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Early Morning Daycare in Minnesota

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
505
towns
159
towns have their own early morning daycare page
62
of all Minnesota daycares
6%

Map of Minnesota: 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 Minnesota 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.

Minnesota

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Minnesota

Minneapolis30 open before 7 AMSaint Paul24 open before 7 AMRochester18 open before 7 AMBurnsville14 open before 7 AMMaple Grove11 open before 7 AMBrooklyn Park10 open before 7 AMLakeville10 open before 7 AMBloomington9 open before 7 AMEagan9 open before 7 AMSaint Cloud9 open before 7 AMWoodbury9 open before 7 AMApple Valley8 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Minnesota

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 daycares7,811
Take infants484
Child care centers2,391
Accept subsidy181
In-home daycares5,420
Christian & church daycares274
Montessori schools148
Preschools & pre-K674
Early morning daycare505
Part-time daycare231
Drop-in daycare47
Bilingual daycare66
Head Start181

The Minnesota state record

Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families licenses daycares in Minnesota.

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 Minnesota state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Minnesota

  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.

Minnesota

Cost, inspections and ratios in Minnesota

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

A to Z

All 159 Minnesota towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A10 towns
B16 towns
C20 towns
D4 towns
E9 towns
F4 towns
G3 towns
H6 towns
I2 towns
J1 town
L7 towns
M15 towns
N6 towns
O6 towns
P8 towns
R9 towns
S18 towns
T2 towns
V1 town
W11 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Wisconsin3,149 open before 7 AMIowa290 open before 7 AMNorth Dakota70 open before 7 AMSouth Dakota63 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Minnesota

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

505 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 159 Minnesota towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Minneapolis, with 30 listed. Next are Saint Paul (24) and Rochester (18).

Which daycares in Minnesota open at 6 AM?

191 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Minnesota. All 505 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Minnesota open at 5 AM?

6 open at 5 AM or earlier.

Who licenses daycares in Minnesota?

Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families licenses daycares in Minnesota. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.