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Part-Time Daycare in Delaware

Daycares that offer part-time care in Delaware, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that offer part-time care listed
25
towns
7
towns have their own part-time daycare page
2
of all Delaware daycares
2%

Map of Delaware: each dot is a town with daycares that offer part-time care, sized by how many are listed

Part-time
What puts a daycare on this listIt says it offers part-time care: half days or some days a week.A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

Delaware

Largest towns for part-time daycare in Delaware

Newark11 offer part-timeWilmington7 offer part-timeBear2 offer part-timeMilford2 offer part-timeDover1 offer part-timeNew Castle1 offer part-timeRehoboth Beach1 offer part-time

Programs

Programs in Delaware

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 daycares1,189
Take infants767
Child care centers598
Accept subsidy913
In-home daycares591
Christian & church daycares49
Montessori schools22
Preschools & pre-K1,065
Night daycare128
Early morning daycare453
Part-time daycare25
After-school care947
Bilingual daycare14
Head Start38

The Delaware state record

Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Visits with findings back to 2021; the state does not list visits without findings
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Delaware state records

Before you enroll

Choosing part-time care in Delaware

  1. 1

    Ask which days

    Ask whether part-time means set days each week or half days, and whether you can change them.

  2. 2

    Ask about cost

    Ask how part-time tuition compares with full time, and whether you pay for holidays and sick days.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask whether part-time children join the same room each time.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection record.

Delaware

Cost, inspections and ratios in Delaware

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

A to Z

All 7 Delaware towns with part-time daycare, A to Z

B1 town
  • Bear2 offer part-time
D1 town
M1 town
N2 towns
R1 town
W1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

New Jersey369 offer part-timePennsylvania351 offer part-timeMaryland53 offer part-time

Questions

Questions about part-time daycare in Delaware

How many daycares that offer part-time care are in Delaware?

25 daycares that offer part-time care are listed in 7 Delaware towns. A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

Which Delaware town has the most daycares that offer part-time care?

Newark, with 11 listed. Next are Wilmington (7) and Bear (2).

What counts as part-time daycare?

Care for less than a full week: half days, or two or three days a week. Each daycare sets its own options, so ask which days and hours it offers part-time and whether a half-day spot costs less than a full day.

Who licenses daycares in Delaware?

Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.