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Early Morning Daycare in Massachusetts

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
236
towns
104
towns have their own early morning daycare page
30
of all Massachusetts daycares
3%

Map of Massachusetts: 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 Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Massachusetts

Lawrence15 open before 7 AMSpringfield12 open before 7 AMNew Bedford10 open before 7 AMDracut7 open before 7 AMWorcester7 open before 7 AMMethuen6 open before 7 AMFall River5 open before 7 AMHaverhill5 open before 7 AMAttleboro4 open before 7 AMBoston4 open before 7 AMBrockton4 open before 7 AMCanton4 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Massachusetts

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 daycares8,884
Take infants1,428
Child care centers3,010
Accept subsidy6,436
In-home daycares5,874
Christian & church daycares93
Montessori schools173
Preschools & pre-K2,248
Early morning daycare236
Part-time daycare426
Drop-in daycare39
After-school care1,651
Bilingual daycare158
Head Start178

The Massachusetts state record

Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care licenses daycares in Massachusetts.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Massachusetts state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Massachusetts

  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.

Massachusetts

Cost, inspections and ratios in Massachusetts

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

A to Z

All 104 Massachusetts towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A7 towns
B8 towns
C6 towns
D3 towns
E2 towns
F5 towns
G1 town
H5 towns
J1 town
K1 town
L8 towns
M9 towns
N9 towns
O2 towns
P5 towns
Q1 town
R5 towns
S11 towns
T4 towns
W11 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Connecticut1,012 open before 7 AMNew York766 open before 7 AMVermont115 open before 7 AMNew Hampshire90 open before 7 AMRhode Island81 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Massachusetts

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

236 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 104 Massachusetts towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Lawrence, with 15 listed. Next are Springfield (12) and New Bedford (10).

Which daycares in Massachusetts open at 6 AM?

34 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Massachusetts. All 236 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Massachusetts open at 5 AM?

3 open at 5 AM or earlier.

Who licenses daycares in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care licenses daycares in Massachusetts. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.