Daycares that open at 7:30?
Looking for daycares not far from South Berkeley area that are open from 7:30-5:30 M-F. Would appreciate recommendations!
Apr 21, 2025
Looking for daycares not far from South Berkeley area that are open from 7:30-5:30 M-F. Would appreciate recommendations!
Parent Replies
Rockridge Montessori offers extended day care starting at 7:30am.
Not a daycare, but Colibri pre-school in Oakland on Piedmont Ave is open from 7am-6pm M-F. They start enrolling children who are 2 years old and up, and have a fabulous team of teachers! Good luck!
Lotus Light on Ashby & San Pablo is a fantastic Spanish Montessori program with hours even longer than what you mentioned. Our son had a wonderful experience out there. They've got a great outdoor space with garden.
Check out Guidepost Montessori in Emeryville - I think they are open those hours and overall, we felt they really met our needs as two working parents.
Center for Childhood Education used to have 7:30-6 hours, I'm not sure if they still are, but it was a great program and my daughter was there from 11 mo until she entered TK!
I almost don’t want to blow up our spot on BPN since we’ve referred so many friends and neighbors, but it sounds like you’re looking for Wonder Babysitter!
Located on Adeline at Alcatraz, open 7:30-6 M-F, reasonably priced given how long their hours are, okay with part time schedules. It’s “Spanish immersion” (ie only the owner speaks English) but they send updates all day via the Brightwheel app which auto translates English/spanish so I’ve never had trouble communicating, and it’s delightful that a few of my kid’s first words have been in Spanish. They also prepare/serve breakfast, lunch, and a snack, which is another huge mental load off the working parent. Oh also they take babies starting pretty young. Mine started at 5mo but I think they’ve done younger.
My kid doesn’t quite have enough words yet to tell me about his day, but he reaches into the caregivers’ arms in the morning and waves a cheerful goodbye in the evening and is frequently seen grinning in the pictures they send me, so something must be going right!
The Model School in South Berkeley is open 7:30am to 6pm
I have two kids there and we are pretty happy with the care there.
Mi Escuelita in North Berkeley is 7:30-5:30