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Early Morning Daycare in Indiana

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
1,724
towns
205
towns have their own early morning daycare page
105
of all Indiana daycares
58%

Map of Indiana: 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.

Indiana

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Indiana

Indianapolis402 open before 7 AMFort Wayne107 open before 7 AMSouth Bend88 open before 7 AMGary84 open before 7 AMEvansville64 open before 7 AMTerre Haute45 open before 7 AMHammond43 open before 7 AMMichigan City34 open before 7 AMLafayette31 open before 7 AMElkhart30 open before 7 AMNew Albany27 open before 7 AMFishers24 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Indiana

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 daycares2,967
Take infants1,952
Child care centers1,502
Accept subsidy2,591
In-home daycares1,465
Christian & church daycares268
Montessori schools26
Preschools & pre-K2,461
24-hour daycare287
Night daycare510
Early morning daycare1,724
Weekend daycare229
Part-time daycare119
Drop-in daycare14
After-school care2,024
Bilingual daycare11
Head Start163

The Indiana state record

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana.

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
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Indiana state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Indiana

  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.

Indiana

Cost, inspections and ratios in Indiana

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

A to Z

All 205 Indiana towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A9 towns
B16 towns
C19 towns
D5 towns
E4 towns
F11 towns
G12 towns
H11 towns
I2 towns
J2 towns
K2 towns
L15 towns
M19 towns
N14 towns
O5 towns
P10 towns
R9 towns
S16 towns
T4 towns
V4 towns
W14 towns
Y1 town
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Ohio2,680 open before 7 AMIllinois1,142 open before 7 AMMichigan534 open before 7 AMKentucky393 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Indiana

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

1,724 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 205 Indiana towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Indianapolis, with 402 listed. Next are Fort Wayne (107) and South Bend (88).

Which daycares in Indiana open at 6 AM?

1,260 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Indiana. All 1,724 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Indiana open at 5 AM?

423 open at 5 AM or earlier, 287 of them open 24 hours.

Who licenses daycares in Indiana?

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.