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Please contact Rachel Fenyves at 510-763-7528 / gan.director@tbaoakland.org for more information and to arrange a tour.
At Gan Avraham, a Jewish preschool in Oakland, California, children ages two through five thrive in an environment that encourages social development and a love of learning, while nurturing a strong Jewish identity. The dynamic staff brings a combination of warmth and training in early childhood education to the students, encouraging independence while giving the children a secure, rich environment to explore. Gan Avraham enjoys low staff turnover, and several of our teachers have called Gan Avraham home for a decade or more.
Days at the play-based Gan are filled with art, singing, movement, literature, cooking, science exploration and lots of physical activity. Teachers incorporate children’s interests into each classroom, and seamlessly weave Judaic learning into the daily activities of each class.
The Gan children play together in a spacious, park-like, inviting yard, with recently updated play equipment. A sense of real community is built as the younger and older children build relationships through the years. All the teachers know every child at the Gan within a few weeks.
The sense of community that begins in the yard extends far beyond that, into the life of the classroom and synagogue. Temple Beth Abraham’s Rabbi Bloom is beloved by the preschool children. Whether he comes with his guitar to the weekly Shabbat celebration in the classrooms or brings a Torah-based story to a brief service for the Gan children in the chapel, the children know that he is a teacher for them too.
Family members are welcome volunteers in every classroom. Gan Avraham students and their families enjoy taking part in preschool holiday celebrations, as well as enjoying community service projects and holiday celebrations within the wider Temple Beth Abraham Bay Area community.
Please contact Rachel Fenyves, Gan Avraham Director, for more information about the school. 510-763-7528 or email.
