 7 AMDover50 open before 7 AMNewark50 open before 7 AMMiddletown38 open before 7 AMNew Castle30 open before 7 AMBear29 open before 7 AMSeaford16 open before 7 AMMilford13 open before 7 AMSmyrna13 open before 7 AMMillsboro12 open before 7 AMBridgeville11 open before 7 AMTownsend10 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Delaware

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 daycares1,189
Take infants767
Child care centers598
Accept subsidy913
In-home daycares591
Christian & church daycares49
Montessori schools22
Preschools & pre-K1,065
Night daycare128
Early morning daycare453
Part-time daycare25
After-school care947
Bilingual daycare14
Head Start38

The Delaware state record

Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Visits with findings back to 2021; the state does not list visits without findings
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Delaware state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Delaware

  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.

Delaware

Cost, inspections and ratios in Delaware

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

A to Z

All 41 Delaware towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

B3 towns
C5 towns
D4 towns
E1 town
F3 towns
G2 towns
H4 towns
L3 towns
M5 towns
N3 towns
O1 town
R1 town
S3 towns
T1 town
W2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Pennsylvania2,348 open before 7 AMNew Jersey506 open before 7 AMMaryland84 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Delaware

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

453 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 41 Delaware towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Wilmington, with 97 listed. Next are Dover (50) and Newark (50).

Which daycares in Delaware open at 6 AM?

156 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Delaware. All 453 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Delaware open at 5 AM?

9 open at 5 AM or earlier, 1 of them open 24 hours.

Who licenses daycares in Delaware?

Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.