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Early Morning Daycare in Illinois

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
1,142
towns
329
towns have their own early morning daycare page
109
of all Illinois daycares
13%

Map of Illinois: 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 Illinois 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.

Illinois

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Illinois

Chicago270 open before 7 AMAurora20 open before 7 AMCicero16 open before 7 AMNaperville14 open before 7 AMBerwyn13 open before 7 AMBolingbrook13 open before 7 AMJoliet13 open before 7 AMPeoria13 open before 7 AMWaukegan12 open before 7 AMRockford11 open before 7 AMSchaumburg11 open before 7 AMElgin10 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Illinois

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 daycares8,493
Take infants7,433
Child care centers2,842
Accept subsidy188
In-home daycares5,651
Christian & church daycares203
Montessori schools182
Preschools & pre-K8,381
Early morning daycare1,142
Part-time daycare356
Drop-in daycare35
After-school care8,304
Bilingual daycare108
Head Start390

The Illinois state record

Illinois Department of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Illinois.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Illinois state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Illinois

  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.

Illinois

Cost, inspections and ratios in Illinois

Daycare cost in IllinoisWeekly prices by age and countyStaff-to-child ratios in IllinoisHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 329 Illinois towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A12 towns
B24 towns
C29 towns
D12 towns
E18 towns
F13 towns
G13 towns
H18 towns
I2 towns
J4 towns
K3 towns
L24 towns
M35 towns
N9 towns
O12 towns
P18 towns
Q1 town
R20 towns
S33 towns
T6 towns
U2 towns
V6 towns
W13 towns
Y1 town
Z1 town
  • Zion6 open before 7 AM

Nearby

Nearby states

Wisconsin3,149 open before 7 AMMissouri2,184 open before 7 AMIndiana1,724 open before 7 AMKentucky393 open before 7 AMIowa290 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Illinois

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

1,142 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 329 Illinois towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Chicago, with 270 listed. Next are Aurora (20) and Cicero (16).

Which daycares in Illinois open at 6 AM?

549 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Illinois. All 1,142 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Illinois open at 5 AM?

33 open at 5 AM or earlier.

Who licenses daycares in Illinois?

Illinois Department of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Illinois. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.