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Early Morning Daycare in Ohio

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
2,680
towns
483
towns have their own early morning daycare page
187
of all Ohio daycares
31%

Map of Ohio: 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.

Ohio

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Ohio

Cincinnati281 open before 7 AMColumbus230 open before 7 AMCleveland163 open before 7 AMToledo88 open before 7 AMDayton80 open before 7 AMAkron58 open before 7 AMCanton36 open before 7 AMYoungstown36 open before 7 AMEuclid32 open before 7 AMLorain29 open before 7 AMLima25 open before 7 AMMassillon24 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Ohio

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 daycares8,684
Take infants84
Child care centers6,888
Accept subsidy15
In-home daycares1,796
Christian & church daycares446
Montessori schools129
Preschools & pre-K922
Night daycare798
Early morning daycare2,680
Weekend daycare505
Part-time daycare28
Drop-in daycare13
After-school care224
Head Start626

The Ohio state record

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio.

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
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Ohio state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Ohio

  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.

Ohio

Cost, inspections and ratios in Ohio

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

A to Z

All 483 Ohio towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A22 towns
B41 towns
C50 towns
D12 towns
E16 towns
F12 towns
G27 towns
H13 towns
I3 towns
J6 towns
K8 towns
L22 towns
M56 towns
N31 towns
O12 towns
P22 towns
R14 towns
S39 towns
T11 towns
U9 towns
V6 towns
W47 towns
X1 town
Y2 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Pennsylvania2,348 open before 7 AMIndiana1,724 open before 7 AMMichigan534 open before 7 AMKentucky393 open before 7 AMWest Virginia58 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Ohio

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

2,680 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 483 Ohio towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Cincinnati, with 281 listed. Next are Columbus (230) and Cleveland (163).

Which daycares in Ohio open at 6 AM?

1,448 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Ohio. All 2,680 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Ohio open at 5 AM?

170 open at 5 AM or earlier, 6 of them open 24 hours.

Who licenses daycares in Ohio?

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.