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Weekend Daycare in Pennsylvania

Daycares open on weekends in Pennsylvania, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares open on weekends listed
237
towns
51
towns have their own weekend daycare page
8
of all Pennsylvania daycares
4%

Map of Pennsylvania: each dot is a town with daycares open on weekends, sized by how many are listed

Weekend hours
What puts a daycare on this listIts state license record lists Saturday or Sunday among the days it is open.Weekend hours are often shorter than weekday hours; each listing shows its hours.

Pennsylvania

Largest towns for weekend daycare in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia141 open weekendsAllentown14 open weekendsPittsburgh10 open weekendsReading9 open weekendsLebanon5 open weekendsHazleton4 open weekendsBethlehem3 open weekendsErie3 open weekendsBrookhaven2 open weekendsChester2 open weekendsDarby2 open weekendsLancaster2 open weekends

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 weekend care in Pennsylvania

  1. 1

    Check the weekend hours

    Each listing shows its hours. Ask whether it is open every weekend or only some.

  2. 2

    Ask about weekend-only spots

    Ask whether you can enroll for weekends only, or must also take weekday days.

  3. 3

    Ask who cares on weekends

    Ask whether the same caregivers work weekends, and how many children come.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its days and 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 51 Pennsylvania towns with weekend daycare, A to Z

A2 towns
B5 towns
C8 towns
D3 towns
E3 towns
G1 town
H4 towns
I1 town
J1 town
L6 towns
M3 towns
N2 towns
O1 town
P2 towns
R1 town
S2 towns
T3 towns
U1 town
W2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Ohio505 open weekendsNew York18,819 daycaresMaryland6,602 daycaresNew Jersey4,080 daycaresDelaware1,189 daycaresWest Virginia1,183 daycares

Questions

Questions about weekend daycare in Pennsylvania

How many daycares open on weekends are in Pennsylvania?

237 daycares open on weekends are listed in 51 Pennsylvania towns. Weekend hours are often shorter than weekday hours; each listing shows its hours.

Which Pennsylvania town has the most daycares open on weekends?

Philadelphia, with 141 listed. Next are Allentown (14) and Pittsburgh (10).

Which daycares in Pennsylvania are open on Saturday?

235 daycares list Saturday hours on the state license record in Pennsylvania. 193 of them also list Sunday.

Which daycares in Pennsylvania are open on Sunday?

195 list Sunday hours on the state record.

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.