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Early Morning Daycare in South Dakota

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
63
towns
23
towns have their own early morning daycare page
5
of all South Dakota daycares
9%

Map of South Dakota: 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 South Dakota 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.

South Dakota

Largest towns for early morning daycare in South Dakota

Sioux Falls25 open before 7 AMRapid City8 open before 7 AMAberdeen3 open before 7 AMBrandon3 open before 7 AMHarrisburg3 open before 7 AMMitchell2 open before 7 AMSpearfish2 open before 7 AMTea2 open before 7 AMAlexandria1 open before 7 AMBaltic1 open before 7 AMBridgewater1 open before 7 AMCanton1 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in South Dakota

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 daycares698
Take infants43
Child care centers421
Accept subsidy8
In-home daycares277
Christian & church daycares41
Montessori schools6
Preschools & pre-K46
Early morning daycare63
Part-time daycare14
Drop-in daycare10
After-school care120

The South Dakota state record

South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation licenses daycares in South Dakota.

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 2022
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the South Dakota state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in South Dakota

  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.

South Dakota

Cost, inspections and ratios in South Dakota

Daycare cost in South DakotaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat South Dakota inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in South DakotaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for South DakotaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 23 South Dakota towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A2 towns
B3 towns
C3 towns
D1 town
E1 town
G1 town
H2 towns
L1 town
M2 towns
R1 town
S4 towns
T1 town
  • Tea2 open before 7 AM
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Nebraska1,669 open before 7 AMMinnesota505 open before 7 AMIowa290 open before 7 AMMontana72 open before 7 AMNorth Dakota70 open before 7 AMWyoming40 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in South Dakota

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in South Dakota?

63 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 23 South Dakota towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Sioux Falls, with 25 listed. Next are Rapid City (8) and Aberdeen (3).

Which daycares in South Dakota open at 6 AM?

30 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in South Dakota. All 63 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in South Dakota open at 5 AM?

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

Who licenses daycares in South Dakota?

South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation licenses daycares in South Dakota. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.