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Early Morning Daycare in Maine

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
71
towns
50
towns have their own early morning daycare page
6
of all Maine daycares
5%

Map of Maine: 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 Maine 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.

Maine

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Maine

Bangor4 open before 7 AMHoulton3 open before 7 AMLewiston3 open before 7 AMSaco3 open before 7 AMTurner3 open before 7 AMWinslow3 open before 7 AMAugusta2 open before 7 AMBrunswick2 open before 7 AMChina2 open before 7 AMCorinth2 open before 7 AMEllsworth2 open before 7 AMMilbridge2 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Maine

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 daycares1,365
Take infants60
Child care centers782
Accept subsidy866
In-home daycares583
Christian & church daycares25
Montessori schools33
Preschools & pre-K143
Early morning daycare71
Part-time daycare39
Head Start64

The Maine state record

Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services licenses daycares in Maine.

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 Maine state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Maine

  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.

Maine

Cost, inspections and ratios in Maine

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

A to Z

All 50 Maine towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A2 towns
B7 towns
C4 towns
E2 towns
F2 towns
G1 town
H2 towns
L5 towns
M4 towns
N6 towns
O2 towns
P1 town
R1 town
S5 towns
T1 town
W5 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

New Hampshire90 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Maine

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

71 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 50 Maine towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Bangor, with 4 listed. Next are Houlton (3) and Lewiston (3).

Which daycares in Maine open at 6 AM?

19 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Maine. All 71 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Maine open at 5 AM?

1 opens at 5 AM or earlier.

Who licenses daycares in Maine?

Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services licenses daycares in Maine. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.