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Early Morning Daycare in Missouri

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
2,184
towns
365
towns have their own early morning daycare page
167
of all Missouri daycares
84%

Map of Missouri: 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.

Missouri

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Missouri

St Louis303 open before 7 AMKansas City185 open before 7 AMColumbia98 open before 7 AMSpringfield90 open before 7 AMJefferson City39 open before 7 AMLees Summit39 open before 7 AMO Fallon38 open before 7 AMSt Charles33 open before 7 AMJoplin32 open before 7 AMSt Joseph32 open before 7 AMIndependence30 open before 7 AMSt Peters29 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Missouri

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 daycares2,614
Take infants1,708
Child care centers2,046
Accept subsidy69
In-home daycares568
Christian & church daycares228
Montessori schools36
Preschools & pre-K2,217
24-hour daycare69
Night daycare1,980
Early morning daycare2,184
Part-time daycare135
Drop-in daycare17
After-school care2,194
Bilingual daycare11
Head Start207

The Missouri state record

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood licenses daycares in Missouri.

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 Missouri state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Missouri

  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.

Missouri

Cost, inspections and ratios in Missouri

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

A to Z

All 365 Missouri towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A13 towns
B33 towns
C35 towns
D11 towns
E15 towns
F14 towns
G17 towns
H25 towns
I4 towns
J6 towns
K10 towns
L24 towns
M30 towns
N11 towns
O11 towns
P21 towns
R11 towns
S35 towns
T7 towns
U4 towns
V4 towns
W23 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Nebraska1,669 open before 7 AMTennessee1,405 open before 7 AMIllinois1,142 open before 7 AMOklahoma1,034 open before 7 AMArkansas460 open before 7 AMKentucky393 open before 7 AMIowa290 open before 7 AMKansas239 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Missouri

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

2,184 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 365 Missouri towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

St Louis, with 303 listed. Next are Kansas City (185) and Columbia (98).

Which daycares in Missouri open at 6 AM?

2,121 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Missouri. All 2,184 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Missouri open at 5 AM?

76 open at 5 AM or earlier, 69 of them open 24 hours.

Who licenses daycares in Missouri?

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood licenses daycares in Missouri. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.