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Early Morning Daycare in New Jersey

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
506
towns
252
towns have their own early morning daycare page
62
of all New Jersey daycares
12%

Map of New Jersey: each dot is a town with daycares that open before 7 AM, sized by how many are listed

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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 New Jersey 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.

New Jersey

Largest towns for early morning daycare in New Jersey

Toms River14 open before 7 AMMount Laurel9 open before 7 AMNewark9 open before 7 AMSewell7 open before 7 AMBrick6 open before 7 AMEdison6 open before 7 AMEgg Harbor Township6 open before 7 AMJackson6 open before 7 AMPerth Amboy6 open before 7 AMSomerset6 open before 7 AMIrvington5 open before 7 AMOld Bridge5 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in New Jersey

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 daycares4,080
Take infants1,925
Child care centers4,080
Accept subsidy142
In-home daycaresNone listed
Christian & church daycares198
Montessori schools165
Preschools & pre-K3,329
Early morning daycare506
Part-time daycare369
Drop-in daycare68
After-school care4,080
Bilingual daycare84
Head Start161

The New Jersey state record

New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Office of Licensing licenses daycares in New Jersey.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the New Jersey state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in New Jersey

  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.

New Jersey

Cost, inspections and ratios in New Jersey

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

A to Z

All 252 New Jersey towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A9 towns
B25 towns
C15 towns
D3 towns
E15 towns
F11 towns
G6 towns
H15 towns
I2 towns
J3 towns
K4 towns
L16 towns
M28 towns
N10 towns
O6 towns
P15 towns
R12 towns
S20 towns
T5 towns
U3 towns
V3 towns
W26 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Pennsylvania2,348 open before 7 AMNew York766 open before 7 AMDelaware453 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in New Jersey

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in New Jersey?

506 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 252 New Jersey towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Toms River, with 14 listed. Next are Mount Laurel (9) and Newark (9).

Which daycares in New Jersey open at 6 AM?

49 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in New Jersey. All 506 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in New Jersey open at 5 AM?

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

Who licenses daycares in New Jersey?

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