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Early Morning Daycare in Wilmington, NC

Daycares that open before 7 AM in Wilmington, with the ages each one serves, its hours and its state record.

daycares that open before 7 AM in Wilmington
15
daycare centers
15
take infants
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State license records

All daycares that open before 7 AM in Wilmington

Showing 1 to 15 of 15

Providers on paid plans are listed first, then by opening time, earliest first, then A to Z by name. We do not rank daycares.

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    Childcare Network #127

    4.8· 38 reviews

    19 Lennon Drive, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    24 state visits · 17 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    Childcare Network #128

    4.3· 43 reviews

    6640 Gordon Road, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    13 state visits · 4 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    Childcare Network #158

    4.6· 46 reviews

    2411 Flint Drive, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    18 state visits · 19 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    Childcare Network #82

    4.5· 44 reviews

    4808 New Centre Drive, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    17 state visits · 28 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    Childcare Network #83

    4.5· 55 reviews

    1553 41st Street, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    11 state visits · 5 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    Creative Minds Preschool

    5.0· 8 reviews

    11207 US Highway 17, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    7 state visits · 2 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    Excel Learning Centers #3

    4.1· 33 reviews

    165 Vision Drive, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    38 state visits · 37 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    Kids & Company

    2.6· 5 reviews

    2619 Newkirk Ave, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AM
    No state license record matched yet
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    Rising Stars of Wilmington

    4.8· 22 reviews

    6743 Amsterdam Way, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    17 state visits · 7 rules cited (3 yrs)
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    The Kiddie Cottage

    4.5· 25 reviews

    4604 Long Leaf Hills Drive, Wilmington, NC

    Opens 6:30 AMInfants to school-age
    46 state visits · 89 rules cited (3 yrs)
How this list is made: Wilmington daycares whose hours on the North Carolina license record open before 7 AM, or, where the state publishes no hours, whose public business listing gives the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday. The North Carolina 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. 1 of these listings come from public business listings, with no North Carolina license record matched yet. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Hours

When they are open in Wilmington

They open between 6 and 7 AM by the hours we hold.

Cost

What daycare costs in Wilmington

Full-time infant care in New Hanover County has a median of $223 a week at a center and $184 at a home daycare. A year at the center median is 17% of the county's median household income. Each daycare sets its own price, so call to ask.

Infant

Center$223
Home daycare$184

Toddler

Center$173
Home daycare$157

Preschool

Center$134
Home daycare$157

New Hanover County median, full time, per week. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022.

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Wilmington

  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.

Questions

Questions

Which daycares in Wilmington open at 6 AM?

None on this list in Wilmington opens at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold; all 15 open between 6 and 7 AM. Some open earlier by arrangement; ask.

Which daycares in Wilmington open at 5 AM?

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

Are these daycares licensed in North Carolina?

Most do: 14 of the 15 listings here come from the North Carolina child care license records. The other 1 come from public business listings, with no license record matched yet.