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Early Morning Daycare in Tennessee

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

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
1,405
towns
222
towns have their own early morning daycare page
95
of all Tennessee daycares
36%

Map of Tennessee: 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.

Tennessee

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Tennessee

Memphis268 open before 7 AMNashville81 open before 7 AMClarksville80 open before 7 AMChattanooga58 open before 7 AMMurfreesboro55 open before 7 AMKnoxville28 open before 7 AMBartlett25 open before 7 AMLebanon25 open before 7 AMCookeville24 open before 7 AMJackson24 open before 7 AMCordova22 open before 7 AMShelbyville20 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in Tennessee

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 daycares3,955
Take infants1,470
Child care centers3,527
Accept subsidy2,184
In-home daycares428
Christian & church daycares443
Montessori schools68
Preschools & pre-K2,962
Night daycare175
Early morning daycare1,405
Part-time daycare128
Drop-in daycare21
After-school care1,743
Bilingual daycare19
Head Start316

The Tennessee state record

Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Tennessee.

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 Tennessee state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Tennessee

  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.

Tennessee

Cost, inspections and ratios in Tennessee

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

A to Z

All 222 Tennessee towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A12 towns
B12 towns
C26 towns
D10 towns
E7 towns
F4 towns
G12 towns
H13 towns
I2 towns
J6 towns
K5 towns
L19 towns
M26 towns
N6 towns
O5 towns
P10 towns
R8 towns
S18 towns
T3 towns
U3 towns
W15 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Georgia2,335 open before 7 AMMissouri2,184 open before 7 AMVirginia1,816 open before 7 AMAlabama1,449 open before 7 AMNorth Carolina970 open before 7 AMArkansas460 open before 7 AMKentucky393 open before 7 AMMississippi327 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Tennessee

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

1,405 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 222 Tennessee towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

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

Memphis, with 268 listed. Next are Nashville (81) and Clarksville (80).

Which daycares in Tennessee open at 6 AM?

598 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Tennessee. All 1,405 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Tennessee open at 5 AM?

26 open at 5 AM or earlier, 7 of them open 24 hours.

Who licenses daycares in Tennessee?

Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Tennessee. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.