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Early Morning Daycare in Pennsylvania

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
2,348
towns
586
towns have their own early morning daycare page
210
of all Pennsylvania daycares
36%

Map of Pennsylvania: 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.

Pennsylvania

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia389 open before 7 AMPittsburgh90 open before 7 AMAllentown69 open before 7 AMReading56 open before 7 AMLancaster50 open before 7 AMHarrisburg34 open before 7 AMYork33 open before 7 AMBethlehem30 open before 7 AMLebanon28 open before 7 AMErie27 open before 7 AMEaston25 open before 7 AMPottstown21 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Pennsylvania

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 daycares6,471
Take infants898
Child care centers4,955
Accept subsidy5,759
In-home daycares1,516
Christian & church daycares320
Montessori schools131
Preschools & pre-K1,317
24-hour daycare10
Night daycare294
Early morning daycare2,348
Weekend daycare237
Part-time daycare351
Drop-in daycare63
After-school care3,376
Bilingual daycare45
Head Start174

The Pennsylvania state record

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania.

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 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Pennsylvania state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Pennsylvania

  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.

Pennsylvania

Cost, inspections and ratios in Pennsylvania

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

A to Z

All 586 Pennsylvania towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A24 towns
B49 towns
C50 towns
D24 towns
E35 towns
F22 towns
G16 towns
H35 towns
I5 towns
J9 towns
K11 towns
L31 towns
M67 towns
N25 towns
O8 towns
P25 towns
Q2 towns
R14 towns
S55 towns
T20 towns
U4 towns
V4 towns
W42 towns
Y7 towns
Z2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Ohio2,680 open before 7 AMNew York766 open before 7 AMNew Jersey506 open before 7 AMDelaware453 open before 7 AMMaryland84 open before 7 AMWest Virginia58 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Pennsylvania

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

2,348 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 586 Pennsylvania towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Philadelphia, with 389 listed. Next are Pittsburgh (90) and Allentown (69).

Which daycares in Pennsylvania open at 6 AM?

1,029 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Pennsylvania. All 2,348 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Pennsylvania open at 5 AM?

107 open at 5 AM or earlier, 10 of them open 24 hours.

Who licenses daycares in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.