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Early Morning Daycare in Maryland

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
84
towns
48
towns have their own early morning daycare page
5
of all Maryland daycares
1%

Map of Maryland: 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 Maryland 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.

Maryland

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Maryland

Baltimore23 open before 7 AMBowie4 open before 7 AMOwings Mills4 open before 7 AMGaithersburg3 open before 7 AMWaldorf3 open before 7 AMBelcamp2 open before 7 AMColumbia2 open before 7 AMLaurel2 open before 7 AMSilver Spring2 open before 7 AMAbingdon1 open before 7 AMBel Air1 open before 7 AMBerlin1 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Maryland

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 daycares6,602
Take infants4,835
Child care centers2,605
Accept subsidy21
In-home daycares3,997
Christian & church daycares237
Montessori schools74
Preschools & pre-K6,083
Early morning daycare84
Part-time daycare53
Drop-in daycare24
After-school care5,719
Bilingual daycare15
Head Start93

The Maryland state record

Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Child Care licenses daycares in Maryland.

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 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Maryland state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Maryland

  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.

Maryland

Cost, inspections and ratios in Maryland

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

A to Z

All 48 Maryland towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A1 town
B6 towns
C4 towns
D3 towns
E3 towns
F2 towns
G5 towns
H5 towns
L3 towns
M2 towns
N1 town
O2 towns
P3 towns
R3 towns
S2 towns
T1 town
W2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Pennsylvania2,348 open before 7 AMVirginia1,816 open before 7 AMDelaware453 open before 7 AMDistrict of Columbia76 open before 7 AMWest Virginia58 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Maryland

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

84 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 48 Maryland towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Baltimore, with 23 listed. Next are Bowie (4) and Owings Mills (4).

Which daycares in Maryland open at 6 AM?

16 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Maryland. All 84 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Maryland open at 5 AM?

None of the daycares on this list in Maryland opens before 5 AM by the hours we hold. Some open earlier by arrangement; ask.

Who licenses daycares in Maryland?

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